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With a global debut at CES 2026 and high-level praise from Premier Li Qiang, EngineAI has officially scheduled its "Ultimate Robot Knock-out Legend" (URKL) competition for February 9.
From Fleet to Joint: Inside Humanoid’s KinetIQ "Physical AI" Framework
Humanoid has unveiled KinetIQ, a multi-layered AI architecture designed to orchestrate entire robot fleets across retail, industrial, and home environments using a cross-timescale approach.
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Beyond the VLA: NVIDIA’s DreamZero and the ‘GPT-2 Moment’ for Robotic World Models
NVIDIA GEAR Lab has unveiled DreamZero, a 14-billion parameter World Action Model (WAM) that uses video diffusion to grant robots physical "imagination," enabling zero-shot task completion and rapid adaptation across different robotic embodiments.
The Dark Matter of Robotics: Generalist AI’s Andy Zeng on the Quest for Physical Commonsense
Generalist AI's chief scientist argues that the next leap in robotics won't come from internet text, but from scaling the 'reflexive' intelligence of physical interaction.
From Pixels to Torque: Figure Unveils Helix 02 and the Era of Whole-Body Autonomy
Figure AI has revealed Helix 02, a unified neural network model that enables the Figure 03 robot to navigate and manipulate environments simultaneously, moving past the "walk-then-act" limitations of traditional humanoid systems.
The Alien in the Factory: Boston Dynamics Launches Production-Ready Atlas at CES 2026
Boston Dynamics sheds its R&D skin at CES 2026, unveiling a production version of the all-electric Atlas designed for "automotive volumes." With 56 degrees of freedom, an "alien" morphology, and a deep Google DeepMind partnership, the company is finally moving from viral videos to the assembly line.
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In a high-altitude display of endurance, Unitree’s G1 humanoid robot completed a 130,000-step "autonomous challenge" in the extreme cold of Altay to promote China Media Group’s upcoming Winter Olympics coverage.
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With a flurry of partnerships involving NVIDIA, Siemens, Ford, and Schaeffler, the UK startup is living up to its reputation as the fastest-moving player in the western humanoid race.
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A new technical deep-dive from XPENG Robotics reveals the 'body logic' behind the IRON humanoid, including a rebuilt reinforcement learning stack and proprietary algorithms used to simulate complex 3D-printed lattice muscles.
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Shenzhen-based LimX Dynamics has raised \$200 million in Series B funding to accelerate the development of its "Tri-Form" modular robots and the new COSA "Agentic OS," signaling a major push for real-world humanoid deployment.
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Xpeng’s "Iron" humanoid robot took to a public stage in Shenzhen for a surprise interaction event, showcasing its "human-like" gait and "bionic" design to weekend shoppers.