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The Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center has unveiled the Tiangong 3.0, a general-purpose platform featuring 43 degrees of freedom, millimeter-level precision, and a major push toward open software and hardware standards.
The "Schaeffler Effect": How Humanoid Ambition is Re-Rating Industrial Giants
While pure-play humanoid stocks remain scarce, investors are flocking to component suppliers like Schaeffler, driving a 150% stock rally and highlighting a massive appetite for the "Physical AI" sector ahead of a wave of anticipated 2026 IPOs.
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Weave Robotics Launches "Isaac 0": A $9,999 Stationary Bet on the Future of Laundry
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Apptronik Nears $1 Billion Milestone with Massive $520 Million Funding Extension
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Fincantieri and Generative Bionics Partner to Bring Humanoid Welders to Italian Shipyards
Following the reveal of its GENE.01 concept at CES 2026, Italian startup Generative Bionics has signed a four-year industrial partnership with shipbuilding giant Fincantieri to deploy autonomous welding robots in heavy manufacturing.
Allonic Nabs Record $7.2M Pre-Seed to Weave Robots Instead of Assembling Them
Budapest-based Allonic is ditching traditional mechanical assembly for "3D Tissue Braiding," an automated process that can manufacture complex, tendon-driven robotic bodies in minutes.
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Austin-based Apptronik has announced a $520 million extension to its Series A, bringing total capital to nearly $1 billion as it gears up for mass production of the Apollo humanoid and a new robot debut in 2026.
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Following the reveal of its GENE.01 concept at CES 2026, Italian startup Generative Bionics has signed a four-year industrial partnership with shipbuilding giant Fincantieri to deploy autonomous welding robots in heavy manufacturing.
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After three decades with the company and a pivotal term as CEO, Robert Playter announces his retirement, marking a transition from research pioneer to industrial scale-up.
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Foundation Robotics opens the doors to its San Francisco "Robo Factory 1," showcasing the manual assembly of the Phantom MK1 and a new bio-inspired tendon-driven hand.
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Budapest-based Allonic is ditching traditional mechanical assembly for "3D Tissue Braiding," an automated process that can manufacture complex, tendon-driven robotic bodies in minutes.