Real-time intelligence on humanoid robotics funding, launches, research, and policy.
Figure AI closes $1.5B Series C at a $6.7B valuation, the largest single raise in humanoid history, as Figure 03 enters mass production.
Read →Tesla's 8,000-unit Optimus fleet is the world's largest humanoid deployment. Here's how they built it — and what it means for everyone else.
Read →Full-year 2025 humanoid funding totaled $4.2B across 34 rounds — double 2024's $2.1B record — with US and China splitting the capital roughly evenly.
Read →Physical Intelligence's π0.2 model achieves 94% zero-shot task success across 12 heterogeneous robot platforms, redefining deployment cost assumptions.
Read →Apptronik announces a 500-unit Apollo deployment contract with an unnamed global Tier-1 automotive supplier — the largest single humanoid contract outside of Amazon.
Read →The choice of actuator architecture is the most consequential hardware decision in humanoid design. Here's a rigorous comparison of the leading approaches.
Read →OSHA's first humanoid-specific workplace safety guidance extends ISO/TS 15066 collaborative robot standards to bipedal platforms, with significant compliance implications.
Read →Goldman Sachs raises its humanoid robotics TAM estimate to $74B by 2035, nearly doubling its prior $38B projection, citing accelerating enterprise validation data.
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