Launch Agility Robotics Agility Robotics has released Digit V5, a commercial humanoid robot designed for warehouse work, marking the company's first deployment outside controlled environments. Digit V5: First Humanoid Robot Out Of The Cage? · Forbes
Launch Agility Robotics · GXO Agility Robotics' Digit humanoid has moved over 100,000 totes at a GXO logistics facility, marking the first six-figure commercial throughput milestone for the general-purpose robot. Digit Moves Over 100,000 Totes in Commercial Deployment · Agility Robotics
Launch Agility Robotics — Peggy Johnson Agility Robotics, led by Peggy Johnson, is going public via SPAC merger, becoming the first pure-play humanoid robotics company to trade publicly. This humanoid robotics company is going public, but its CEO isn't promising a robot in your home anytime soon · TechCrunch
Funding Agility Robotics Agility Robotics, gearing up for a SPAC merger, posted $1.8 million in revenue as it prepares to commercialize its bipedal warehouse robot. Agility Robotics reports $1.8M revenue ahead of humanoid SPAC · The Robot Report
Research Agility Robotics · Amazon · Toyota · Nvidia — Pras Velagapudi Agility Robotics unveiled Digit 5, a humanoid robot that drops to its knees when humans approach, using Nvidia's AI chip to prioritize workplace safety. Scientists Create New Humanoid Robot That Flinches in Fear When You Come Close · Futurism
Research Agility Robotics Agility Robotics has released the first concrete pricing for factory-ready humanoid robots, claiming rapid returns that could reshape small-to-mid-size manufacturing. Finally, hard data on humanoid robot cost in the factory · Design World
Research Agility Robotics · Unitree · SteadyTray · Figure — Evan Ackerman Agility Robotics demonstrates humanoid robots capable of hauling couches while maintaining stable payloads, advancing practical applications for bipedal machines. Humanoid Robots Learn to Haul Couches and Keep Payloads Steady · IEEE Spectrum
Opinion AgiBot · Unitree · Smart Analytics Global · Tesla AgiBot, a Shanghai startup founded by a former Huawei engineer, shipped 8,400 humanoid robots in the first half of 2026, capturing 44% of the global market and unseating Unitree as the industry leader. Chinese Companies Are Winning The Humanoid Robot Sales Battle. Here’s Why That Doesn’t Matter Yet · Forbes
Opinion Figure · BMW · Generalist · Agility Robotics BMW will deploy Figure's humanoid robots, but the real barrier to factory adoption isn't artificial intelligence—it's economics. Humanoids won’t scale on factory floors until costs drop · The Robot Report
Opinion Fourier · AgiBot · LimX Dynamics · Pudu Robotics A LexisNexis patent analysis finds Chinese companies dominating humanoid robotics innovation with six of the top ten spots, though American firms produce higher-quality patents. China holds six of top 10 humanoid robot spots; US leads in quality · Interesting Engineering
Opinion Unitree · Pickle Robot · Miru · Red Glass Ventures — AJ Meyer, Vedant Nair, Bilal Zuberi The Trump administration banned advanced foreign-made robots to counter China, but American startups worry they'll lose access to affordable hardware that Chinese competitors dominate. Trump's robot ban aims to counter China. US startups fear it could leave them behind. · Business Insider
Opinion Agility Robotics Agility Robotics, maker of a bipedal warehouse bot, pitches Washington on six recommendations for humanoid robot regulation before the industry hits a wall. Agility outlines six recommendations for U.S. humanoid robot policies - The Robot Report · The Robot Report
Opinion Agility Robotics · Bain Capital Ventures · Kiva Systems · Amazon — Ajay Agarwal, Eric Schmidt, Sarah Guo Silicon Valley's most skeptical investors argue that humanoid robots are an inefficient solution, backing wheeled and specialized alternatives instead. The humanoid robot boom is here. These top Silicon Valley investors aren't buying it. · Business Insider
Other Federal Communications Commission · Agibot · Unitree · UBTech — Brendan Carr The FCC has banned new Chinese humanoid and quadruped robots from the U.S. market, citing national security risks and effectively protecting American manufacturers from the current market leaders. United States Bans Chinese Humanoid & Quadruped Robots, Citing National Security · Forbes
Other Agility Robotics · Tesla · Meta · Zoox — Jonathan Hurst, Raj Salwan, Torsten Schreiber Fremont is emerging as a robotics hub where Agility Robotics and competitors like Tesla and DoorDash build humanoid and delivery robots in sprawling factory spaces. This Silicon Valley city is quietly becoming Robot Row. Here's who's clanking around. · Business Insider