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Apple is accelerating its robotics and automation strategy, moving its secretive home-robotics team into hardware, developing expressive tabletop assistants, training humanoid bots using Vision Pro, and planning robot arms for future iPhone manufacturing

Apple Rival Honor Reveals Humanoid Robot for Consumers at MWC 2026

March 5, 2026March 2, 2026 by Mike Kalil
Honor's humanoid robot prototype and robotic smartphone at MWC 2026

The Chinese Apple rival Honor just unveiled the world’s first robotic smartphone alongside its humanoid robot for the consumer market at MWC 2026.

Is 1X Planning a Compact Neo Humanoid to Rival Unitree’s G1?

October 29, 2025October 21, 2025 by Mike Kalil
1X Neo full-sized and compact humanoid robot concept illustration

1X Technologies is teasing a big announcement for the end of October. I think I figured it out.

Taiwan’s Humanoids Arrive to Turn Smart Factories Dark

November 2, 2025August 27, 2025 by Mike Kalil
Taiwan's humanoid robots

Taiwan’s industrial titans are fast-tracking their AI-powered humanoid robots into the workforce.

The Social Network’s Impact Still Unfolding as Zuckerberg Chases Superintelligence

May 5, 2026July 15, 2025 by Mike Kalil
The Social Network (2010) Legacy

When The Social Network hit theaters, executives at Facebook (now Meta) feared it could derail the company’s meteoric rise.

Big Tech Pushes to Replace Humans as Critics Warn of Dystopia

November 2, 2025May 28, 2025 by Mike Kalil
Robots in dystopian Office Space

After years of explosive growth in artificial intelligence, tech giants are now racing to embed agentic capabilities into the physical form.

The Age of Androbotics: Nolan Bushnell’s Early Attempt at Consumer Humanoids

May 14, 2026February 10, 2025 by Mike Kalil
Androbot Humanoid Robots: What Went Wrong?

In the early 1980s, the tech industry believed it was on the cusp of a breakthrough that would bring robotics into the consumer market.

Foxconn Deploys UBTECH Humanoid Robot for iPhone Assembly

May 14, 2026January 24, 2025 by Mike Kalil
iPhone design

Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics manufacturer, says it’s integrating UBTech’s industrial humanoid robots to help assemble iPhones.

Foxconn and Nvidia, Partners in Industrial Automation, Developing Humanoid Robot

May 14, 2026January 8, 2025 by Mike Kalil
Foxconn and Nvidia Humanoid Robot Project

Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics manufacturer, says it’s developing its own humanoid robot.

From CAD to 4K Reality: Porsche Uplevels Media Relations with Spatial Computing

November 2, 2025December 9, 2024 by Mike Kalil
Porsche 911 Spatial Computing Presentation

The way Porsche unveils its new sports cars is next level.

Boston Dynamics’ Electric Atlas Reboot, LimX’s CL-1, 1st Robot with Beating Heart

May 4, 2026August 17, 2024 by Mike Kalil
Atlas by Boston Dynamics

With rapid advancements in humanoid robotics, it’s been a while since we checked in with Boston Dynamics’ iconic robot, Atlas.

Will Apple Bring Humanoid Robotics into Everyday Life?

May 3, 2026August 16, 2024 by Mike Kalil
Hypothetical Apple humanoid robot concept

Is Apple about to join the growing humanoid robot market with its own advanced creations?

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