Agility’s SPAC: Can Wall Street Save a Humanoid Robot Pioneer?
As Agility finds itself in its biggest spotlight yet, can it prove that being early still matters? Or will it become a cautionary tale of the physical AI boom?
Future of Work
The future of work blends people, AI, and robots to shape new jobs, skills, and ways of working.
Can 100,000 NVIDIA GPUs Make Robots Think Like Humans?
Figure AI is planning an unprecedented datacenter buildout that could bring frontier AI supercomputer scale to humanoid robotics for the first time.
Figure AI Threatened to Sue Over a Story BMW Now Appears to Support
BMW’s announcement about expanding its partnership with Figure AI confirms the substance of a 2025 Fortune article that Figure founder Brett Adcock threatened to sue over.
Sanctuary AI Claims Breakthrough in Wire Harness Assembly Automation
Sanctuary AI says it trained an industrial robot to crush one of the hardest tasks to automate in automotive manufacturing.
Amazon’s LadderMan Framework Teaches Humanoids to Work in High-Up Spaces
Amazon researchers are teaching humanoid robots to climb ladders they’ve never seen before at human speed and then do work without falling.
Ex-Tesla Engineer Launches Matrix-3 Humanoid Robot for Mass Production
The Matrix-3 is covered in 3D woven biomimetic skin with embedded tactile sensors that’s sensitive to pressures as light as a gentle fingertip touch.
America’s Humanoid Robot Race Is Becoming a Battle of Bragging Rights
As the race toward general-purpose robotics heats up, the West’s most well-funded humanoid companies are flexing different strengths.
China’s Most-Funded Humanoid Startup Is Making Robot Stores Real
Beijing’s Galbot just reached a new level of global visibility thanks to a viral visit to one of its futuristic storefronts during Trump’s summit with President Xi.
Paris Startup Genesis AI Debuts New Robotic Intelligence System
The French startup Genesis AI just unveiled its newly upgraded robot brain called GENE-26.5, calling it a major step toward general-purpose robotics.
As Global Rivals Surge, Massachusetts Fights to Regain Its Edge in Physical AI
Several Massachusetts startups are generating global buzz as the state aims to reclaim its position as a leader in physical AI.
The Rise of RobotEra: Humanoid Leader Born from China’s Top Lab
Beijing’s RobotEra is scaling into thousands of units with substantial financial backing as its humanoids take over human jobs for some of the world’s largest logistics companies.