Humanoid robots spent 2025 straddling a strange line between breakthrough and blooper reel. They poured lattes, posed in fashion campaigns and even stepped into kickboxing rings, only to trip, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Roughly 2,000 investors, entrepreneurs and others attended a Mountain View summit that showcased robots that ...

By the end of 2025, most real-world application projects remained small-scale proof-of-concept (POC) deployments, ...

North American robot orders rose in 2025, reflecting strong investment in automation across a range of industries. According to new data from the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), companies ...

Humanoid robots may get all the headlines, but they’re usually not the right fit to get a particular job done. These robotics and automation honorees trade faces for functionality, applying ...

Wall Street giant Morgan Stanley has yet again raised its forecast for the humanoid robot shipments from China in 2026. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Journalist, analyst, author, podcaster. Chinese robot manufacturer Unitree just launched the “world’s first” humanoid robot app ...

Globally, just 13,317 humanoid robots shipped last year. That’s not very many, but it’s forecast to almost double each year over the next decade. Global humanoid robot shipments will hit 2.6 million ...

Elon Musk admitted on Tesla’s Q4 2025 earnings call today that the company doesn’t have any Optimus robots doing useful work in its factories right now. This is a striking admission, given that Musk ...