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On Wednesday 3 September 2026, Nscale put a London press release on the wire that Figure’s next training cycle will ride Nvidia’s Vera Rubin platform through Nscale’s cloud....

Barstow / BMW Spartanburg / compute / Figure / Figure AI / Helix / humanoid / joints / news / Nscale / Nvidia / payload / Vera Rubin

On Wednesday 3 September 2026, the Los Angeles Times put Faraday Future’s robotics pivot on the record: El Segundo headquarters, dancing bots on the floor, and a company...

El Segundo / Faber / Faraday Future / FF EAI Robotics / Futurist / FX Navi / Hanford / humanoid / joints / Master / news / Nvidia Sonic / payload / quadruped

On Thursday 3 September 2026, CJ Logistics said it had placed two dual-arm humanoid robots into the packing process at the Yangji Olive Young fulfillment center in Yongin,...

AI Worker / Aidin Robotics / CJ Logistics / DYNAMIXEL / FFW-SG2 / humanoid / logistics robotics / mobile manipulator / news / Olive Young / RLWRLD / robot foundation model / ROBOTIS / two-finger gripper / Yongin

On Saturday 29 August 2026, a silver dual-arm robot started a Dairy Queen shift on Wujiang Road in Shanghai’s Jing’an district. DealStreetAsia and Robots Daily place the flagship...

CFB Group / Dairy Queen / dexterous hand / F&B robotics / humanoid / news / Shanghai / Sharpa / Sharpa North / Sharpa Wave / tactile sensing

On Tuesday 1 September 2026, a robot kindergarten opened in Beijing’s Shijingshan district. Global Times reporter Zhang Yiyi filed the English account the same evening. The facility is...

Beijing / continuous learning / humanoid / news / Openmind / reinforcement learning / Richard Sutton / Shijingshan / tactile sensing / Tashan Technology

On Tuesday 2 September 2026, Zeroth (元点机器人) opened booking for Bridge (小桥), a compact biped aimed at developers, and put OpenBridge online as the Skill Hub plus SDK...

Bridge / developer robot / Geek Edition / humanoid / joints / JoyIn / news / OpenBridge / Physical AI / Suzhou / torque / Zeroth

Humanoid hand design is splitting into two serious hardware strategies: remote tendon-driven hands and compact in-finger actuator hands. This guide explains the tradeoffs, failure modes, service issues, and...

1X NEO / Figure 03 / humanoid robots / in-finger actuators / news / robot actuators / robot hands / ROBOTIS HX5-D20 / Sharpa Wave / tendon-driven hands / Tesla Optimus / Unitree Dex5-1

On Sunday 31 August 2026 AI2 Robotics put AlphaBot 2 on a Lan Kwai Fong bar floor in Hong Kong. China Daily Hong Kong, 21st Century Business Herald,...

AI2 Robotics / AlphaBot 2 / bartender / Hong Kong / hospitality / humanoid / joints / Lan Kwai Fong / news / service robot / wheeled

On Monday 31 August 2026 Singapore's LTA opened a two-week Unitree humanoid guide trial at Little India MRT. CNA measured Olly at 1.27 m and caught mixed directions...

G1 / humanoid / joints / Little India / LTA / MRT / news / Olly / service robot / Singapore / Unitree

On Monday 31 August 2026 Osaka Metro, KDDI, and AVITA opened a Gemini-powered humanoid station-attendant trial at Metro Opus Umeda. Sankei names the unit Hinata at 178 cm...

AVITA / Gemini / Hinata / humanoid / joints / KDDI / news / Osaka Metro / service robot

On Monday 31 August 2026 Galbot held a Hong Kong launch ceremony. Three Galbot Stores open to the public Tuesday 1 September at Hung Hom, Kai Tak, and...

G1 / Galbot / Hong Kong / humanoid / news / retail / robot joints / wheeled

On Saturday 29 August 2026 Minth and AGIBOT opened a humanoid and robot-dog assembly hall in Šabac, Serbia. Vučić attended. Anadolu, Global Times, and RAS call it Europe's...

AGIBOT / factory / humanoid / Minth / news / robot joints / Šabac / Serbia

TheGuru, citing IZON's 25 August Bristol tour, says Kinisi's KR1 is in a crankshaft-parts pilot at headquarters for an unnamed global automaker: pick, bearing-shell insert, press-fit. Bear's own...

Bear Robotics / factory / humanoid / Kinisi / KR1 / news / robot joints / wheeled

The Information reported on 26 August 2026 that SoftBank is in talks for a majority stake in 1X Technologies at about US$6 billion. Reuters could not independently confirm....

1X / funding / home robot / humanoid / NEO / news / robot joints / SoftBank

XPENG's robotics unit closed over US$900 million at a post-money valuation above US$6.3 billion, led by IDG with Gaorong, Tencent, and Alibaba. The Aug 24 press release puts...

china / funding / humanoid / IRON / news / robot joints / XPENG

On Wednesday 26 August 2026 Tiangong Ultra ran 100 m in 8.64 s in the large-size final at Beijing's Ice Ribbon and closed the Games. AP, Straits Times,...

china / humanoid / news / robot joints / Tiangong Ultra / world humanoid robot games

On Wednesday 26 August 2026 in Yeouido, Seoul, Hyundai Motor's CEO Investor Day put U.S. robot production at 30,000 units of annual capacity from 2028 and Atlas on...

Atlas / Boston Dynamics / humanoid / Hyundai / Investor Day / Metaplant / news

On Tuesday 25 August 2026 Tiangong Ultra ran 100 m in 8.86 s at Beijing's Ice Ribbon. AP, CNA, and Reuters filed the same heat. It beat the...

china / humanoid / news / robot joints / Tiangong Ultra / world humanoid robot games

Weightlifting made its debut at the second World Humanoid Robot Games on Monday 24 August 2026. Four robots opened the heavyweight division at 15 kg, one went into...

balance / china / humanoid / news / weightlifting / world humanoid robot games

On 24 August 2026 Xinhua filed MIIT’s draft National Humanoid Robot Industry Standard System Construction Guide (2026). Public comment runs 25 August to 23 September. At least 100...

china / humanoid / MIIT / news / standards

On 25 August 2026 MSIT took comments at KIST Seoul on a draft K-Moonshot humanoid roadmap. The Next-X contest starts in 2027. This is an audition, not a...

humanoid / korea / news

WRC 2026 closed Sunday 23 August in Beijing E-Town. 373 exhibitors, 311 debuts, and a short list of humanoids you can actually order. Walking was common. A shift...

Beijing / FIRGELLI Robots / Humanoid Robots / Tiangong Omni / UBTECH / Unitree G1 / Unitree H2 / World Robot Conference / WRC 2026

On 22 August 2026 a Beijing humanoid ran 100 metres in 9.39 seconds. The same weekend, robots slammed into crash pads, lost limbs, and caught fire. Monday 24...

Humanoid Robots / Robot Actuators / Robot Joints / Tiangong Ultra / Unitree / World Humanoid Robot Games

In the week of 17 August 2026, JPMorgan toured Tesla’s Fremont plant and reported Optimus production equipment going into the retired Model S/X hall. First robots are for...

Engineering review of LimX Oli, the 165 cm Lite/EDU general-purpose humanoid. Super is a separate 175 cm variant. Official China starting price RMB 158,000 on 30 July 2025.

Humanoid / LimX / Oli / Review

Quick Answer Noetix Bumi is Songyan Dynamics’ small consumer/education biped. The numbers we will use are the ones in Noetix’s own Bumi documentation: 98 cm × 35 cm...

Bumi / Humanoid / Noetix / Review

Quick Answer LimX Luna is LimX Dynamics’ full-size interactive humanoid for malls, venues, and anyone who wants a 160 cm dancer that can learn a routine from a...

Humanoid / LimX / Luna / Review

Quick Answer TianGong Omni is X-Humanoid’s lightweight open-base humanoid: 1.35 m tall, 39 kg, launched at the World Robot Conference in Beijing on 20 August 2026. Sina’s floor...

Humanoid / Omni / Review / TianGong / WRC 2026 / X-Humanoid

Quick Answer Galbot G1 is a wheeled dual-arm humanoid from Galaxy General, not a walker and not Unitree’s G1. The useful published numbers are 92.5 kg, 5 kg...

G1 / Galbot / Humanoid / Review / Wheeled

Quick Answer Galbot ET1 is Galaxy General’s first fully bipedal humanoid. Until this machine, Galbot’s public story was the wheeled G1 — pharmacy aisles, retail restock, a Spring...

ET1 / Galbot / Humanoid / Review / WRC 2026

T800 is EngineAI’s 1.73 m production biped. 36Kr measured that height at WRC. Not PM01. Awaken is software.

EngineAI / humanoid / T800 / WRC 2026

GR-3 is Fourier’s 165 cm / 71 kg care-bot, launched 6 August 2025. WRC 2026 was a demo, not an unveil. Not GR-2 and not Unitree G1.

care-bot / Fourier / GR-3 / humanoid / WRC 2026

Cruzr S2 is UBTECH’s full-size wheeled humanoid. Official page claims 15 kg and a 0–1.8 m workspace. Not Y1, not a walker.

Cruzr S2 / humanoid / industrial robot / UBTECH / WRC 2026

Cruzr Y1 is UBTECH’s wheeled industrial tote robot, not a biped and not Walker S. Official product still from the Y1 page.

Cruzr Y1 / humanoid / industrial robot / UBTECH / WRC 2026

Walker C1 is UBTECH’s commercial service Walker, not Walker S. Official ballet still from the C1 product page. No public height or price.

commercial robot / humanoid / UBTECH / Walker C1 / WRC 2026

U1 is UBTECH’s UWORLD consumer companion, not Walker S. Jiao told AP 168,000 yuan at WRC Beijing.

companion robot / humanoid / U1 / UBTECH / UWORLD / WRC 2026

Tesla Optimus is a full-size humanoid program, not a robot you can order. JPMorgan walked Fremont in August; Tesla still has not shown a production spec sheet.

AI Robot / Bipedal Robot / Humanoid Robot / Robot Reviews / Tesla / Tesla Optimus

1X NEO is a home-oriented biped with a 2026 ship promise and Expert Mode teleoperation. Independent reporting has not confirmed a customer-home delivery.

1X NEO / 1X Technologies / Home Robot / Humanoid Robot / Robot Reviews / Teleoperation

Figure 02 is Figure AI’s industrial biped. The real evidence is months of defined BMW body-shop work — not a public cycle-time, uptime, or safety-case package.

Bipedal Robot / Figure 02 / Figure AI / Humanoid Robot / Industrial Robot / Robot Reviews

Unitree G1 is a compact, priced developer humanoid — not Fourier’s G1. The August STAR listing is real. Task-level autonomy is still yours to test.

Bipedal Robot / Developer Robot / Humanoid Robot / Robot Reviews / Unitree G1 / Unitree Robotics

Apptronik Apollo is a full-size industrial humanoid. Mercedes Berlin-Marienfelde is still an active pilot, not confirmed commercial scale.

Apptronik / Apptronik Apollo / Humanoid Robot / Industrial Robot / Robot Reviews / Warehouse Robot

Atlas is Boston Dynamics’ electric humanoid. Hyundai is putting factory dates on paper; there is still no public height, weight, payload, or price card.

Atlas / Bipedal Robot / Boston Dynamics / Humanoid Robot / Robot Reviews

Digit is Agility’s warehouse biped for totes and defined cells. Amazon is an investor and past pilot, not a live current-gen fleet you can tour.

Agility Robotics / Bipedal Robot / Digit / Humanoid Robot / Robot Reviews

Phoenix is Sanctuary AI's humanoid robot platform for industrial work and embodied AI. It should be reviewed as a dexterous industrial humanoid, not as a generic social robot...

Bipedal Robot / Humanoid Robot / Phoenix / Robot Reviews / Sanctuary AI

Walker S is UBTECH’s industrial humanoid. At WRC 19–23 August 2026 Independent named Walker C1 and AP quoted 168,000 yuan for the consumer U1. This URL is still...

Bipedal Robot / Humanoid Robot / Robot Reviews / UBTECH Robotics / Walker S

GR-2 is Fourier’s earlier full-size biped. Reuters photographed a later SKU, GR-3 (165 cm / 71 kg), at WRC 19–23 August 2026. This page is still GR-2.

Bipedal Robot / Fourier Intelligence / GR-2 / Humanoid Robot / Robot Reviews

Updated FIRGELLI Robots engineering review of this humanoid. Last updated 23 August 2026.

Consumer Robots / Full bipedal humanoid / Humanoid Robots / Industrial Robots / Research Robots / Robot AI / Robot Autonomy / Robot Reviews / Robot Specs / Unitree H1 / Unitree Robotics

H2 is Unitree’s later full-size humanoid. A WRC Beijing booth demo on 19–23 August 2026 is not a new datasheet and not another IPO article.

Full bipedal humanoid / Humanoid Robots / Industrial Robots / Research Robots / Robot AI / Robot Autonomy / Robot Reviews / Robot Specs / Unitree H2 / Unitree Robotics

Astribot S1 is a high-speed upper-body prototype. Viral demos. No public price. Not a 9.0.

Astribot / Astribot S1 / Full bipedal humanoid / Humanoid Robots / Research Robots / Robot AI / Robot Autonomy / Robot Reviews / Robot Specs

AgiBot A2 publishes a thick spec row. It is still an announced humanoid, not a proven hire.

Agibot A2 / Consumer Robots / Full bipedal humanoid / Humanoid Robots / Research Robots / Robot AI / Robot Autonomy / Robot Reviews / Robot Specs

D9 is Pudu’s 170 cm, 65 kg, 42 DOF biped. Official payload is 20 kg / 10 kg per arm in a test environment. Announced. No public MSRP.

Humanoid Robots / Industrial Robots / PUDU D9 / Pudu Robotics / Research Robots / Robot AI / Robot Autonomy / Robot Reviews / Robot Specs / Warehouse robot

PX5’s card is 150 mm, 109 kg, 3 kg payload, 22 DOF. That mass-to-height pair is not a usable humanoid spec.

Consumer Robots / Full bipedal humanoid / Humanoid Robots / Px5 / Research Robots / Robot AI / Robot Autonomy / Robot Reviews / Robot Specs

Updated FIRGELLI Robots engineering review of this humanoid. Last updated 23 August 2026.

Consumer Robots / Full bipedal humanoid / Humanoid Robots / Research Robots / Robot AI / Robot Autonomy / Robot Reviews / Robot Specs / Xiaomi Cyberone

Ameca is a real UK exhibition robot with a famous face. Not a factory biped. Not a 9.0.

Ameca / Engineered Arts / Full bipedal humanoid / Humanoid Robots / Research Robots / Robot AI / Robot Autonomy / Robot Reviews / Robot Specs

Updated FIRGELLI Robots engineering review of this humanoid. Last updated 23 August 2026.

Humanoid Robots / Pepper / Robot AI / Robot Autonomy / Robot Reviews / Robot Specs / SoftBank Robotics / Wheeled humanoid or service robot

Updated FIRGELLI Robots engineering review of this humanoid. Last updated 23 August 2026.

ASIMO / Full bipedal humanoid / Honda / Humanoid Robots / Research Robots / Robot AI / Robot Autonomy / Robot Reviews / Robot Specs

FIRGELLI Robots reviews AMBIDEX, including specs, price, autonomy, capabilities, limitations, source confidence and whether it is ready for buyers.

AMBIDEX / Humanoid Robots / NAVER LABS / Research Robots / Robot AI / Robot arm / Robot Autonomy / Robot Reviews / Robot Specs

FIRGELLI Robots reviews ANYmal, including specs, price, autonomy, capabilities, limitations, source confidence and whether it is ready for buyers.

ANYbotics / ANYmal / Humanoid Robots / Industrial Robots / Quadruped robot / Research Robots / Robot AI / Robot Autonomy / Robot Reviews / Robot Specs

ARMAR-6 is KIT’s assistant research humanoid. Lab evidence, no MSRP, no 9.0.

ARMAR-6 / Humanoid Robots / Industrial Robots / Karlsruhe Institute of Technology / Research Robots / Robot AI / Robot Autonomy / Robot Reviews / Robot Specs / Wheeled humanoid or service robot

This Adam listing says 1750 mm, 63 kg, 49 DOF and manufacturer not listed. PNDbotics’ public Adam is 1.67 m and 41–43 DOF. We will not merge them.

Adam / Consumer Robots / Full bipedal humanoid / Humanoid Robots / Research Robots / Robot AI / Robot Autonomy / Robot Reviews / Robot Specs

Adam SP on our card is 1.67 m-class, 62 kg, 41 DOF, 1.5 m/s. That matches PNDbotics’ Adam SP row. The millimetre unit is a typo. Not a...

Adam Sp / Consumer Robots / Full bipedal humanoid / Humanoid Robots / Research Robots / Robot AI / Robot Autonomy / Robot Reviews / Robot Specs

Allex: 1650 mm, 55 kg, 3 kg payload, 2 hours, 43 DOF, 1.2 m/s, ROS and tactile flags. Maker not listed. Not a 7.7.

Allex / Consumer Robots / Full bipedal humanoid / Humanoid Robots / Research Robots / Robot AI / Robot Autonomy / Robot Reviews / Robot Specs

Alter3 is an Osaka University android. Research. Not a product, not a 9.0.

Alter3 / Full bipedal humanoid / Humanoid Robots / Osaka University / Research Robots / Robot AI / Robot Autonomy / Robot Reviews / Robot Specs

This Atom card says 153 mm, 62 kg, 41 DOF and a 20 kg payload. Manufacturer not listed. We will not turn it into a 7.7 buy guide.

Atom / Consumer Robots / Humanoid Robots / Industrial Robots / Research Robots / Robot AI / Robot Autonomy / Robot Reviews / Robot Specs / Warehouse robot

Clone Robotics’ Alpha is an announced musculoskeletal humanoid. Viral. Not a 9.0 product.

Clone Alpha / Clone Robotics / Consumer Robots / Full bipedal humanoid / Humanoid Robots / Research Robots / Robot AI / Robot Autonomy / Robot Reviews / Robot Specs

Dora matches Noetix Robotics’ small humanoid: 100 cm, 20 kg, 5 kg payload, about 20 DOF, 1 m/s. Our card used millimetres.

Consumer Robots / Dora / Humanoid Robots / Industrial Robots / Research Robots / Robot AI / Robot Autonomy / Robot Reviews / Robot Specs / Warehouse robot

EVE is 1X’s wheeled security/logistics platform. NEO is the biped consumer pitch. Different robots.

1X Technologies / EVE / Humanoid Robots / Industrial Robots / Robot AI / Robot Autonomy / Robot Reviews / Robot Specs / Wheeled humanoid or service robot

FIRGELLI Robots reviews Ff Aegis Advanced Quadruped, including specs, price, autonomy, capabilities, limitations, source confidence and whether it is ready for buyers.

Consumer Robots / Ff Aegis Advanced Quadruped / FF EAI Robotics / Humanoid Robots / Industrial Robots / Quadruped robot / Research Robots / Robot AI / Robot Autonomy / Robot Reviews / Robot Specs

FF Futurist’s card is 167 mm, 3 hours, 28 DOF. Weight, payload and maker are blank. Not a 7.6 product.

Consumer Robots / Ff Futurist / Full bipedal humanoid / Humanoid Robots / Industrial Robots / Research Robots / Robot AI / Robot Autonomy / Robot Reviews / Robot Specs

FF Master’s card is 131 mm, 39 kg, 3 kg, 2 hours, 30 DOF, 2 m/s. Manufacturer not listed. Not a finished review.

Consumer Robots / Ff Master / Full bipedal humanoid / Humanoid Robots / Research Robots / Robot AI / Robot Autonomy / Robot Reviews / Robot Specs

Updated FIRGELLI Robots engineering review of this humanoid. Last updated 23 August 2026.

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FIRGELLI Robots reviews Franka Research 3, including specs, price, autonomy, capabilities, limitations, source confidence and whether it is ready for buyers.

Consumer Robots / Franka Research 3 / Franka Robotics / Humanoid Robots / Industrial Robots / Research Robots / Robot AI / Robot arm / Robot Autonomy / Robot Reviews / Robot Specs

Updated FIRGELLI Robots engineering review of this humanoid. Last updated 23 August 2026.

Fourier Intelligence / Full bipedal humanoid / G1 / Humanoid Robots / Research Robots / Robot AI / Robot Autonomy / Robot Reviews / Robot Specs

GR-1 is Fourier’s earlier full-size humanoid. Not Unitree G1. Not Fourier G1. Not GR-2.

Fourier Intelligence / Full bipedal humanoid / GR-1 / Humanoid Robots / Research Robots / Robot AI / Robot Autonomy / Robot Reviews / Robot Specs