The Guardian Europe
China's robot Olympics showcased staggering progress and hilarious failures, proving humanoids aren't quite ready to take over - or even pour water without spilling it.
TechCrunch
Chinese carmakers are betting big on humanoid robots as the next profit frontier, because making cars is apparently too mainstream and not nearly lucrative enough.
MIT Technology Review
China's humanoid robots are taking center stage at a Shanghai carnival, doing handstands, folding laundry, and charming crowds - because why let humans have all the fun?
BBC Business
Chinese robot maker Unitree's stock soars 600% in IPO, proving that humans are still willing to invest in their own obsolescence, one humanoid at a time.
Ars Technica
Hyundai says its humanoid robot plans aren't why workers are striking - it's just a coincidence that the union is demanding job protections against robots.
TechCrunch
Agility Robotics opens a robot training facility near Tesla's factory, boasting a robot that actually works while Musk's Optimus is still promising to be useful 'sometime next year.'
TechCrunch
Agility Robotics is going public via SPAC, but CEO Peggy Johnson says don't expect a robot butler anytime soon - they're too busy with warehouse totes.
Ars Technica
South Korea drops a cool trillion on chips and robots, hoping to double DRAM production and deploy humanoid workers by 2028 - workers are thrilled, as you might imagine.
Ars Technica
Humanoid robot videos are everywhere, but researchers say most are heavily curated, teleoperated, or sped up - and definitely not ready to take over your chores.
BBC Business
BMW is bringing humanoid robots to European car factories, because apparently regular robots weren't enough to make us question our career choices.
Ars Technica
Hugging Face releases $2,500 3D-printable humanoid legs, because spending $150,000 on a robot that falls over is so last decade.
Ars Technica
Humanoid robots are being tested as baggage handlers at Tokyo's Haneda Airport, because apparently humans have decided they're too busy doing other things to load luggage.
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