China's humanoid 'Super Bowl' signals 90% dominance
PLUS: Medtronic’s FDA win, new $62M fund
Ulrich Baldauf
Robotera’s L7 humanoid masters precision sword fighting
PLUS: Figure reveals 7th-gen hand, Siemens CEO tests factory humanoids
China deploys UBTech humanoids for border patrol
PLUS: Apptronik raises nearly $1B, Korea’s Physical AI push, and robotic surgery success
Boston Dynamics CEO resigns as Atlas preps for factories
PLUS: Solar swarms cut fertilizer 70%, Krafton’s humanoid pivot, FDA backs stroke robot
Alibaba launches open-source brain for physical AI
PLUS: Waymo orders 50,000 AVs, Ambi licenses robot skills, Fauna’s soft humanoid
China launches the world’s first humanoid combat league
PLUS: Ouster acquires StereoLabs, Army swarm contract, Gather AI lands $40M
New electronic skin lets robots feel physical pain
PLUS: XPeng targets 1,000 humanoids in '26, unions draw red lines, and a robot with warm skin
Faraday Future pivots to robots with $2,500 quadruped
PLUS: Startup eyes $200M, China’s warm robot, and inflatable ag-tech
Clone Robotics unveils humanoid with 1,000 water-powered muscles
PLUS: Hyundai's robot tariff strategy, Beijing's manufacturing hub, and Nvidia's new physical AI world models
