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May 29, 2026
XPENG to mass-produce humanoids by year-end
PLUS: Hugging Face's $2,500 open-source robot legs, BMW deploys humanoids in Germany, and AWS backs 100-robot training facility
May 27, 2026
Seed-sized robot performs surgery wirelessly inside you
PLUS: Figure humanoids work at JCPenney, Stord raises $250M for AI fulfillment, and recycling robots double Tennessee capacity
May 25, 2026
Surgeon operates on patient 3,000km away
PLUS: da Vinci 5 gets 100+ upgrades, China's greenhouse robots cut labor 20%, and Under Armour now protects humanoids
May 22, 2026
China's SeeLight S1 humanoid cooks and cleans
PLUS: Kawasaki partners with Nvidia on physical AI, Bosch to manufacture UK humanoid, and China eyes 24M robots by 2035
May 20, 2026
Hyundai commits to 25,000 Atlas humanoids by 2028
PLUS: South Korea's 50.4 billion won hospital humanoid project, Zamenix surgical robot approved, and Rivian-backed Mind Robotics hits $3B valuation
May 18, 2026
Figure's robots sort 50,000 packages in 40-hour livestream
PLUS: Schaeffler's thousands of humanoids by 2032, surgical robots repair 100-micron vessels, and UK military's autonomous microfactories
May 15, 2026
Fanuc shares hit record on Google Gemini partnership
PLUS: Sony's table tennis robot beats elite humans, Bosch's touch-predicting AI, and South Korea's five-finger manipulation breakthrough
May 13, 2026
China builds one humanoid robot every 30 minutes
PLUS: Unitree's transforming mecha switches between 2 and 4 legs, South Korea's $220M AI greenhouse, and Egypt's first autonomous harvester
May 11, 2026
Figure's humanoids read each other's minds making beds
PLUS: rice-sized touch sensor for robots, NVIDIA open-sources humanoid training stack, and Tokyo's fully unmanned robot laboratory