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Jan 28, 2026
Figure’s Helix 02 achieves end-to-end full-body autonomy
PLUS: A $50k humanoid butler, Vention raises $110M, and robots in space
Jan 27, 2026
Microsoft unveils 'Rho Alpha' to power physical AI
PLUS: 100k humanoid joints annually, robot swarms boost farm profits, and South Korea fields military bots
Jan 26, 2026
OpenAI’s secret robot lab scales to 100 trainers
PLUS: China's shapeshifting robot, Louisiana steel humanoids, Waymo launches in Miami
Jan 23, 2026
Airbus taps UBTech humanoids for aircraft assembly
PLUS: Musk's 2027 Optimus target, robot replaces 6 workers, Gartner's reality check
Jan 22, 2026
NVIDIA, Disney, DeepMind release 'Newton' physics engine
PLUS: China's surgical robot rally, Ericsson hires humanoids, Restoring the surgeon's touch
Jan 21, 2026
Ford’s humanoid trial beats targets by 60%
PLUS: Unitree ships 5,500 units, J&J challenges da Vinci
Jan 20, 2026
China’s X Square raises $140M for robot brains
PLUS: Robots learn to lip-sync, FedEx demands super humanoids, Chery debuts AiMOGA
Jan 19, 2026
Boston Dynamics’ Atlas enters Hyundai factories in 2028
PLUS: Johns Hopkins’ eye surgery bot + GITAI changes its own tire + AI tomato harvester
Jan 16, 2026
Skild secures $1.4B for universal robot brain
PLUS: Barclays predicts $200B market, LimX's cognitive OS