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Feb 11, 2026
Alibaba launches open-source brain for physical AI
PLUS: Waymo orders 50,000 AVs, Ambi licenses robot skills, Fauna’s soft humanoid
Feb 10, 2026
China launches the world’s first humanoid combat league
PLUS: Ouster acquires StereoLabs, Army swarm contract, Gather AI lands $40M
Feb 9, 2026
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
Feb 6, 2026
Faraday Future pivots to robots with $2,500 quadruped
PLUS: Startup eyes $200M, China’s warm robot, and inflatable ag-tech
Feb 5, 2026
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
Feb 4, 2026
MirrorMe’s Bolt humanoid sprints at record 22 mph
PLUS: Waymo raises $16B, Korea’s humanoid battery bet, and AI learns surgery from 150 demos
Feb 3, 2026
Carbon Robotics debuts 150M-image 'Large Plant Model'
PLUS: LimX raises $200M, Unitree G1 braves -47°C, Themis works while walking
Feb 2, 2026
Apptronik's NASA-backed robot joins Mercedes factory workforce
PLUS: Nvidia declares physical AI era, da Vinci 5 cuts recovery to hours, Ericsson hires humanoids
Jan 30, 2026
Tesla kills Model S to build 1M humanoids
PLUS: Figure drops C++ for neural nets, Steam Decks control war bots, and robot farmers