Agile ONE SN Preview: A Jetson Thor Humanoid Reference Platform Built for GR00T Research

Agile Robots SE, the Munich-based German robotics company founded in 2018 by DLR researchers, unveiled the Agile ONE SN on October 21, 2026 at NVIDIA GTC Berlin in a joint reveal with NVIDIA. It is a compact humanoid built strictly as an R&D reference platform, shipping preconfigured with Isaac GR00T software and Jetson Thor onboard … Read more

HD Hyundai Dual-Arm Robot Preview: A Physical-AI Industrial Torso, Not A Biped Yet

HD Hyundai Robotics unveiled its self-developed intelligent dual-arm robot on October 21, 2026, the opening day of the FIX 2026 Future Innovation Technology Expo at EXCO in Daegu, South Korea. The development-stage prototype is an upper-body humanoid with two five-fingered dexterous arms, built around a self-developed Robot Foundation Model for physical AI. It is not … Read more

AnAn Bionic AI Panda Preview: A Huggable Emotional Companion With Long Memory

Shenzhen-based Mind With Heart Robotics (WuXin KeJi) opens preorders for its AnAn bionic emotional AI panda companion robot on JD.com on October 23, 2026. A 1:1 lifelike giant panda built around tactile sensing, an emotional AI brain, and cross-session memory, AnAn targets lonely seniors, special-needs children, and families looking for a steady companion rather than … Read more

Unitree H2-X Preview: A Kung Fu Guardian That Flips Over Cars, But Has No Price Tag

On October 21, 2026, Hangzhou-based Unitree Robotics unveiled the H2-X, a “Kung Fu Legend Guardian” variant of its H2 bipedal platform, alongside a demo video. Built on the existing H2 chassis rather than a clean-sheet design, the H2-X is framed as a guard and rescue-themed showcase. Unitree has not disclosed a price or delivery date, … Read more

Zeroth Bot Preview: A Programmable Open-Source Humanoid Robot From The K-Scale Stack

Zeroth Bot is an open-source AI-enabled bipedal humanoid with 18 metal-gear actuators, dual-core RISC-V, 1080p camera, 6-axis IMU, Wi-Fi, and the PyKOS/KOS/EdgeVLA/K-Sim stack; voice, gesture, and Python control, framed under $1000 on a Kickstarter preview with no announced launch date.

Figurobot FR-NIA Review: An 11-Inch Bionic AI Companion Robot With A Moving Face

FR-NIA is an 11-inch desktop bionic companion with 10 DoF facial/neck actuation, 2mm silicone skin, multimodal perception, and app-choreographed expressions; Lite/Pro/Pro Max configurations, reservation deposits toward KS pricing $699-$799 against a $999 MSRP. Kickstarter listing being confirmed.

Agility Digit 5 Review: A 20-Hour Humanoid Workday Built on 9-Minute Swaps

Agility Digit humanoid robot full-body studio portrait

Agility’s Digit 5 claims a 20-hour effective workday through nine-minute battery swaps and a target of 25 customer facilities by 2027. We read the duty-cycle maths behind the headline, examine the machine-tending roadmap and ask what uptime really costs in a warehouse.

Faraday Future FF Nova: A $2,499 Humanoid Bet That Still Needs Proof

FF Nova humanoid robot gesturing in studio shot

Faraday Future says its FF Nova humanoid will sell for under $2,500, with a $299 Nova Mini for classrooms, ahead of an October 26 Nasdaq investor day. We test the arithmetic behind the price, weigh the company’s delivery record and set out what buyers must demand in writing.