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Wednesday 23 September 2026
US-based Swarmer bets up to US$224M on Ukrainian combat robot maker Ratel
Autonomous software company Swarmer, based in Austin, Texas, has agreed to acquire Ukrainian unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) maker Ratel Robotics in a deal worth up to US$224 million...
Wednesday 23 September 2026
The Robot in the Supply Chain

Beijing's second annual World Humanoid Robot Games offered a vivid preview of where this technology race is headed. Over five days, more than 2,000 humanoid robots competed...

Tuesday 22 September 2026
Unitree targets humanoid robots' next bottleneck with 22-DoF Dex5-S hand
Humanoid robot makers are accelerating investment in dexterous hands as the component becomes increasingly important to fine manipulation. Chinese robotics company Unitree Robotics...
Tuesday 22 September 2026
Tesla speeds up Optimus mass production with China supply chain visits
Tesla is reportedly making new progress toward mass production of its Optimus humanoid robots, with the company's robot team conducting intensive supplier audits across China's Yangtze...
Monday 21 September 2026
Samsung builds fab robot team, targets chip equipment maintenance

Samsung Electronics has formed a dedicated organization to develop and deploy robots in its semiconductor fabs, with equipment preventive...

Monday 21 September 2026
Faraday Future says robotics, not EVs, must carry it to profitability

Faraday Future used its annual 919 launch event on September 19 to complete what it calls "Robot World 2.0," unveiling nine new embodied...

Thursday 17 September 2026
Deloitte Taiwan seminar highlights system integration as Physical AI moves into industrial applications
Taiwan's next opportunity in Physical AI may depend less on individual robot components than on its ability to integrate hardware, software, sensing and control into deployable industrial...
Thursday 17 September 2026
General-purpose home robots face sensing test
General-purpose home robots are the ultimate goal for the humanoid robotics industry, but the market remains at an early stage. DIGITIMES analysts said the key to commercialization...
Thursday 17 September 2026
Physical AI targets factory assembly pain points

Deloitte Taiwan has warned that only 3% of companies have broadly integrated physical AI into operations, while just 5% say it has already...

Wednesday 16 September 2026
EV batteries cannot simply power humanoid robots, with energy density and costs posing key hurdles
Power battery technology has reached maturity in the new energy vehicle (NEV) market, but transferring it to humanoid robots presents two major barriers: the need for significant technological...
Wednesday 16 September 2026
China's humanoid robot race, Part 2: Upstream profits gather around dexterous hands
Humanoid robot makers are cutting prices and scaling production, yet much of the industry remains unprofitable. Upstream suppliers are starting to show a different economics —...
Tuesday 15 September 2026
China's humanoid robot race, Part 1: Mass production outruns proven demand

China's humanoid robot industry is moving from prototypes to industrial production. The next test is no longer whether robots can be...

Tuesday 15 September 2026
Minebea Mitsumi pauses M&A to chase AI hardware demand
Minebea Mitsumi has halted its push for new acquisitions and is shifting resources toward producing ball bearings, motors and actuators for AI hardware, as demand tied to data centers,...
Tuesday 15 September 2026
XPeng's Turing chip expands beyond cars
XPeng Motors is extending its self-developed Turing AI chip from intelligent electric vehicles (EVs) into humanoid robots, broadening the processor's role in the company's Physical...
Tuesday 15 September 2026
Robot supply strategies split between US in-house tech and Chinese local ecosystem
As humanoid robots gradually move from laboratory proofs-of-concept and enter industrial manufacturing and commercial service, their underlying motion control and environmental perception...