Boston Dynamics latest Atlas humanoid robot is big, strong, and increasingly smart, thanks to Google. The company has plans to ship up to 30,000 per year.

Chinese robot manufacturer AGIBOT announced its entry into the US humanoid market, unveiling its ready-to-use embodied robots at CES 2026. The portfolio consists of three humanoid robots and a quadruped robot that can be deployed to assist humans and work in real-life scenarios and challenges.

Nvidia’s new lineup of open-source AI models is headlined by Alpamayo 1 (pictured), a so-called VLA, or vision-language-action, algorithm with 10 billion parameters. It can use footage from an autonomous vehicle’s cameras to generate driving trajectories.

Realbotix develops humanoid robots with speech and image recognition. They interact with customers at trade fairs or in hotels.

Humanoid robots were the stars of the show at CES 2026, with the physical AI tech showing off how it can fold laundry, deal cards, and more.

A Chinese company founded under a year ago claims its AI-powered robot can perform a task many humans struggle with. It could end up being a big deal.

Boston Dynamics unveils Atlas humanoid robot at CESNvidia’s Huang touts robot revolution for manufacturing and logisticsKey robot deals involving LG, Google

To drive that momentum forward, Nvidia unveiled new open Nvidia Cosmos and GR00T models during its Las Vegas keynote event on Monday. The company stated that these models are designed to enable developers to allocate less time and resources to pretraining and more to building next-generation robots.

Hyundai plans to set up a manufacturing system to build thousands of robots by 2028, leaning on its majority stake in Boston Dynamics to compete in the global rush to mass-produce AI-powered robots. It's an impressive pitch that puts Tesla right in its sights.