Humanoid robots in 2026: From impressive prototypes to practical buying decisions
Humanoid robotics has entered a more demanding phase. For years, the industry was judged largely by demonstrations: walking across uneven terrain, lifting boxes, manipulating...
Robotaxis aren’t as autonomous as they look. The industry won’t say how much help...
SUMMARY: A summer of recalls forced federal regulators to call robotaxi perception failures a "functional insufficiency," not a rare edge case. Separately, and largely...
How 3D sensing and FPGAs are enabling humanoid robots: An interview with Karl Wachswender...
Investment in humanoid robotics is accelerating, but moving from prototypes to widespread commercial deployment will require advances beyond AI models and mechanical design. Real-time...
Humanoid robot beat the half-marathon world record in Beijing. Here’s what experts say it...
SUMMARY: In April 2026, a humanoid robot finished a half marathon in Beijing faster than any human ever has. The result is real and...
Inside the FCC foreign robot ban: The vulnerabilities that justified it, and who actually...
SUMMARY: On July 28, 2026, the FCC blocked new foreign-made humanoid, quadruped, and mobile robots from US import authorization, citing three specific, already-documented security...
Chinese hardware vulnerabilities and supply chain security: What the evidence actually shows
SUMMARY: In August 2026, the UK Ministry of Defence found that a Royal Navy sea drone had been sending a periodic signal to a...
Robot cybersecurity vulnerabilities: What CVE-2026-8153 and UniPwn reveal about robot safety
SUMMARY: For nearly a decade, security researchers have shown that a robot's physical safety features — the speed limits, force limits, and proximity sensors...
Top 11 iris recognition companies in the market [Updated]
Contactless biometrics has moved well past its pandemic-era origins to become a default expectation for identity verification, access control, payments, and border security. What...
How robot mobility outpaced safety regulations: Why industrial robot rules are falling behind
SUMMARY: A Tesla technician's $51 million lawsuit sits inside a much larger, harder-to-see problem: as robots have gained the mobility to work unguarded alongside people,...
These AI research labs are building very different world models for robot training
Physical AI shifts the focus of robotics from rigid, hard-coded automation to an entirely new realm, in which machines can survey the real world,...
Best data labeling companies for robotics & physical AI in 2026
Robots are moving out of labs and onto factory floors, into warehouses, hospitals, and homes — and every one of them runs on labeled...
Surgical robots in 2026: Beyond da Vinci — Who is competing and what they...
On April 21, 2026, Intuitive Surgical reported Q1 2026 revenue of $2.77 billion — a 23% year-on-year increase — with 11,395 da Vinci systems now installed...
