https://mechafeed.com/ Your source for humanoid robotics news, AI breakthroughs, and the future of intelligent machines. Covering the companies and technologies shaping tomorrow. en-us Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://mechafeed.com/favicon.svg https://mechafeed.com/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/agibot-15000-production-milestone/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/agibot-15000-production-milestone/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT AGIBOT says its 15,000th unit — a G2 industrial embodied robot — left production in June 2026, after a rapid ramp from 1,000 to 15,000. Industry Robb Harlan https://mechafeed.com/blog/chery-aimoga-2000-overseas-deliveries/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/chery-aimoga-2000-overseas-deliveries/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Chery-incubated Aimoga marks 2,000 cumulative overseas deliveries across 60+ countries, with JD.com humanoid pricing at ¥285,800. Deals Shar Hendrix https://mechafeed.com/blog/figure-03-bmw-spartanburg-sequencing/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/figure-03-bmw-spartanburg-sequencing/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT BMW and Figure put Figure 03 on logistics sequencing in Hall 52 after Figure 02’s body-shop run on 30,000+ X3 vehicles. Humanoids Shar Hendrix https://mechafeed.com/blog/gemini-robotics-2-whole-body-intelligence/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/gemini-robotics-2-whole-body-intelligence/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT DeepMind’s Gemini Robotics 2 stack adds whole-body humanoid control, multi-robot teamwork, and on-device adaptation — with ER 2 open in AI Studio. AI Robb Harlan https://mechafeed.com/blog/general-intuition-320m-gameplay-agents/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/general-intuition-320m-gameplay-agents/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Khosla-led round values General Intuition at $2.3B as the startup fine-tunes models from Medal gameplay labels onto real robots in minutes of data. AI Shar Hendrix https://mechafeed.com/blog/hyundai-ulsan-humanoid-robot-strike/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/hyundai-ulsan-humanoid-robot-strike/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ulsan partial strikes and union demands meet Hyundai’s 25,000 Atlas plan and a 2028 Metaplant America start — company says robots aren’t the current talks. Industry Robb Harlan https://mechafeed.com/blog/nvidia-lerobot-groot-1-7-isaac-teleop/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/nvidia-lerobot-groot-1-7-isaac-teleop/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Open VLA GR00T 1.7 plus Isaac Teleop data collection now ship inside LeRobot — with LIBERO scores NVIDIA reports up to 96.5% average. AI Shar Hendrix https://mechafeed.com/blog/robocup-2026-first-11v11-humanoid-soccer/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/robocup-2026-first-11v11-humanoid-soccer/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT In Incheon, B-Human beat HTWK 4–0 in the first full-sized 11-vs-11 humanoid robot soccer game — both sides on Booster Robotics hardware. Humanoids Shar Hendrix https://mechafeed.com/blog/sanctuary-ai-physical-ai-industrial-pivot/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/sanctuary-ai-physical-ai-industrial-pivot/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Sanctuary reports 99.5%+ success at 2.54s cycle time on a Tier 1 wire-plugging task — and a strategy to run Physical AI on existing robots, not only humanoids. AI Shar Hendrix https://mechafeed.com/blog/xpeng-iron-1000-month-mass-production/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/xpeng-iron-1000-month-mass-production/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT CnEVPost, citing Wall Street Journal sources, says XPeng aims for more than 1,000 Iron units monthly by end of 2026 and store rollouts in 2027. Humanoids Robb Harlan https://mechafeed.com/blog/ant-group-zeroth-73m-humanoid-bets/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/ant-group-zeroth-73m-humanoid-bets/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Alibaba-affiliate Ant Group led a ¥500M pre-Series A in Zeroth and has invested in 12 humanoid-related companies since early 2025. Industry Shar Hendrix https://mechafeed.com/blog/doordash-air-faa-part-135-multimodal/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/doordash-air-faa-part-135-multimodal/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT DoorDash Labs earns Part 135 certification and launches in-house drones, plugging aerial delivery into the same network as Dot robots and human Dashers. Robotics Robb Harlan https://mechafeed.com/blog/engineai-hong-kong-ipo-shenzhen-factory/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/engineai-hong-kong-ipo-shenzhen-factory/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT EngineAI confidentially filed for a Hong Kong listing after a $1.5B valuation and a Shenzhen plant claiming a T800 every 15 minutes. Industry Robb Harlan https://mechafeed.com/blog/generalist-gen1-multi-end-effectors/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/generalist-gen1-multi-end-effectors/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Generalist says GEN-1 now trains across five-fingered hands, tools, and ~9,000 gripper variants on 500,000+ hours of real interaction data. AI Shar Hendrix https://mechafeed.com/blog/hexagon-aeon-bmw-leipzig-production/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/hexagon-aeon-bmw-leipzig-production/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hexagon Robotics says AEON is performing production work at BMW Plant Leipzig, with a path to production deployment by end of 2026. Humanoids Robb Harlan https://mechafeed.com/blog/interlatent-vr-teleop-quic-open-source/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/interlatent-vr-teleop-quic-open-source/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Interlatent’s open-source robotics SDK puts VR teleoperation on a QUIC path with in-browser IK, a safety gate on the robot, and free hosted control. AI Shar Hendrix https://mechafeed.com/blog/neura-qualcomm-dragonwing-physical-ai/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/neura-qualcomm-dragonwing-physical-ai/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT NEURA Robotics and Qualcomm announced a strategic collaboration pairing Dragonwing IQ10 processors with NEURA’s cognitive robot stack. Robotics Shar Hendrix https://mechafeed.com/blog/neura-robotics-1-4b-series-c/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/neura-robotics-1-4b-series-c/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT German humanoid maker NEURA raised up to $1.4B from Tether, Nvidia, Amazon, Qualcomm, Bosch, and others to scale cognitive robots. Industry Robb Harlan https://mechafeed.com/blog/nori-robotics-us-hardware-under-2k-fcc/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/nori-robotics-us-hardware-under-2k-fcc/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT YC S26’s Nori Robotics pitches manufacturing-cost mobile bimanual robots to US labs after the FCC Covered List hit foreign advanced robots. Deals Shar Hendrix https://mechafeed.com/blog/ubtech-uworld-u1-consumer-humanoid/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/ubtech-uworld-u1-consumer-humanoid/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT UBTECH unveiled the mass-produced UWORLD U1 Series in Shenzhen, claiming 13,361+ orders and pricing starting at 119,800 RMB. Deals Shar Hendrix https://mechafeed.com/blog/unitree-star-market-ipo-csrc/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/unitree-star-market-ipo-csrc/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT China’s securities regulator approved Unitree’s Shanghai STAR Market IPO registration, a key step toward a ~¥4.2B public raise. Industry Robb Harlan https://mechafeed.com/blog/1x-neo-factory-hayward/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/1x-neo-factory-hayward/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT America’s first high-volume humanoid plant is live: 58,000 sq ft, 200+ staff, $20k buy-in or $499/month. Industry Robb Harlan https://mechafeed.com/blog/1x-neo-hands-25-dof/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/1x-neo-hands-25-dof/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tendon-driven, force-transparent hands: 22 finger/palm DoF plus a 3-DoF wrist, IP68, built for every NEO. Robotics Shar Hendrix https://mechafeed.com/blog/agibot-a3-ultra-waic-2026/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/agibot-a3-ultra-waic-2026/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT At WAIC 2026 in Shanghai, AGIBOT launched a full-size humanoid built for long shifts — plus industrial and dexterous systems aimed at real workflows. Humanoids Robb Harlan https://mechafeed.com/blog/agility-fremont-physical-ai-hub/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/agility-fremont-physical-ai-hub/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Nearly 200 hires, $300M+ in multi-year Digit orders, and a Bay Area skill lab next door to Tesla country. Industry Robb Harlan https://mechafeed.com/blog/agility-robotics-spac-2-5b/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/agility-robotics-spac-2-5b/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Digit's maker plans a SPAC merger with Churchill Capital XI, more than $300M in Digit v5 orders, and ticker AGLT if the deal closes. Industry Robb Harlan https://mechafeed.com/blog/aheadform-origin-f1-waic/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/aheadform-origin-f1-waic/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hangzhou startup AheadForm shows Origin-series heads built for blinks, eye contact, and speech-synced expressions. Humanoids Shar Hendrix https://mechafeed.com/blog/ai2-robotics-735m-wheeled-humanoids/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/ai2-robotics-735m-wheeled-humanoids/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Shenzhen’s AI² Robotics closed a massive financing round for AlphaBot wheeled manipulators and its Alpha Brain VLA stack. Industry Shar Hendrix https://mechafeed.com/blog/apptronik-robot-park-apollo-2/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/apptronik-robot-park-apollo-2/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Austin’s expanded Robot Park puts fleets of Apollo 2 to work collecting real-world data with Google DeepMind in the loop. Humanoids Shar Hendrix https://mechafeed.com/blog/atoms-kalanick-1-7b-a16z/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/atoms-kalanick-1-7b-a16z/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Cloud Kitchens / Pronto stack rebranded as Atoms brings in Bain, Fifth Wall, and Uber — with Ben Horowitz joining the board. Industry Robb Harlan https://mechafeed.com/blog/byd-humanoid-robot-august-di-space/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/byd-humanoid-robot-august-di-space/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT China’s largest EV maker told China Securities Journal it will unveil its first humanoid robot in August at Di Space experience centers. Humanoids Robb Harlan https://mechafeed.com/blog/engineai-urkl-robot-combat-league/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/engineai-urkl-robot-combat-league/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Shenzhen’s URKL puts full-size T800 robots in freestyle combat — 32 teams, live bouts, and a deliberate stress test for balance, sensing, and recovery. Humanoids Robb Harlan https://mechafeed.com/blog/enigma-71m-robots-online/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/enigma-71m-robots-online/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The stealth-exit lab is putting 100+ AI robots online so the world can teach it how humans actually want to boss machines around. AI Shar Hendrix https://mechafeed.com/blog/fcc-foreign-humanoid-robots-covered-list/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/fcc-foreign-humanoid-robots-covered-list/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT July 28 rules block new foreign-produced advanced robots from U.S. equipment authorization—humanoids and quadrupeds included—alongside power inverters. Industry Robb Harlan https://mechafeed.com/blog/figure-robots-outnumber-humans/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/figure-robots-outnumber-humans/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT CEO Brett Adcock’s June chart: robot count climbing past human headcount as BotQ production ramps — a flashy milestone with real caveats. Industry Robb Harlan https://mechafeed.com/blog/gatsby-first-us-humanoid-home-clean/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/gatsby-first-us-humanoid-home-clean/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT West Egg Labs’ app books a humanoid for ~3 hours at $150 flat — no human cleaner in the room, remote help still possible. Humanoids Shar Hendrix https://mechafeed.com/blog/generative-bionics-gene01/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/generative-bionics-gene01/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Generative Bionics ships Gene.01 with full-body touch sensing and an open digital twin on pip, conda, and ROS. Humanoids Shar Hendrix https://mechafeed.com/blog/genisom-ai-icra-10000-units/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/genisom-ai-icra-10000-units/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Founded late 2023, the company says it has shipped more than 10,000 units — M1 and L1-series platforms built to leave the lab. Robotics Robb Harlan https://mechafeed.com/blog/gritt-32m-solar-construction-robots/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/gritt-32m-solar-construction-robots/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The CMU-founded startup bolts intelligence onto rented arms and skidders to install solar panels several times faster than manual crews. Robotics Shar Hendrix https://mechafeed.com/blog/holiday-robotics-105m-friday/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/holiday-robotics-105m-friday/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Seoul’s Holiday Robotics closed a $105M Series A to commercialize FRIDAY, a wheeled industrial humanoid with hand-first design. Industry Shar Hendrix https://mechafeed.com/blog/hyundai-full-ownership-boston-dynamics/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/hyundai-full-ownership-boston-dynamics/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT SoftBank exercised its put option. Hyundai Motor Group is buying the remaining stake and lining up Atlas for factory work by 2028. Industry Robb Harlan https://mechafeed.com/blog/lerobot-humanoid-open-source-2500/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/lerobot-humanoid-open-source-2500/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hugging Face’s LeRobot community released a full-stack, 3D-printed humanoid for robot learning — hardware, sim, and training included. Research Shar Hendrix https://mechafeed.com/blog/limx-dynamics-200m-pre-ipo/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/limx-dynamics-200m-pre-ipo/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Shenzhen humanoid startup LimX closed a $200M pre-IPO round and is preparing a likely Hong Kong listing amid China’s IPO race. Industry Robb Harlan https://mechafeed.com/blog/mitsubishi-highlanders-humanoid-mass-production/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/mitsubishi-highlanders-humanoid-mass-production/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Japan's Mitsubishi Motors and University of Tokyo spinout Highlanders aim to mass-produce bipedal robots at Kyoto by end-2027. Humanoids Robb Harlan https://mechafeed.com/blog/proception-11m-robot-hands/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/proception-11m-robot-hands/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ex-Optimus lead Jay Li’s startup settles with Tesla, raises from First Round and YC, and starts shipping a 22-DoF hand plus sensor gloves. Robotics Shar Hendrix https://mechafeed.com/blog/sunday-robotics-act-2-memo-laundry/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/sunday-robotics-act-2-memo-laundry/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Sunday Robotics says ACT-2 folded laundry at 99.1% success across 785 zero-shot attempts in homes Memo had never seen — beta still fall 2026. AI Shar Hendrix https://mechafeed.com/blog/tau-robotics-30-hour-sf-cleaning/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/tau-robotics-30-hour-sf-cleaning/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Invite-only house, deep, and office cleans: one hour flat, human-plus-AI control, bathrooms off-limits unless you opt in. Deals Shar Hendrix https://mechafeed.com/blog/tesla-optimus-fremont-production-temper/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/tesla-optimus-fremont-production-temper/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Business Insider’s July rundown: Gen-3 production “soon” in Fremont, supply-chain drag, and photos of the first Optimus line. Humanoids Robb Harlan https://mechafeed.com/blog/uk-humanoid-152m-series-a/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/uk-humanoid-152m-series-a/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT London-based Humanoid raised $152 million led by Prime Movers Lab, with Bosch lined up as contract manufacturer and industrial partners on the cap table. Industry Robb Harlan https://mechafeed.com/blog/ultra-robotics-op1-brooklyn-highline/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/ultra-robotics-op1-brooklyn-highline/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Industry City neighbors Highline Commerce and Ultra Robotics put stationary dual-arm OP1 robots on a live fulfillment floor outside Amazon. Robotics Shar Hendrix https://mechafeed.com/blog/walden-robotics-300m-stealth/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/walden-robotics-300m-stealth/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT TRI spinout led by MIT's Russ Tedrake raises at a $1.1B valuation, putting wheeled humanoids on real factory shifts instead of demo stages. Industry Robb Harlan https://mechafeed.com/blog/weave-robotics-isaac-1-home-robot/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/weave-robotics-isaac-1-home-robot/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Y Combinator-backed Weave Robotics prices Isaac 1 at $7,999 or $449/month, targeting California deliveries this fall and 1,000 U.S. homes by end-2027. Deals Shar Hendrix https://mechafeed.com/blog/world-labs-r2s2r-scenix/ https://mechafeed.com/blog/world-labs-r2s2r-scenix/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT After buying SceniX, Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs demos real-to-sim-to-real policies that run an hour on hardware. Research Robb Harlan