BMW is deploying AI-powered humanoid robots in its Leipzig, Germany, factory after a successful pilot in Spartanburg, South Carolina, that helped build over 30,000 vehicles.

Tilbury Douglas has deployed a humanoid robot on a live UK construction site - claiming an industry first - at a surprisingly cheap price. The move is

Destiny can run, dance and even perform Kung Fu moves, and Wallace, from Gedling in Nottinghamshire, expects to see humanoids programmed to do laundry or cooking and cleaning. He describes the humanoid as an "embodied AI model with the ability to speak, react and manipulate the real world".

Chinese startups are churning out more humanoid robots than their U.S. rivals, despite far lower valuations.

Accenture (NYSE: ACN), together with Vodafone Procure & Connect and SAP, is piloting the use of humanoid robotics in warehouse environments, demonstrating how physical AI can enhance operational efficiency,

Walker S2 is an adult-sized humanoid robot with legs, a torso, and arms. China is sending these robots to patrol their border with Vietnam.

Siemens and UK startup Humanoid deployed an Nvidia-powered humanoid robot at a German electronics factory, completing 8+ hours of autonomous tote-handling.

Japan is stepping up efforts to compete in the humanoid robotics race, focusing on software and data. At the Humanoid Robot Expo in Tokyo, Japan’s first humanoid-focused event, a human-sized machine is picking up a bottle of tea from shelves and turning to its audience with a quip.

In summer 2025, you read a news item about plans for humanoid robots to be deployed in South Korean shipyards to tackle welding tasks. You don’t think much about it because the commercial deployment is planned for the beginning of 2027 and,