Robotics engineer Nathan Wallace has spent the past few months programming and training a robot he has named Destiny. "We thought we needed some girl power, and Destiny just seemed perfect," the 23-year-old told the BBC.

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

Siemens, UK robotics startup Humanoid, and Nvidia announced at Hannover Messe 2026 the results

Siemens’ and NVIDIA’s strategic partnership to build fully AI-driven, adaptive manufacturing sites delivers real-world milestone with testing of humanoid robot at Siemens factory in Erlangen, Germany.

In China, the world’s largest market, key trends include the convergence of application scenarios, deep integration of LLMs into general-purpose robots

US carmaker Tesla turned the Boston Marathon into a live stage for its Optimus

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.