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Local governments across China are funding dozens of "robot training centers", where human trainers mimic movements like folding clothes to teach the robots (Rest of World)
https://restofworld.org/2026/china-robots-training-centers-workers/

In Chinese data factories, workers teach humanoid robots boring tasks
Local governments are building training centers to address a shortage of robotic data, as China makes embodied intelligence a national priority.

How China boosts its humanoid robot industry, giving companies land, favorable bank loan terms, and sometimes subsidizing the robots' purchase price by ~10% (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/china-is-going-al…

Some wonder how humanoid #robots will change our world.
I wonder how humanoid robots will fashion their world.

Docs: xAI had a net loss of $1.46B in Q3, up from $1B in Q1; sources: xAI told investors it plans to build AI that will eventually power Optimus humanoid robots (Carmen Arroyo/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

When Meta released its new AI-enhanced smart glasses last October, many minds travelled back to Google Glass, the search giant’s abortive venture into the same territory a decade previously. A lot has changed in 10 years.
https://www.computing.co.…

When AI goes hands-free: The rise of smart glasses and humanoid robots
In the fourth part of our coverage of IT trends in 2026, we look at the return of smart glasses and the rise of humanoid ...

Love that title and preso, but be aware:
This RK3588S may punch you. 🥊🤖
https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-skynet-starter-kit-from-embodied-ai-jailbreak-to-remote-takeover-of-humanoid-robots

Boston Dynamics partners with Google DeepMind to integrate Gemini Robotics models into Atlas robots, boosting their object-manipulation capabilities and more (Will Knight/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/google-boston-dynamics-gemini-powered-robot-atlas/

Google Gemini Is Taking Control of Humanoid Robots on Auto Factory Floors
Google DeepMind and Boston Dynamics are teaming up to integrate Gemini into a humanoid robot called Atlas.

This time we look at why you may not be able to hand your household chores over to robots just yet, Delhi Police’s dystopian turn and Japan’s biggest port under ransomware attack.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/are-you-ready-for-the…

Are you ready for the humanoid robot bubble? - Asian Tech Roundup

Look, I know you invested big in Tesla in the hopes that we would become market leader in EVs and then we pissed away that lead to China shortly after becoming profitable, so you're not getting a return on your investment.
But, and hear me out. We're now going to do the exact same thing with humanoid robots.

Sources: Neura Robotics, which is building cognitive, humanoid robots for logistics, is raising ~€1B in a funding round backed by Tether at a ~€4B valuation (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-04/neura-robo…

A look at Elon Musk's bet that Tesla's future is in its Optimus humanoid robots, which for now rely on human helpers and still face commercial challenges (Becky Peterson/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/elon-musk-optimus

Our #starwars #Lego Advent calendar brings another droid. ❤️

Will we all become cyborgs? https://2digital.news/will-we-all-become-cyborgs/ Interview with @… on

Encord, whose software helps companies developing AI models manage training data for robots and other uses, raised $60M at a $500M pre-money valuation (Rocket Drew/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/robot-data-startup-raises-60-million

A Robot Data Startup Raises $60 Million
Companies developing AI models to power humanoid and other robots have been hard at work collecting videos and other data for training their models, even paying people to record themselves completing tasks in homes and workplaces.As these data-collection efforts start to pay off, and robots take ...

A look at Hyundai's Atlas humanoid robot, slated for assembly tasks in 2028; Hyundai has invested billions in robotics since acquiring Boston Dynamics in 2021 (Hyonhee Shin/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Chinese humanoid robot startup Galbot raised over $300M led by China Mobile's industry investment fund at a $3B valuation, bringing its total funding to $800M (Eudora Wang/DealStreetAsia)
https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/galbot-raises-over-300m-467245

Chinese humanoid robot developer Galbot raises $300m at $3b valuation
The financing will accelerate the adoption of the robots across different use cases.

Q&A with FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam, only the second CEO in the company's history, on humanoid robots, automation, AI, drones, US-China trade tensions, and more (Jordyn Holman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/business/fedex-raj-subramaniam.html…

The Man Delivering FedEx Into the Age of Drones, Robots and A.I.
Raj Subramaniam took over three years ago from FedEx’s founder, who ran the company for nearly 50 years. Since then, technology, tariffs and other disruptions have “fundamentally shifted” patterns of global trade.

Shenzhen-based UBTech signed deals to supply its Walker S2 humanoid robots to Airbus and Texas Instruments, and says it aims to produce 10,000 units in 2026 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-19/air…

DEEP Robotics, a Hangzhou-based startup that builds quadruped and humanoid robots, raised a $70M Series C to expand R&D and production capacity (Danielle Popov/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/arti

China’s Deep Robotics raises US$70 million as sector draws more investors
Company founder Zhu Qiuguo says the new funding would be used for research and the recruitment of top robotics talent.