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BEIJING — Humanoid robots hip-hop danced, performed martial arts and played keyboard, guitar and drums at the opening ceremony of the first World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Thursday evening.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I’m a founder, writer and lecturer focusing on VC funds. The robotics industry has long been plagued by grand promises and ...

New estimates from Morgan Stanley suggest investment opportunity in the global humanoid value chain as the technology gets closer to reality. Wall Street continues to double down on its forecasts of a ...

Famed roboticist and iRobot founder Rodney Brooks has sounded the alarm on a humanoid robot investment bubble. He’s not the only one. In a recent essay, Brooks calls out the billions of venture ...

Mark Cuban thinks humanoid robots will have a short lifespan. He said instead robots and spaces will be co-designed, and they won't necessarily look like humans. Tesla and OpenAI are among the ...

GXO is testing humanoid robots from three different firms. Humanoids from Agility Robotics, Reflex Robotics, and Apptronik are learning specific tasks. There's lots of hype around humanoids, though ...

KOID is designed to capture the broad humanoid value chain: the components, the brains, and the integrators building real-world humanoid systems across the U.S., China, Europe, and broader Asia. The ...

Apple is exploring both humanoid and non-humanoid robotic form factors, according to a new scoop from longtime Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The intel comes on the heels of a research paper from the ...

As logistics leaders race toward automation, a new employee is stepping out onto the warehouse floor: the humanoid robot. With high-profile prototypes from Tesla, Figure AI, and Agility Robotics, the ...

CES 2026 was awash in walking, lifting, interacting machines. But robots that actually look human aren't necessary in industrial settings. The focus is shifting from humanoid appearance to ...