Commercial
01 / SOURCE REPORTBMW reports an AEON humanoid pilot at Leipzig
BMW describes a named factory pilot with Hexagon’s wheeled AEON humanoid, rather than a trade-show appearance.
Source: BMW Group
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At home
02 / SOURCE REPORTFigure reports Helix 2.5 demonstrations in 30 previously unseen homes
Figure reports living-room tidying, towel folding and bed-making in 30 Bay Area homes without collecting training data in those homes.
Source: Figure
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03 / SOURCE REPORTAgility introduces Digit 5, citing commercial operating history
Agility announced Digit 5 and reported more than $300 million in multi-year orders. Orders are not completed deliveries.
Source: Agility Robotics
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04 / SOURCE REPORT1X announces new 25-DOF hands for NEO
1X describes tendon-driven hands with 25 degrees of freedom; its near-human performance claims remain manufacturer claims.
Source: 1X
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05 / SOURCE REPORTFigure says two Helix-02 robots reset a bedroom in under two minutes
Figure reports a collaborative bedroom-reset demonstration using a learned vision-language-action policy.
Source: Figure
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06 / SOURCE REPORTSiemens and Humanoid report a factory logistics test
Siemens reports testing the wheeled HMND 01 Alpha in its Erlangen electronics factory, describing autonomous logistics tasks.
Source: Siemens
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07 / SOURCE REPORTBoston Dynamics unveils production Atlas and planned 2026 placements
Boston Dynamics presented a product version of electric Atlas and named Hyundai and Google DeepMind as planned 2026 recipients.
Source: Boston Dynamics
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08 / SOURCE REPORT1X opens NEO home-robot preorders with expert supervision for unfamiliar chores
1X announced a consumer home robot, while its launch materials explicitly offer expert assistance for tasks NEO does not yet know.
Source: 1X
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09 / SOURCE REPORTFigure introduces Figure 03, designed for Helix and home use
Figure’s third-generation humanoid includes home-oriented design changes and manufacturing ambitions; design intent is not proven household readiness.
Source: Figure
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10 / SOURCE REPORTDARPA Robotics Challenge targeted disaster response, not combat
A clearly dated 2015 landmark: DARPA tested human-supervised robots in simulated disaster-response scenarios, not military operations.
Source: DARPA
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