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Humanoid Robots News Today: The REV 26.09 Changelog
Humanoid robots news today, as a dated changelog: launches, funding, listings and factory news from the 9 humanoid makers in the HardwareMap index.
by the HardwareMap editors2 min read
From the HardwareMap index, REV 26.09, refreshed 3 Oct 2026
Contents
Humanoid robots news today, as tracked by the HardwareMap index at REV 26.09: Agility shows Digit 5, Figure ships Helix 2.5, and IDC counts almost 25,000 humanoids shipped in the first half of 2026. This is a dated changelog covering the 9 humanoid makers in the index, newest first. The full roster lives on the humanoid robot companies list.
Each entry is a fact with a date and a source. Claims about future shipments are recorded as claims, with who made them.
Humanoid robots news today: REV 26.09, October 2026
Index change this REV. Unitree Robotics moves to status Public after its STAR Market listing. The humanoid count holds at 9.
- 29 Sep 2026. IDC data puts global humanoid shipments near 25,000 units in the first half of 2026, up 432.1 percent year on year. China bought more than 19,000 of them, 77.9 percent of the total (TechNode, citing IDC).
- 17 Sep 2026. Figure AI releases Helix 2.5 and reports household tasks completed in 30 homes with no prior data from those homes (Figure).
- 15 Sep 2026. Agility Robotics unveils Digit 5: 50 lb repeated lift, 90-minute battery that charges in nine minutes. Early access is planned for the first half of 2027, general availability by the end of 2027. Agility claims more than $300 million in multi-year orders (Agility).
- 9 Sep 2026. Unitree shares trade about 39 percent below their first-day close (The Robot Report).
- 3 Sep 2026. Figure signs with Nscale for up to 100,000 NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUs to train its models (Figure).
- Sep 2026. Agility's merger filings show $1.8 million in 2025 net sales and Digit at nine customer sites (The Robot Report).
Earlier in 2026
- 19 Aug 2026. Unitree lists on the STAR Market at 150.80 yuan a share, ticker 688836. Its prospectus reported 2025 revenue of 1.70 billion yuan and more than 5,500 humanoids shipped (The Robot Report).
- 30 Jun 2026. Figure 03 starts work in Hall 52 at BMW Plant Spartanburg, sequencing parts and pulling carts down the line (Figure).
- 24 Jun 2026. Agility agrees to go public by merging with Churchill Capital Corp XI, at a pre-money equity value of $2.5 billion (Agility).
- 30 Apr 2026. 1X Technologies opens its NEO factory in Hayward, California, 58,000 sq ft, with stated capacity of 10,000 NEOs a year and first customer shipments planned for 2026 (1X).
- 29 Apr 2026. Figure reports one Figure 03 per hour from its BotQ line and more than 350 units built (Figure).
- 16 Mar 2026. UBTECH Robotics signs a framework agreement with Siemens Digital Industries Software to scale Walker S2 production (Eye Shenzhen).
- 11 Feb 2026. Apptronik closes a $520 million Series A extension, taking the round past $935 million (CNBC).
- Jan 2026. At CES, Neura Robotics shows 4NE1 Gen 3.5 and the smaller 4NE1 Mini (Neura), and Fourier Intelligence shows the GR-3 care robot, its first CES appearance (Fourier).
How this changelog is kept
New entries go on top under the current REV. Nothing is rewritten. Only companies in the index get entries; programs inside larger firms, such as Tesla Optimus or Boston Dynamics Atlas, are out of scope. Index changes are logged in the REV notes. For funding and shipment totals, see the humanoid robot market note. The Chinese makers have their own list: Chinese humanoid robots. To see every humanoid entry live, filter the index.
Frequently asked questions
Where can I find humanoid robot news today?
This page is a dated changelog of humanoid robot news about the companies in the HardwareMap index, newest first. Each entry links the primary source: the company announcement, a regulatory filing or the trade press that reported it. It is refreshed with each monthly REV, so the top entry is always the latest index revision.
What was the biggest humanoid robot news in September 2026?
Agility Robotics unveiled Digit 5 on 15 September 2026 and said it holds more than $300 million in multi-year orders. Figure released Helix 2.5 on 17 September. IDC data published at the end of the month put first-half 2026 humanoid shipments near 25,000 units, with Chinese buyers taking 77.9 percent of them.
Which humanoid robot companies are public?
In the HardwareMap index, two humanoid makers are listed: UBTECH Robotics in Hong Kong since December 2023, and Unitree Robotics on Shanghai's STAR Market since 19 August 2026. Agility Robotics agreed in June 2026 to go public through a merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI; that deal had not closed as of this revision.
How often is this humanoid news page updated?
Once a month, with each index revision. New entries go on top under the new REV heading. Old entries are never rewritten: if a claim later proves wrong or a plan slips, a new dated entry records the change. That keeps the page usable as a record of what was announced, and when.
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