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HHN to cover home humanoids at Humanoids Summit

Humanoid Home News will be on-site at Humanoids Summit Silicon Valley 2026 seeking interviews with companies building humanoids for home care, companionship, safety, and daily household support.

Koko home robot brings embodied AI to CEDIA Expo

CEDIA Expo says Homebot One will show Koko, an AI home companion robot with whole-home memory, daily assistance and a coming-soon Kickstarter campaign.

Eldercare robots may lead in Japan and Korea

UK-based GO Robotics Co-Founder Omer Rahim highlights eldercare robots for reminders, monitoring, lifting support, companionship, fall detection and night-time checks, while Japan and South Korea move faster toward adoption.

Bimanual wheel-based humanoids gain attention

MERPHI’s infographic highlights notable bimanual wheel-based humanoid robots across industrial, logistics, commercial, home, research and other roles. Infographic courtesy of: MERPHI / Mehrdad Farimani

ZUOWEI unveils humanoid care robots for aging support

ZUOWEI unveiled two humanoid care robots designed for aging support, including bedside assistance, companionship, mobility help, feeding, monitoring, and home-based care.

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OpenAI plans humanoid robots as hiring points to broader push

OpenAI plans humanoid robots, TIME reports, while job listings point to a broader robotics effort around general-purpose robots, real-world AI, dynamic environments and multiple robotic form factors.

Tau home-cleaning humanoid shows teleoperation reality

A San Francisco customer paid $30 for a Tau Robotics humanoid cleaning visit, but the robot was teleoperated by a human operator, raising useful home-robot questions.

Counterpoint says humanoid shipments topped 22,000

Counterpoint Research says global humanoid robot shipments topped 22,000 in H1 2026, with growth driven by commercial deployments, service uses and industrial demand.

Nori A3 brings sub-$2,000 humanoid robotics to home tasks

Forbes reports Nori A3 launched at $1,688 with fall delivery, positioning a wheeled bimanual robot for home chores, kitchen help, dish loading, training and affordable physical AI.
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