OpenAI, Homebot One and Nori Robotics enter the Humanoid Home News Top 10 for September 2026 as Tesla Optimus GEN3 remains No. 1 and three robots drop below the cutoff.
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.
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 Research says global humanoid robot shipments topped 22,000 in H1 2026, with growth driven by commercial deployments, service uses and industrial demand.