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.
ZUOWEI unveiled two humanoid care robots designed for aging support, including bedside assistance, companionship, mobility help, feeding, monitoring, and home-based care.
Morgan Stanley raised its 2026 China humanoid robot shipment forecast to 50,000 units, signaling faster commercial deployment and supply-chain momentum.
Apple suppliers Luxshare and Lingyi are raising Hong Kong capital as they expand from smartphone components into AI hardware and humanoid robot manufacturing.
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.
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.