New robots, new capabilities. Tracking what's coming for the workforce.
Robotics UBTech's consumer brand UWORLD opened JD.com pre-sales for a full-size hyper-bionic companion humanoid: two SKUs, 88 degrees of freedom, 2-4 hour battery, 3,000 yuan deposit, shipping by September 15.
Robotics Flexiv announced on May 27 it will preview a next-generation 7-DOF force-controlled arm with whole-body touch sensitivity, plus a modular humanoid platform built from two of those arms, at ICRA Vienna June 1–5. Commercial launch is targeted for Q3 2026.
Robotics Unitree Robotics posted Q1 2026 revenue of 422.8 million yuan, up 68% year-on-year, but adjusted net profit fell 52% to 40.3 million yuan as R&D and sales costs surged. The Shanghai Stock Exchange's STAR Market committee reviews the company's 4.2 billion yuan (≈$619M) IPO on June 1, at a target valuation near $6.2 billion.
Robotics On May 5, 2026, AGIBOT walked its A2 humanoid with Alexander Wang from The Mark to the Met Gala carpet — the first embodied-AI humanoid at the event. It poured drinks, then got stuck in the elevator.
Robotics 1X started full-scale production at its 58,000-sq-ft Hayward factory on April 30. Year-one capacity is 10,000 NEO humanoids; cumulative target is 100,000 by end of 2027. The first year sold out in five days last October at $20,000 outright or $499/month. Shipping starts now.