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Week 35

Humanoid robotics weekly, Aug 24-30, 2026

4 funding items, the largest stated amount over $900M for XPENG. 1 deployment, from ROBROS. 18 other news items. 1 talk or interview briefed.

Funding4

Fri, Aug 28Psi V1 · PsiBot
PsiBot raises over $100 million with industrial investors joining
technode.com ↗
Wed, Aug 26NEO · 1X Technologies
SoftBank in talks to take a majority stake in NEO maker 1X at about a $6 billion valuation
finance.yahoo.com ↗
Tue, Aug 25Vega · Dexmate
NEC's Orchestrating Future Fund invests in Dexmate, maker of the VEGA humanoid
eweek.com ↗
Mon, Aug 24IRON · XPENG
XPeng's robotics unit raises over $900M at a $6.3B valuation to scale IRON
therobotreport.com ↗

Deployments1

Thu, Aug 27IGRIS-C · ROBROS
ROBROS delivers nine IGRIS-C units at once, reports 18 sold and 36 produced
youtube.com ↗

Other news18

Fri, Aug 28G1 · Unitree Robotics
Two root remote-code-execution flaws disclosed in the Unitree G1 EDU, one reachable over Bluetooth
thehackernews.com ↗
Thu, Aug 27Tien Kung · X-Humanoid
Tien Kung Ultra lowers its 100 m mark to 8.64 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games
english.news.cn ↗
Thu, Aug 27Panther · Unix Group
Panther takes gold in the Hotel Scenario event at the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games
youtube.com ↗
Thu, Aug 27Asimov · MenloAI
Menlo AI reports zero-shot sim-to-real locomotion on Asimov 1
menlo.ai ↗
Thu, Aug 27Optimus · Tesla
Optimus enters production at Fremont
fool.com ↗
Thu, Aug 27MagicBot Z1 · MagicLab
MagicBot Z1 wins Platinum in the A' Robotics Awards
dispatch.com ↗
Thu, Aug 27Atlas · Boston Dynamics
Hyundai weighs outside capital as Boston Dynamics prepares Atlas for mass production
upi.com ↗
Thu, Aug 27Cinnamon 1 · Donut Robotics
cinnamon 1 demonstrates 'Silent Gesture Control' at AI Expo Summer 2026 in Tokyo
robotstart.info ↗
Thu, Aug 27Kengo · Galaxea Dynamics
Kengo wins its event at the World Humanoid Robot Games
youtube.com ↗
Thu, Aug 27Moz1 · Spirit AI
Spirit AI shows 30 days of Moz1 progress between WAIC and WRC 2026
youtube.com ↗
Wed, Aug 26AgiBot X2 · AGIBOT
AgiBot X2 wins the 100m obstacle race at the World Humanoid Robot Games in stock configuration
finance.yahoo.com ↗
Wed, Aug 26Expedition A3 · AGIBOT
AgiBot A3 takes gold in Tai Chi at the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games
finance.yahoo.com ↗
Wed, Aug 26G2 Genie · AGIBOT
AgiBot G2 sweeps five golds in scenario-based events at the World Humanoid Robot Games
finance.yahoo.com ↗
Wed, Aug 26NIX · Lumos Robotics
Lumos NIX wins gold and silver in dance events at the World Humanoid Robot Games
youtube.com ↗
Tue, Aug 25Figure · Figure AI
Figure launches Index, a crowdsourced physical dataset for training Helix
figure.ai ↗
Tue, Aug 25JAKA π · JAKA Robotics
JAKA π places in the top 10 in Tai Chi at the World Humanoid Robot Games
youtube.com ↗
Mon, Aug 24Omni · X-Humanoid
Tien Kung Omni wins 400 m gold at the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games with a self-discovered 'face-covering' gait
globaltimes.cn ↗
Mon, Aug 24DR02 · Deep Robotics
DEEP Robotics shows full product line including DR02 at WRC 2026
finance.yahoo.com ↗

Talks and interviews1

11:53
RealMan Robotics· Aug 24, 2026
How Physical AI Moves from Labs to the Real World | Bloomberg Interview
Kenneth Wren, director of overseas solutions at RealMan Robotics, discusses robot training and human-robot collaboration in a Bloomberg interview.