Named Tonka after a popular Croatian female name to reflect local culture, the robot is built on the Unitree G1 platform developed by China's Unitree Robotics.

Unitree G1 humanoid robot KOID told CNBC that "only time will tell" if the AI boom is actually a bubble. KOID is manufactured by Unitree, one of China's hottest tech companies, and the Nvidia-powered ...

Humanoid robots, once confined to science fiction, are transitioning into viable commercial entities due to advances in engineering and economic factors. They're beginning to address practical issues ...

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LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- At CES 2026, which opens on January 6th, 2026, Beijing Innovation Center of Humanoid Robotics (X-Humanoid) presented its advanced more useful robots, including ...

Humanoid robots spent 2025 straddling a strange line between breakthrough and blooper reel. They poured lattes, posed in fashion campaigns and even stepped into kickboxing rings, only to trip, ...

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn., Dec. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- DigiKey, the leading global electronic components and automation products distributor, is offering a free webinar with supplier Hirose about ...

Features enhanced functionality of industrial humanoid robot Dex, integrating compounding real-world data, simulation training and a robotics framework to drive productivity and efficiencies in ...

For decades, humanoid robots have lived behind safety cages in factories or deep inside research labs. Fauna Robotics, a New York-based robotics startup, says that era is ending. The company has ...

Foundation’s Phantom robot might be built to fight and die, and Figure’s 03 humanoid robot is probably the smoothest, most agile robot I’ve seen in running, turning, and moving, but EngineAI’s T800 – ...

The 4-foot-tall humanoid robot that’s in front of me seems, quite honestly, a bit drunk. It leaps from one leg to the other, waving its arms. After 30 seconds or so it abruptly stops, then strides ...

Automotive chip maker Mobileye Global Inc. announced today that it has agreed to acquire artificial intelligence humanoid robotics company Mentee Robotics Ltd. in a $900 million deal. The deal ...