The robots coming next — the ones that will define whether this decade delivers on five decades of science fiction promise. Here we track announcements, specs, and our take on every major upcoming launch.
Unitree just unveiled a 2.7-metre, 500 kg transformable mecha you can climb inside — and yes, it looks exactly like the AMP suit from Avatar. Why a $650,000 piloted robot is impressive, why it does not fit the human world yet, and why the long-term bet is still real.
How many humanoid robots will Tesla, Xpeng, Figure, Boston Dynamics, Unitree and the rest of the field actually build in 2026 and 2027? A side-by-side look at announced production targets — and how realistic each one is.
The most interesting robots of the last decade did not come from billion-dollar labs. They came from crowdfunded indie teams. Here is the hall of fame — and why we put our own money on Stack-chan, the open-source desktop companion arriving on our desk in days.
Hardware will always belong to whoever can build it. Software, in the age of vibe coding, no longer needs to. The case for an open robot platform — and why the first manufacturer to make the move wins the decade.
It is weatherproof, sees in the dark with thermal sensors, and can call the police faster than a human dispatcher. And it wants to walk you home at night — just like the serenos of Seville did for three centuries.
A million units by end of 2025. A price tag that could eventually undercut the cost of a used car. Is this bold ambition or the closest the industry has ever come to delivering the robot Asimov dreamed of?
From electric vehicles to humanoid robots — Xpeng is transferring everything it learned about mass-market autonomy into Iron, a robot designed for factories first and homes next.