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Humanoid robots, their capabilities, and the work they are entering.

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Editorial illustration of a generic industrial humanoid carrying a tote in a warehouse with abstract market graphics in the background.
AI-generated illustration · AI illustration
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Humanoid developer Agility now expects to raise $465M in SPAC deal

Agility Robotics and Churchill Capital Corp XI now expect about $465 million in gross proceeds from their proposed SPAC transaction and related financing, before transaction expenses. The total comprises about $164 million remaining in Churchill XI's trust, a roughly $201 million PIPE led by Foxconn at $10 per share, and $100 million of equity funding already received after the deal was announced.

The Robot Report · Published Oct 30, 2026
Editorial illustration of an open robotics engineering handbook surrounded by a humanoid, robotic hand, AI network, and construction robot.
AI-generated illustration · AI illustration
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2026 Robotics Handbook looks at humanoids, AI, and design choices

The Robot Report's 2026 Robotics Handbook collects previously published and commissioned material on humanoid design, artificial intelligence, dexterous manipulation, construction automation, and engineering components. The public introduction presents it as a free overview of design choices, technical challenges, and market opportunities rather than a single new research study.

The Robot Report · Published Oct 29, 2026
Editorial illustration of a mobile robot receiving distorted sensor data as a person approaches its safety zone.
AI-generated illustration · AI illustration
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Your Robot’s Safety Functions Already Work. What If the Input Lies?

Sponsored content from VicOne argues that robot safety functions can fail when sensor readings, messages, or model inputs are deliberately manipulated, even if the control logic behaves as designed. The company cites its own lab tests, published adversarial-input research, and a ROS 2/DDS message-injection demonstration; it also notes that an acoustic gyroscope attack was shown on drones, not on a humanoid. This is vendor-sponsored cybersecurity guidance and product positioning, not an independent evaluation of VicOne’s tools or proof that the cited attacks work against every robot.

IEEE Spectrum Robotics · Published Oct 27, 2026
Agility Robotics Digit at Web Summit. Archive photograph of an earlier generation.
Archive photo · Web Summit
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Agility and GXO Logistics plan expanded deployment of Digit humanoid

Agility Robotics and GXO Logistics plan to expand their use of Digit humanoids beyond their existing Georgia operation. They report that its Georgia robot fleet has carried over 100,000 totes, and they expect to start deploying Digit 4 at additional U.S. sites in early 2027 before moving to Digit 5. GXO has not disclosed the investment or a return-on-investment timeline.

The Robot Report · Published Oct 26, 2026
Architectural rendering of Generative Bionics’ planned Physical AI data factory.
Publisher original · Generative Bionics / The Robot Report
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Generative Bionics to launch Physical AI Data Factory in Italy

Generative Bionics plans a 5,000-square-meter Physical AI Data Factory in Italy, targeted to open by the fourth quarter of 2027. It says fleets of its GENE.01 humanoid will work in recreated industrial settings to generate motion, contact, and other physical data; digital twins will extend the training and testing. AMD is named as the computing partner. The facility and later expansion sites are plans, not operating facilities yet.

The Robot Report · Published Oct 23, 2026
Agility Robotics and AGCO logos over a Digit robot image announcing their planned factory pilot.
AGCO and Agility announcement graphic · Agility Robotics
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AGCO to deploy Agility Digit humanoid in Kansas factory

Agricultural-equipment maker AGCO and Agility Robotics signed an agreement to pilot Digit humanoids at AGCO’s Hesston, Kansas, factory in 2027. The initial work is expected to include sorting and stacking parts and placing totes. The deployment is planned; the article does not report results from robots already working at that factory.

The Robot Report · Published Oct 21, 2026