Kinetix AI's SMASH high-dynamic humanoid table tennis system was exhibited at the Hang Seng Bank booth at HKFW 2026, where players from the Hang Seng Academy played matches against it. The original article did not disclose metrics such as the system's degrees of freedom, battery life, or match success rate.
Carnegie Mellon University's Team Chiron is competing in the DARPA Triage Challenge finals, using drones and ground robots to locate and assess casualties from a distance. The finals are being held November 5 to 13 at Disaster City in Texas and require the system to operate under complex conditions including darkness, smoke, flames and rubble.
NEURA Robotics has entered a partnership with E.ON and the enviaM Group to jointly develop Physical AI for critical energy infrastructure, for inspection, asset monitoring, and assistance with high-risk, physically demanding, or repetitive work.
At Mobile World Congress 2026, Fibocom exhibited products and solutions in 5G FWA, on-device AI computing, and robotics, including an FWA solution based on the FG390 series 5G-A modules supporting 3GPP Release 18 and Wi-Fi 7, as well as a 48 TOPS AI edge computing gateway.
Six AGIBOT G2 wheeled humanoid robots completed a 24-hour trial at an operating convenience store in Xuhui District, Shanghai, performing a total of 1,730 tasks, with four of them passing the final assessment.
Why it matters: AGIBOT disclosed the task distribution and assessment results of six G2 robots over 24 hours in a real convenience store, offering a view of how embodied intelligence performs in continuous operation.
Ollobot Robotics Limited offers robot pet space recommendations: usable floor space matters more than total room area. The L1 measures 1200–660 × 434 × 343 mm, and the S1 measures 650 × 434 × 343 mm; both have a nominal movement speed of about 0.5 m/s.
As a member of the Jiangsu delegation, Huaxia Robotics participated in the health and wellness session of the 16th Jiangsu–Macao·Portuguese-Speaking Countries Business Summit, where its RoboCare health monitoring solution became a focus of the presentation. It also showcased the new-generation bionic robot Xialan R03, Xingxingxia P2, and the deployment scenarios of its health and wellness robots in elderly care institutions. The event highlighted 48 quality health and wellness products from Jiangsu and reached 9 cooperation projects with a total value of nearly 300 million yuan, covering areas such as intelligent robot applications. Huaxia Robotics also visited institutions including the Macao Social Welfare Bureau, and will subsequently advance the implementation of practical cooperation with health and wellness institutions in Hong Kong and Macao.
Digital China's new-generation bionic robot Xialan R03 appeared at the 29th China (Humen) International Fashion Fair in Humen, Dongguan, wearing new Chinese-style clothing featuring intangible cultural heritage and interacting with buyers, introducing clothing design concepts and brand stories. The robot can take on tasks such as greeting and reception, product explanation, and introducing design highlights, and is seen as a reusable digital cultural guide. Digital China said it will continue to refine Xialan R03's interaction capabilities and create standardized AI display, reception, and explanation solutions for scenarios such as apparel brands, Chinese-style stores, fashion shows, and industry exhibitions.
At the 88th China Education Equipment Exhibition, Gaoqing Dynamics unveiled its first comprehensive embodied intelligence education solution and presented the Mini Pi plus humanoid robot. The solution uses the Mini Pi plus as its carrier and includes tiered lesson plans for all grade levels, project task packages, a teaching platform, and instructor training; it is already running as a regular course at schools including Beijing Renmin University Affiliated High School and Dongzhimen High School. A graphical programming area was set up at the exhibition, where students can drag and drop modules to send commands and observe the robot's responses in real time.
Community developer @baogerbao created the open-source project bruhOS, which lets the Hiwonder TonyPi humanoid robot understand natural language commands and break them down into verified skill sequences such as detect, walk, grab, and release.
Hongxing Technology brought its desktop robot Lumi to the "Huayang Xincheng, Gathering Strength to Set Sail" water-based business networking boat race held on October 30 at the Xinjiangwan City Cultural and Sports Park in Shanghai, and introduced Lumi into regional public activities through a charitable donation. Lumi integrates technologies such as voice large models, AI Agents, multi-sensor fusion, and personalized memory; it can recognize users' voices, record personal preferences and lifestyle habits, and combine intelligent interaction with desktop lighting. Hongxing Technology said it will continue to advance robot product innovation and exploration of scenario applications in the directions of industrial operations, commercial services, and daily interaction in the future.
Zhuoyide and Tencent Cloud signed a strategic cooperation agreement at the 2026 Tencent Global Digital Ecosystem Summit. The collaboration centers on embodied intelligence edge inference, moving Moya's voice interaction tasks to nearby edge nodes via Tencent Cloud EdgeOne. On-site testing at the summit showed Moya's first-token response was 30% faster and interaction jitter was reduced by 4.6 times, with end-to-end latency dropping from roughly 1–2 seconds to under 1 second. As a result, the Moya body can carry less onboard compute, balancing battery life, safety, and interaction experience through device-edge collaboration.
Reachy Mini is about to launch a clip-on NFC accessory that switches between characters by detecting NFC tags. Users can also create their own personalities for the robot or develop other uses based on tag detection. The accessory is currently in the testing recruitment phase, and sign-ups are available through the official list.
Pollen Robotics (part of Hugging Face) has launched a Hoverboard two-wheel accessory for Reachy Mini, enabling Reachy Mini Wireless to move around and explore, and allowing users to drive it remotely with virtual joysticks via an iOS/Android mobile app, control its head movements, and view live video.
Pollen Robotics released a tutorial demonstrating how to install the NFC Accessories Kit in the head of Reachy Mini Wireless, enabling magnetic accessory detection with just four screws and no glue. Once installed, the robot can automatically recognize NFC accessories placed on its head, and each accessory can unlock a different personality in the Reachy Mini conversation app or trigger custom actions. The kit also includes extra NFC tags and magnets for users to create their own accessories and AI interactions.
Pollen Robotics has released the Reachy Mini Hoverboard, a compact two-wheeled mobile base that lets Reachy Mini Wireless roll and explore its surroundings.
Pollen Robotics releases the Reachy Mini Hoverboard, a compact two-wheeled mobile base that turns the Reachy Mini Wireless into a mobile robot.
CCTV Finance's "Economy Half-Hour" aired a feature on Daimon Robotics' young team, whose core members include post-95 CTO Du Yipai and post-00s product managers and algorithm engineers; 80% of the company's staff are post-90s and 40% are post-00s. Daimon builds a full-chain capability spanning "perception-data-models-deployment applications" around vision-tactile sensors, with the goal of enabling robots to sense weight, direction, and contact state after grasping. Daimon has also launched the TouchSpark innovation research program, which long-term accepts project proposals from scholars and lab teams at universities and research institutes worldwide and provides funding and research resource support.
Dexmate provides a teleoperation data collection solution for physical AI model training, consisting of the full-body platform Vega 1 Pro, the half-body platform Vega 1 U, and the Omniteleop software.
Hongxing Technology's industrial robot Dazhuang-Z6 can perform tasks such as box handling and item picking, exploring the practical application of embodied intelligence in industrial operations. Its guide service robot Xiaomei-M9 provides conversation, guidance, and route directions, while the desktop robot Lumi offers daily companionship through conversation and movement interaction. The three products target industrial operations, commercial services, and daily interaction scenarios, respectively.
Tianchuang Robotics was invited to the Nanjing "AI + Emergency Management" roadshow, where it presented a project pitch titled "Humanoid AI Duty Officers Empowering Fire Control Room Upgrades." The solution relies on the "Tianshu" fire control management agent and the "Tianyou" fire control room duty robot to achieve 7×24 uninterrupted duty, equipment inspection, anomaly alerts, and emergency response coordination in fire control rooms. It is currently deployed in more than 20 projects, including nursing homes, hospitals, and commercial complexes.
GXO and Agility Robotics are expanding their partnership to deploy Digit humanoid robots at sites in Statesville, North Carolina, and Lebanon, Tennessee, handling repetitive material-handling tasks in e-commerce fulfillment. Deployment of Digit 4 is expected to begin in early 2027, with a migration once Digit 5 is commercially available.
Why it matters: After Digit cumulatively moved more than 100,000 totes in GXO warehouses, the partnership has expanded from a single-site pilot to multiple sites, offering a way to observe the pace of commercial deployment of humanoid robots.
At the opening ceremony of Holiday Inn Express Yantai Laishan, Hongxing Technology's Xiaomei M9 was deployed on-site as an "AI Concierge Service Specialist" for greeting and guiding, covering public areas including the main entrance, lobby, front desk, elevator hall, and restrooms, and handling welcome reception, hotel introductions, facility promotion, wayfinding, and guest inquiries. On-site setup and debugging were completed within 1 day, with about 1 hour of centralized employee training; deployment did not require venue modification. After deployment, Xiaomei M9 provides service autonomously through voice interaction without manual intervention.
Huaxia Robotics brought its bionic robot Xialan R03, the IP series Xingxingxia P2, the general-purpose robot Xiaqi D02, and the "RoboEase™" scenario platform to the 2026 Physical AI and World Models Conference. Xiaqi D02 completed recognition, picking, delivery, and placement at designated points after self-service ordering at an intelligent beverage shelf, with no manual intervention throughout; Xialan R03 handled multilingual welcome reception and guided explanations at the outdoor venue. The RoboEase™ cockpit interface supports monitoring of robot positions and status across the venue as well as multi-robot task scheduling.
Digital China's general-purpose humanoid robot "Xiaqi" served as the official guide at the 2026 Chishui River Forum, providing exhibition-area tours and explanations for attending guests and interacting with them through its humanlike appearance, fluid movements, and intelligent interaction. The forum was jointly hosted by Xinhua News Agency's Brand Work Office, China Economic Information Service, and China Moutai, and was held in Moutai on October 17. Digital China said this appearance is an active exploration of its push to bring humanoid robots into cultural display, brand communication, and public service scenarios.
BioniX Technology has opened global pre-orders for Lumi, a global-edition embodied AI lamp robot positioned as a "life-like" companion smart partner. The product is equipped with millimeter-wave radar and multimodal AI, supporting proximity sensing, prolonged-sitting reminders, and absence detection, and can express multiple postures through light, movement, and voice. Beyond lighting, Lumi can remember users' preferred music and phrases and adapt to habits to form differentiated personalities, creating a unique lamp for each individual.
Hongxing Technology has globally launched Lumi, an embodied AI eye-care lamp robot. Lighting is only its basic function; the product is equipped with a millimeter-wave radar sensing system, a multimodal AI perception module, and nine types of memory systems, along with a 7-stage growth system and a thousand dynamic postures. Lumi is now open for global pre-order, and the company positions it as a new desk lamp category shifting from a "lighting tool" to an "emotional companion."
Hongxing Technology's desktop robot Lumi interacted closely with children at Shanghai Yipai Kindergarten's eighth anniversary celebration, making the intelligent robot a touchable, experienceable interactive companion. The event was a practice run for Hongxing Technology in exploring scenario-based robot applications; the company says it will continue to advance exploration of intelligent robot applications in schools, commercial services, and other fields.
Tiangong, the robot from the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, integrated Agora's real-time interaction capabilities at the iRTE2026 Real-Time Intelligence Conference to advance the implementation of a remote control solution. Agora RTM provides control signaling latency as low as 100ms and still offers nearly 100% delivery assurance under weak networks with 70% packet loss; RTC end-to-end latency stays consistently below 200ms.
TUM RoboGym opened in October at the TUM Convergence Center at LabCampus at Munich Airport. It has 48 training units and about 100 robots, and is open to TUM researchers as well as external institutions, universities, and companies.
Why it matters: The original explains how a large-scale real training facility organizes data collection and sharing against the backdrop of scarce real physical interaction data, and can serve as a reference case for embodied intelligence data infrastructure.
On October 20, 2026, the unveiling ceremony for the Tsinghua University (Department of Automation)–Booster Robotics Joint Humanoid Robot Research Center was held in the Central Main Building at Tsinghua University. Representatives from the university and the company attended, including Zhang Tao, Chair of the Department of Automation, and Cheng Hao, founder and CEO of Booster Robotics.
Moya, the world's first fully biomimetic robot developed by Zhuoyide, took on the literary character "Cuicui" and completed a virtual-physical linked performance combining a "digital human + physical robot" on October 18 at the 5th Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Tourism Development Conference. The next day, it "reported for duty" as a tour guide at the Qule Visitor Service Center in the Chadong scenic area of Border Town, interacting with tourists.
Moya, a fully bionic robot developed by DroidUp, delivered the opening announcement at the finals of the Huaguoyuan Square Dance Competition in Nanming District, Guiyang, and then explained anti-fraud knowledge to community residents in the government publicity interaction area with real-time voice interaction. Moya weighs about 30 kilograms, uses tendon-rope-driven compliant motion, has a touch close to body temperature, and is equipped with the self-developed DroidSoul full-body interactive agent, which can recognize expressions, tone, and posture and remember each interaction. DroidUp plans to bring Moya to near-human service scenarios such as high-end reception, health and elderly care companionship, educational growth, and entertainment IP.
The collaboration between Hyundai Motor Group and the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) enters its seventh year. The 2026–27 Regeneration Studio, themed "Motion Rewild," studies how nature moves in uncontrolled environments (such as disaster sites) and applies this to research on physical AI mobility and biomimetic design.
The Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) and Fondazione Luzzati-Teatro della Tosse have partnered to organize three events for the Science Festival, centered on the IIT-coordinated "Corpi augmentati" project, exploring user-centered robotic prosthesis design.
The Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) will take part in the 24th Science Festival in Genoa, held from October 22 to November 1 under the theme "Prospettive," with 254 events in total. IIT's participation includes an exhibition on optogenetics, workshops on bionic prosthetics and body enhancement, and an online robotics special event, "Prospettive robotiche," led by Alessandra Sciutti.
As the only Chinese automaker CEO invited to the Paris Automotive Summit, He Xiaopeng formally introduced XPENG's smart vehicle solutions business "XPENG AI ENGINEERING," opening three major areas to global partners: vehicle platforms, modular technologies, and toolchains. XPENG is also opening physical AI ecosystem technology cooperation covering humanoid robots, Robotaxi, flying cars, Turing AI chips, and physical-world foundation models.
IIT Scientific Director Giorgio Metta will serve as scientific director of the fourth Orizzonti Digitali forum, held October 21 to 24 in Perugia under the theme "The Age of Co-Intelligence," featuring 50 panel sessions and talks with about 200 speakers.
The HKU-KAI SMASH team appeared in the second part of RTHK's Vibrant Hong Kong program, sharing the cutting-edge AI technologies and R&D journey behind its AI table tennis robot. The content is mainly an introduction to the program interview; the original text did not disclose the robot's model, performance metrics, or experimental data.
The HKU-KAI SMASH Team appeared on RTHK's Vibrant Hong Kong (Part 1), sharing the cutting-edge AI technologies and R&D journey behind its AI table tennis robot. The segment mainly introduces the team and does not give the robot's specific model, performance metrics, or experimental data.