Verified Events
DateTypeCompanyHeadlineSegment
Agility CEO Peggy Johnson joins MITRE-led Project Meridian study
- The Pentagon-commissioned study examines future defence capabilities and investment priorities over a 10–20-year horizon.
- Johnson’s contribution focuses on lessons from commercial humanoid deployments, including logistics and operational support.
Boston Dynamics IPO unlikely in 2027 as Atlas scale-up continues
- Boston Dynamics recorded a KRW 528.4 billion loss in 2025, while cumulative losses from 2021 through 2025 reached nearly KRW 1.7 trillion.
- Atlas has not yet been deployed at scale; Hyundai plans to begin deployment at its Georgia vehicle plant in 2028.
- Hyundai’s existing target is manufacturing capacity of 30,000 robots annually by 2028, which remains a forward-looking capacity goal rather than achieved output.
Figure AI reports Index reaches 86,000 weekly active contributors
- Index had more than 44,000 weekly active users and 264,000 downloads across 108 countries at its August 25 launch.
- Figure built the pipeline to collect real-world household and workplace task data used in training its Helix models.
- A live map viewer now visualizes data pixels as contributors upload them around the world.
Agility files S-4 detailing Digit v5 production scale-up and order economics
- The filing ties transaction proceeds to expansion of Digit v5 manufacturing and commercial deployment capacity.
- More than $300 million of reported orders relates to 1,000 Digit v5 robots under one three-year RaaS contract and remains subject to contractual milestones.
- RoboFab is designed for capacity of up to 10,000 robots per year; that is installed design capacity rather than current output.
Report says SoftBank is discussing a majority stake in 1X
- The Information attributed the talks to people familiar with the matter, and Reuters said it could not independently confirm the report.
- SoftBank declined to comment and 1X did not immediately respond to Reuters.
- No agreement had been announced, and the reported terms remained subject to change.
Boston Dynamics evaluates Korean suppliers for Atlas production
- Around 10 Boston Dynamics engineers reportedly evaluated more than 10 Korean automotive-parts factories over nearly a month.
- Named candidates included Hyundai Mobis, Hwashin Precision and SOS Lab across actuators, grippers, limb modules, lightweight aluminium structures and lidar.
- The companies were being evaluated for production capability and engineering expertise; the report did not identify final supplier awards.
1X accelerates plans to deliver NEO to developers
- Børnich said 1X would accelerate plans to deliver NEO to developers and would provide dates and specifics later.
- He positioned NEO as a safe, affordable and capable humanoid development platform for researchers and robotics startups.
- Børnich said the developer initiative does not change the home-customer roadmap and argued that it should improve the consumer product.
Agility reports more than $300 million in Digit agreements
- The disclosed aggregate exceeds $300 million.
- The total includes orders and commercial agreements with differing commitment levels.
- Agility states that the aggregate includes conditional and non-binding commitments.
Boston Dynamics reportedly set to become wholly owned by Hyundai
- The planned purchase covers SoftBank Group's remaining 9.65% holding.
- The transaction would move Boston Dynamics from majority ownership to full Hyundai Group ownership.
1X launches World Model Lab for embodied foundation-model pretraining
- 1X launched the 1X World Model Lab to focus on large-scale embodied world-model pretraining for humanoid robots.
- The lab is led by Sam Sinha, who previously worked on large-scale multimodal generative foundation models at Luma AI.
- 1X said the lab will combine web-scale media, egocentric human videos, simulation, dexterous teleoperated robot data, and on-policy NEO data to improve real-world humanoid deployment.
Agility Robotics rebrands to Agility
- • Agility Robotics announced its rebrand to Agility on March 5, 2026.
- • The company conducted an extensive brand audit and creative development process.
- • This initiative involved input from founders, engineers, and operators deploying its humanoid robots in real-world environments.
Noble Machines ships and deploys first humanoid robots to a Fortune Global 500 industrial customer
- Noble Machines said it shipped and deployed its first humanoid robots to a Fortune Global 500 industrial customer within 18 months of launch.
- The company described the robots as general-purpose industrial systems built for hazardous and physically demanding work.
- Noble Machines did not disclose the customer name or deployment scale in the announcement.
Foundation plans 50,000 Phantom humanoids for industrial and defense deployment by 2027
- Company outlined roadmap scaling from ~40 units in 2025 to 50,000 by 2027
- Phantom MK1 positioned for dual-use across industrial operations and defense environments
- Leadership frames humanoids as "first body in" systems for high-risk tasks
Figure AI received 53,609 job applications this year, a ~5x increase YoY
- • Figure AI received 53,609 job applications this year, a nearly fivefold increase compared to the previous year's 33,000 applications.
- • CEO Brett Adcock shared this information in a LinkedIn post, expressing gratitude to all applicants and noting that every resume is revie...
Figure AI Signs Second Major Commercial Customer
- Figure AI has signed a second commercial customer, described as 'one of the biggest U.S. companies.'
- The company plans to ship 100,000 humanoid robots over the next four years.
- Figure AI is focusing on both commercial and home markets for its humanoid robots.
DHL Supply Chain becomes Stretch’s first commercial customer
- • DHL Supply Chain invested $15 million in Boston Dynamics' Stretch robots to automate warehouse operations in North America.
- • The multi-year agreement includes deploying Stretch robots to multiple DHL warehouses over the next three years.
- • Stretch robots will initially be used for unloading trucks at select DHL facilities.
Boston Dynamics expands Spot robot sales to Europe and Canada
- Boston Dynamics expanded commercial Spot sales to the European Union, United Kingdom and Canada.
- The expansion followed Spot’s U.S. launch and Early Adopter Program.
- European users including Foster + Partners, Merck KGaA and Kvaerner Stord had integrated Spot into operations.
Agility Robotics delivers Cassie 001 to University of Michigan
- • Agility Robotics delivered the first Cassie bipedal robot, serial number 001, to the University of Michigan on September 5, 2017.
- • The university named the robot 'Cassie Blue' and began testing it on various terrains, including sidewalks, grass, snow, sand, and burning brush.
- • The robot featured two extra motors in each leg for enhanced mobility.
Agility Robotics completes first Cassie robot deliveries
- • Agility Robotics delivered its first batch of Cassie robots to the University of Michigan, Caltech, and Harvard at the end of August and beginning of September 2017.
- • Each team began developing its own control laws for the robots upon receipt.
- • The deliveries marked the initial deployment of Cassie robots to academic institutions.