QINGDAO, CHINA - FEBRUARY 18, 2026 - A humanoid robot dressed in Hanfu bid Lunar New Year's greetings to tourists in the SCO Demonstration Zone of Qingdao, Shandong Province, China on February 18, ...

When Ai Lin bought his first humanoid robot last year, he wasn’t thinking about how it could make his life easier by doing his dishes. He instead rented it out.

A scientist who worked on Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot is now building a rival of his own — in Europe, not Silicon Valley. Rémi Cadène, co-founder and CEO of Paris-based startup UMA, unveiled plans ...

In short: Tesla’s China president Wang Hao has described the Shanghai Gigafactory as a “golden key” to mass-producing Optimus humanoid robots, the first time a Tesla executive has publicly linked the ...

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