Key takeaways

The most recent wave of humanoid‑robot news shows the market accelerating on several fronts. Chinese phone‑maker Honor is set to unveil its first service‑oriented humanoid robot alongside its “Robot Phone” at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on March 1, 2026, highlighting a push beyond industrial units into consumer spaces. In Europe, BMW announced that its Figure AI humanoid units have logged more than 1,250 hours at the Spartanburg plant, moving over 90,000 parts in ten months, and the company is expanding trials after that success. At Automation World’s Seoul event, five leading Chinese developers – AGIBOT, Fourier, Huawei, Leju and Unitree – will demonstrate new models such as AGIBOT’s X2 and G2, Unitree’s G1, and Leju’s Kuavo 4 Pro, underscoring China’s drive to commercialise humanoids across industrial, logistics and service sectors. Meanwhile, Shenzhen‑based AI2 Robotics raised CN¥1.2 billion ($144.7 million) to accelerate its AlphaBot series, aiming to boost annual production from 1,000 units in 2025 to 10,000 units this year and move toward general‑purpose humanoids. Hyundai’s Robotics Lab will showcase its “MobED” mobile eccentric‑droid at the AW 2026 exhibition, a four‑wheel robot that earned a CES 2026 “Best of Innovation” award and is positioned for indoor‑outdoor logistics. Supporting these product launches, IDC reports a 508 % year‑on‑year revenue surge for the humanoid‑robot market in 2025, while China’s 2023 policy roadmap labels humanoids as a disruptive product and sets targets for AI brains, motion‑control and mass production through 2027. Together, these announcements illustrate a rapid expansion from prototype demonstrations to scaled manufacturing and real‑world deployments worldwide.

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AI2 Robotics raises Series B funding to advance AlphaBot, embodied AI

By The Robot Report Staff |

AI2 Robotics has developed VLA models for its AlphaBot 2 robot. Source: AI2 Robotics

AI2 Robotics this week reportedly raised CN¥1.2 billion ($144.7 million U.S.) to continue developing embodied AI. The company said it plans to use the funding to advance its model toward general-purpose humanoid robots.

Dr. Yangdong Eric Guo founded Shenzhen, China-based AI2 Robotics in 2023. The startup (not to be confused with the Allen Institute for AI or Ai2) said its AlphaBot wheeled humanoid robots integrate proprietary foundation models with machine learning and robust hardware. “Industry partners such as Yusys Technologies and SENTURY are focusing on commercial deployment scenarios,” said Pandaily.

AI2 Robotics also plans to update its AlphaBot series and expand production from 1,000 units per year in 2025 to 10,000 units this year. Display maker HKC has placed an order for 1,000 robots, and AI2 CEO Eric Guo told Reuters that he hopes to go public in one to two years.

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