China is giving all humanoid robots unique ID numbers to monitor safety risks

Recent reports show a rapid expansion of humanoid‑robot applications worldwide. In the United States, Catalyst Brands announced on May 26 that it is partnering with Figure AI to deploy Figure’s humanoid robots for commercial automation, while Figure also demonstrated its robots sorting packages nonstop for more than 24 hours in a warehouse test. Hyundai Motor Group, on May 25, confirmed it is accelerating mass‑production of its Atlas humanoid robots and plans to integrate them into its factories as part of a new software‑defined manufacturing model. In China, the government is issuing a unique digital identification number to every bipedal robot—over 28,000 units already have IDs—as a safety and standards measure, and Chinese firms are rolling out the first home‑cleaning humanoid robot butlers. Meanwhile, UBTECH’s Walker C1 humanoid impressed audiences with a precise Swan Lake ballet performance, highlighting advances in fine‑motor control. In Europe, the UK‑based Humanoid robotics company secured a major supply deal with Bosch, which will build its robots using Schaeffler components, underscoring growing vertical integration in the sector.

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