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Guides, comparisons and news on humanoids, robotic mowers and cleaning robots.
Boston Dynamics gets a new CEO: Rohit Prasad from AmazonA former Amazon AI chief will lead Boston Dynamics as the company prepares volume production of its Atlas humanoid for Hyundai and Kia plants.
Agility Digit 5: parts cost about €134,000, target is a drop to about €26,800At its investor day, Agility Robotics laid out the economics of Digit 5, a roughly €268 million order and a later availability date than first signalled.
Galbot ET1 humanoid priced from about €10,500 in three versions, delivery still unclearChinese media report that Galbot has priced its ET1 humanoid at about €10,500, €18,500 and €23,900. Delivery dates and sales regions are not stated yet.
Dreame X60 Pro Ultra Complete with extending arms drops to about 1,100 eurosAccording to Notebookcheck, Dreame's robot with an extending brush and mop is at its lowest price yet in Germany, about 1,100 euros instead of the recommended 1,500.
Flagship and SoftBank Robotics now run 200+ cleaning robots at 25 airportsA cleaning robot programme at major US airports has more than doubled in under two years. According to the partners, the fleet has passed 100,000 operating hours.
Flourish One: a wheeled home humanoid priced at about €3,180Startup Flourish is launching a two-armed home robot at about €3,180. The first run is only 50 units, and the company hopes to ship before Christmas.
IFR: five million industrial robots now work in factories, China sets a recordThe IFR's World Robotics 2026 report counts over 600,000 new industrial robots installed in 2025, 59% of them in China. The US has overtaken Japan.
Figure: a €890 million bet on chore videos lifted robot success from 9% to 56%Figure AI has shared first results from its Index data platform: the Figure 03 humanoid completed 56% of chore tasks in unfamiliar homes, with notable caveats.
Segway Navimow H5 Pro trims edges with an extendable EdgeMaestro armSegway showed the Navimow H5 Pro at IFA with LiDAR, three cameras and an extendable EdgeMaestro arm for lawn edges. There is no US release date because of an FCC ban.
Mammotion LUBA 4 AWD: new robot mower series unveiled at IFA 2026Mammotion has shown three versions of the LUBA 4 AWD in Berlin, covering lawns of up to 12,000 m². The focus is gentler wheel steering and an edge-cutting accessory.