{"question":"What humanoid robotics capacity is coming online?","domain":"humanoid robotics","key":"capacity_available","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/questions/humanoids/capacity-coming-online","days":90,"count_recent":100,"count_total":380,"since":"2025-01-01","latest":"2026-10-26","companies_named_most":[{"name":"Unitree","mentions":8,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/unitree"},{"name":"Figure","mentions":7,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/figure"},{"name":"Agility Robotics","mentions":6,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/agility-robotics"},{"name":"Tesla","mentions":6,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/tesla"},{"name":"UBTech Robotics","mentions":6,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/ubtech-robotics"},{"name":"AgiBot","mentions":5,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/agibot"},{"name":"Boston Dynamics","mentions":4,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/boston-dynamics"},{"name":"Nscale","mentions":4,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/nscale"}],"findings":[{"date":"2026-10-26","finding":"GXO expanded its Agility Robotics partnership to deploy Digit 4 at two additional U.S. sites.","detail":"Digit 4 deployments are planned for GXO facilities in North Carolina and Tennessee in early 2027, with a later transition to Digit 5 when commercially available.","outlet":"Humanoids Daily","companies":[{"name":"Agility Robotics","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/agility-robotics"},{"name":"GXO","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/gxo"}]},{"date":"2026-10-22","finding":"Tesla plans to expand its Optimus production capacity.","detail":"Tesla included increased Optimus manufacturing capacity in its planned capital-spending expansion over the next several years.","outlet":"36Kr newsflashes","companies":[{"name":"Tesla","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/tesla"}]},{"date":"2026-10-22","finding":"Sanctuary AI introduced Phoenix Gen 8, its eighth-generation general-purpose humanoid robot.","detail":"Phoenix Gen 8 combines a humanlike upper body with a wheeled base and is designed for stable positioning and precise manipulation rather than bipedal movement. The robot stands 170 cm tall, weighs 70 kg, and has a listed lifting capacity of 25 kg.","outlet":"humanoid.guide","companies":[{"name":"Sanctuary AI","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/sanctuary-ai"}]},{"date":"2026-10-20","finding":"Tesla says its third-generation Optimus humanoid robot is ready for mass production","detail":"Tesla has disclosed that its third-generation Optimus humanoid robot is prepared for large-scale production, refocusing attention on the humanoid-robotics manufacturing supply chain.","outlet":"36Kr newsflashes","companies":[{"name":"Tesla","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/tesla"}]},{"date":"2026-10-19","finding":"Figure AI has deployed its first humanoid robots in industrial settings.","detail":"Figure AI is deploying its initial humanoid robots in industry, marking a move beyond technology demonstrations toward operational use.","outlet":"FrenchWeb","companies":[{"name":"Figure","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/figure"}]},{"date":"2026-10-19","finding":"KAIST Humanoid v0.9 demonstrated onboard-vision object handling with 35 kg pushing and 20 kg lifting capacity.","detail":"KAIST’s latest humanoid demonstration used onboard vision to push objects weighing up to 35 kg and lift objects weighing up to 20 kg, extending the platform beyond locomotion into object handling.","outlet":"Humanoids Daily","companies":[]},{"date":"2026-10-17","finding":"The humanoid-robot supply chain lacks capacity for mass household deployment.","detail":"The current supply chain cannot produce the billions of humanoid robots that broad household adoption would require, or even the millions needed initially in first-world countries. Scaling production to that level will take time.","outlet":"Moonshots with Peter Diamandis","companies":[]},{"date":"2026-10-17","finding":"1X Neo was named to TIME’s Best Inventions of 2026 list.","detail":"TIME recognized 1X’s $20,000 Neo home humanoid for its household-task capabilities and claimed lifting capacity.","outlet":"humanoid.guide","companies":[{"name":"1X Technologies","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/1x-technologies"}]},{"date":"2026-10-16","finding":"1X launched the NEO home humanoid globally at $20,000.","detail":"1X's NEO is available globally for home use at a price of $20,000. The humanoid is described as capable of autonomous laundry, dishwasher, and grocery-carrying tasks.","outlet":"humanoid.guide","companies":[{"name":"1X Technologies","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/1x-technologies"}]},{"date":"2026-10-09","finding":"Hyundai plans a Boston Dynamics factory capable of producing 30,000 robots annually by 2028.","detail":"Boston Dynamics owner Hyundai plans manufacturing capacity for 30,000 robots per year by 2028 as part of the company’s humanoid push.","outlet":"humanoid.guide","companies":[{"name":"Boston Dynamics","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/boston-dynamics"},{"name":"Hyundai Motor Group","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/hyundai-motor-group"}]},{"date":"2026-10-08","finding":"ROBOTIS’s AI Worker provides dual seven-degree-of-freedom arms with 1.5 kg payload capacity.","detail":"Both the fixed and mobile models have two arms with seven degrees of freedom each, a two-degree-of-freedom head, and a one-degree-of-freedom lift. Each arm reaches up to 641 mm and can grasp objects weighing up to 1.5 kg.","outlet":"ZDNet Korea","companies":[{"name":"ROBOTIS","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/robotis"}]},{"date":"2026-10-07","finding":"Tesla is developing a 7-million-square-foot Optimus factory in Giga Texas targeting 10 million robots annually.","detail":"Tesla's dedicated Optimus facility in Giga Texas is planned with a target capacity of 10 million humanoid robots per year. The initial production run is planned for 2027.","outlet":"Moonshots with Peter Diamandis","companies":[{"name":"Tesla","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/tesla"}]}]}