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      <title><![CDATA[JoyIn Sues OpenAI Over Humanoid Robot AI Plagiarism]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 07:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Ant Group-backed JoyIn accuses OpenAI of copying its humanoid robot AI tech, claims 90% first-attempt task success rate.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[26 Million Humanoid Robots Per Year by 2040: Berg Insight]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:27:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Berg Insight forecasts humanoid shipments hitting 26M units/year by 2040, up from 16,000 in 2026 — a 63.7% CAGR.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wandercraft Seeks €100M at €750M Valuation]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 07:35:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Renault-backed Wandercraft targets €100M at a €750M pre-money valuation, with Goldman Sachs running the process.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[PsiBot Raises $100M+ for Dexterous Manipulation AI]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 05:59:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[PsiBot closes $100M+ round led by industrial heavyweights Ningbo Tuopu and Lens Technology for embodied-world-model research.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Motion Raises $2M Pre-Seed for European HaaS Platform]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:08:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Motion raises $2M pre-seed to scale its OEM-agnostic Humanoids-as-a-Service platform across Belgian factories.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[NEC Backs Dexmate and Its VEGA Humanoid Robot]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:43:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[NEC's NOFF fund backs Dexmate, developer of the VEGA humanoid and an integrated physical AI platform.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[XPeng Robotics Raises $900M at $6.3B Valuation]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:20:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[XPeng's robotics unit closes $900M+ at a $6.3B post-money valuation, led by IDG Capital with Tencent and Alibaba as strategic investors.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[China Supplies 90% of Key Robotics Parts, PI's Levine Warns]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:02:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[PI cofounder Sergey Levine says US robotics research depends on Chinese hardware that's 5-10x cheaper than domestic alternatives.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[2,056 Robots Enter Beijing Humanoid Games in August 2026]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 04:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[666 teams and 2,056 robots from 16 countries will compete in Beijing Aug 22–26 — a fourfold jump from 2025's inaugural event.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Schaeffler Formed Strain Wave Gearboxes Cut Costs 25%]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:05:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Schaeffler's forming process cuts strain wave gearbox costs 25%+ and material use 75%+, targeting mass production in 2027.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tau Robotics Charges $30/hr for Home Cleaning in SF]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 05:47:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Tau Robotics deploys invite-only humanoid cleaning service in SF at $30/hr — but human supervisors still direct every task.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[31 Actuators Per Robot: The Materials Crisis Shaping Humanoids]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:28:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[IDTechEx finds 31 actuators per humanoid robot account for 56% of unit weight, with a 47% CAGR in unit sales over the next decade.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[KOID ETF and the $5 Trillion Humanoid Bet]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[KraneShares' KOID ETF targets a $5T humanoid market. Morgan Stanley, Barclays forecasts and the investment thesis explained.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Holiday Robotics Raises $105M for FRIDAY Wheeled Humanoid]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:45:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Seoul-based Holiday Robotics closes $105M Series A for FRIDAY, a wheeled humanoid with 64 DOF and 40 dedicated to its hands.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Humanoid Raises $152M at $1.35B, Fields Two HMND 01 Alpha Robots]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[London's Humanoid closes a $152M Series A at a $1.35B valuation, backing a two-platform HMND 01 Alpha line and its four-layer KinetIQ fleet framework.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[AI² Robotics Raises $735M at $2.8B Valuation]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:44:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Shenzhen's AI² Robotics closes ~$735M at a $2.8B valuation, betting wheeled humanoids beat bipeds to industrial scale.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Figure 03 Deploys at BMW Spartanburg After 30,000-Car Run]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:02:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Figure 03 begins logistics work at BMW Spartanburg after Figure 02 supported 30,000+ X3 builds over 10 months.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley: Humanoid Shipments Hit 1M Units by 2030]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 02:06:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley projects humanoid robot shipments reaching 1M units by 2030, with four AI giants driving a trillion-dollar market.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[SceniX Co-founder Says Simulation Central to Humanoid Development]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:24:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Columbia professor Yunzhu Li explains why physics simulation remains the bottleneck for humanoid robot training]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Doozy Robotics Expands to US and GCC Markets Ahead of Series A]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 10:48:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Singapore startup targets factory automation with AI-powered humanoids across three continents]]></description>
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