Launches and changes
52 dated events across the robots we track, newest first. The latest: LOVOT, Oct 26, 2026.
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- Jan 2027 LOVOT: LOVOT's price is set to rise again to ¥649,000 in mid-January 2027 (not final).bestcalendar.jp
2026
- Oct 26, 2026 LOVOT: LOVOT's price rises to ¥599,500 from Oct 26, 2026.bestcalendar.jp
- Oct 25, 2026 Figure 03: Figure claims its robot does laundry, cleaning and dishes autonomously (a marketing claim, no consumer sales).figure.ai
- Noted Oct 24, 2026 Atlas: Boston Dynamics lists a first customer pilot at a Hyundai facility for field testing.bostondynamics.com
- Oct 22, 2026 Tesla Optimus: Tesla has started early production of Optimus on its Fremont line.electrek.co
- Oct 22, 2026 Tesla Optimus: Electrek reports most of a Fremont line designed to build a million robots a year is installed.electrek.co
- Oct 22, 2026 Tesla Optimus: Electrek notes Musk said Tesla would build about 10,000 robots in 2025, then later admitted none were built.electrek.co
- Oct 21, 2026 Agility Digit: AGCO signed a commercial agreement to deploy Digit at its plant in Hesston, Kansas.therobotreport.com
- Sep 7, 2026 XPeng IRON: Electrek reports an IRON robot walked off XPeng's new production line in Guangzhou.electrek.co
- Aug 3, 2026 LG CLOiD: Labo Maison, citing Seoul Economic Daily, reported LG is building several CLOiD units for a new Robotics Data Factory.labomaison.com
- Jul 23, 2026 UBTech Walker S2: Boerse Express reported UBTech delivered its 1,000th Walker S2.boerse-express.com
- Jun 30, 2026 Figure 03: Figure says Figure 03 arrived at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg's Hall 52 for assembly and logistics work.figure.ai
- Jun 26, 2026 Sony aibo: Sony is ending Japan sales of the ERS-1000 once stock runs out; support, parts and cloud plans continue.thestar.com.my
- Jun 25, 2026 Sony aibo: Sony announced it will end domestic sales of aibo in Japan.fashionsnap.com
- May 29, 2026 EngineAI T800: EngineAI said the first batch of T800 robots rolled off its Shenzhen line to begin mass delivery.roboticstomorrow.com
- Apr 30, 2026 1X NEO: 1X said its Hayward, California factory began full-scale production.globenewswire.com
- Apr 29, 2026 Figure 03: Figure says it raised Figure 03 output from one robot per day to one per hour.figure.ai
- Apr 23, 2026 Tesla Optimus: Drive Tesla Canada reported Musk delayed the Optimus V3 reveal over fears that competitors would copy it.driveteslacanada.ca
- Mar 12, 2026 Noetix Bumi: Noetix founder Jiang Zheyuan handed Bumi units to users at AWE2026.163.com
- Mar 9, 2026 Figure 03: Figure published a demo of its Helix 02 AI tidying a living room.figure.ai
- Mar 2, 2026 Noetix Bumi: Gasgoo reported Noetix Robotics closed a Series B round of nearly 1 billion yuan.autonews.gasgoo.com
- Feb 12, 2026 Samsung Ballie: SamMobile reported Ballie skipped CES 2026.sammobile.com
- Feb 12, 2026 Samsung Ballie: The Ballie sign-up page was removed and now redirects to Samsung's projector page.sammobile.com
- Feb 11, 2026 Apptronik Apollo: The Robot Report says Apptronik has partnerships with Mercedes-Benz, GXO Logistics and Jabil.therobotreport.com
- Jan 8, 2026 Samsung Ballie: SamMobile reported Ballie missed its self-imposed 2025 deadline.sammobile.com
- Jan 8, 2026 Samsung Ballie: Samsung referred to Ballie as an active innovation platform within the company.sammobile.com
- Jan 7, 2026 Samsung Ballie: Heise, citing Bloomberg, reported Samsung is indefinitely shelving Ballie.heise.de
- Jan 7, 2026 LG CLOiD: Engadget found CLOiD moved very slowly in its CES demo.engadget.com
- Jan 6, 2026 LG CLOiD: LG said CLOiD would be demonstrated publicly for the first time at CES 2026.lg.com
- Jan 6, 2026 LG CLOiD: LG invited CES 2026 visitors, January 6-9, to see the robot at its booth.lg.com
2025
- Nov 5, 2025 XPeng IRON: XPeng unveiled the next-generation IRON at its AI Day, with 22-DoF hands and three Turing AI chips (per Gasgoo).autonews.gasgoo.com
- Oct 23, 2025 Noetix Bumi: Bumi pre-sales began on the evening of October 23, 2025.autonews.gasgoo.com
- Oct 23, 2025 Noetix Bumi: Pre-orders were to open between the Double 11 and Double 12 shopping festivals.interestingengineering.com
- Oct 9, 2025 Figure 03: Figure unveiled Figure 03.figure.ai
- Oct 2025 Casio Moflin: BetaNews reported Casio bringing Moflin to new markets starting October 2025.betanews.com
- Sep 26, 2025 Kepler K2: Kepler announced the start of mass production of the K2 Bumblebee.humanoidroboticstechnology.com
- Aug 22, 2025 Moxie: PIRG reported the servers lasted just over a month after the shutdown.pirg.org
- Aug 8, 2025 Unitree A2: Unitree released the A2 in early August 2025 (The Robot Report).therobotreport.com
- Aug 6, 2025 Fourier GR-3: Fourier unveiled the GR-3 on August 6, 2025.interestingengineering.com
- Aug 4, 2025 Hengbot Sirius: CNX Software said deliveries were scheduled to start in October 2025.cnx-software.com
- Aug 2025 Ropet: Ropet launched on Japanese crowdfunding site Makuake in August, per KrASIA in September 2025.kr-asia.com
- Jul 9, 2025 Galbot G1: KrASIA reported that Galbot runs nearly ten unmanned pharmacies in Beijing.kr-asia.com
2024
- Dec 10, 2024 Moxie: Axios reported Embodied, Moxie's maker, is shutting down.axios.com
- Dec 5, 2024 Clone Alpha: Maginative reported that Clone Robotics was taking preorders for the first 279 production units of Clone Alpha.maginative.com
- Dec 2024 Ropet: Ropet introduced Kamomo on Kickstarter in December 2024.kr-asia.com
- Sep 25, 2024 Amazon Astro: Astro for Business robots stopped working on Sept. 25.geekwire.com
- Jul 3, 2024 Amazon Astro: Amazon announced it would discontinue Astro for Business.geekwire.com
- Jul 3, 2024 Amazon Astro: Amazon discontinued Astro for Business in 2024 to focus on the home robot.techhive.com
- Jan 15, 2024 Tesla Optimus: Musk posted a video of Optimus folding a shirt; he said it was not autonomous.techcrunch.com
- Jan 8, 2024 Samsung Ballie: Samsung brought back an updated Ballie at CES 2024 with a built-in 1080p projector (per TechCrunch).techcrunch.com
2023
- Dec 21, 2023 Tesla Optimus: Tesla showed Optimus Gen 2, claiming it walks 30% faster than earlier models (per Robotics 24/7).robotics247.com
- Jul 2023 Enabot EBO X: Digital Camera World lists the EBO X release date as May 2023.digitalcameraworld.com
2020
- Jun 16, 2020 Spot: TechCrunch reported that US businesses could buy the Spot Explorer dev kit for $74,500.techcrunch.com