There’s an army moving in silence. It doesn’t march, doesn’t breathe, doesn’t sleep. But it’s growing. Everywhere.
These are the intelligent humanoid robots.
In New York, they just unveiled RUKA—an open-source robotic hand with 15 degrees of freedom. It can run for 20 hours without losing efficiency. Inspired by human tendons, it’s just one more sign that the human body is becoming replicable.
In China, Mornine—the platinum-blonde humanoid from Chery Auto—has learned to walk on its own and navigate space. Also in China, researchers are building biodegradable robots made from pig gelatin and plant cellulose that dissolve within weeks, disappearing after completing their tasks.
In the UK, Open Bionics introduced Hero, a wireless, waterproof bionic arm claiming to be the lightest hand in the world. And in the US, Foundation Robotics shared a video showing the evolution of the legs on its first humanoid robot, Phantom.
Meanwhile, in Japan, robots that pick strawberries are revolutionizing agriculture. They use lidar to create 3D maps and don’t need human laborers. In Europe, researchers funded by the EU have developed autonomous robots that detect and remove batteries from electronic waste.
Then there’s Knightscope, the security robot maker. They’ve just moved into a new 30,000-square-foot headquarters in Silicon Valley to gear up for their next phase of growth.
Finally, a microbot from China has broken every record: it’s the smallest and lightest untethered ground-air robot. It can change shape. It has no wires. And it flies.
This isn’t just innovation anymore. It’s acceleration. And we have to decide whether we’ll stay spectators—or start to truly understand what’s happening.
