From expressive robot faces to factory deployments, these seven stories shaped how 2025 will be remembered in humanoid robotics.

SALEM, Ore. — In an office park opposite an Amazon warehouse, the robots are at work. A trio of six-foot-tall machines with ostrichlike legs and two jointed arms work in shifts, walking off a charging rack to move boxes between two conveyor belts until ...

True, it wasn't by any means the first motor car, nor was it the first to be offered to the general public. However, it was the first aimed directly at the heart of the mass market and explicitly designed for mass production by assembly line. In some rough ways the humanoid robot field is a bit like that of early automobiles.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I explore humans, technologies, and what’s next. Dec 01, 2025, 01:14pm EST As factories finalize 2026 budgets, a costly choice looms: invest in human-shaped machines (humanoid robots ...