The Humanoid Race Intensifies: A Glimpse into October 2025's Robotics Revolution

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04/11/2025

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October 2025 became a turning point for the robotics sector. Companies showed swift progress from small domestic units to heavy duty factory machines. The clearest development is the intensifying effort to place humanoid robots in everyday settings.

Consumer Humanoids Take Center Stage

Two leading firms advanced their home use humanoid plans. Figure AI revealed the Figure 03, its third humanoid model. The unit received a full redesign to host advanced AI, operate safely in homes and allow low cost high-volume manufacturing. On the same day 1X Technologies opened pre orders for NEO, a robot built only for household work. Figure AI focuses on creating a flexible, high volume platform. 1X Technologies focuses on shipping units to buyers without delay.

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Specialized Robotics Pushes New Boundaries

Outside the humanoid sphere, narrow purpose robots gained speed. Machina Labs replaced classic car body stamping with a robotic cell that forms custom panels at the same cost as mass produced parts. Tooling dies become unnecessary. In medicine EndoQuest Robotics reached a key point when surgeons at the Mayo Clinic used the Endoluminal Surgical System to finish the first robotic case in a multi site study. The event shows that ultra-small-incision surgery moves closer to routine use.

A Shake-Up in Industrial Automation

A major business realignment occurred when ABB Group agreed to sell its ABB Robotics & Discrete Automation unit to SoftBank Group for five point four billion dollars. The deal shrinks the number of large independent automation suppliers and signals a shift toward fewer, larger players that target future growth segments.

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