The idea of a humanoid robot building an airplane may sound far-fetched, but a new deal between the European aviation giant Airbus and Chinese robot specialist UBTech suggests that such a scenario could be on the cards.

Humans are desperate to put the robots to work. The only problem is, the robots don’t “work” to any degree. These humanoid bots are interesting. Some are even cute. Few, if any, are anywhere close to prime time. It was a dour scene at CES 2026, so much so I can’t help but wonder if they ever will be.

Living with robots could lead to plenty of societal improvements, but they also pose risks to how we socialize and co-exist with other human beings.

The humanoid robot industry is influenced by evolving needs in personal assistance, healthcare, and industrial automation. Trends such as

Zoomlion is already using robots to power its rapid growth, and they've been churning out a new excavator every 6 minutes for years!

Their partnership will trial Walker S2 humanoid robots in aircraft manufacturing, signalling a global push into industrial automation.

With stats like that, one can’t help but suspect that the first country to have a million humanoids will be China.

Researchers in China have unveiled a soft humanoid robot that can shapeshift, float, swim,