October 2026 was a whirlwind month for the robotics industry. Last month, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of RoboBusiness and announced that next year, the show will be rebranded to Robotics Summit & Expo West.
In addition, prominent humanoid robot companies, such as Agility Robotics and Boston Dynamics, announced some major updates.
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In October 2026, AGCO and Agility Robotics signed a commercial agreement to deploy Agility’s Digit humanoid in AGCO’s manufacturing facility. The U.S. pilot, expected to begin in 2027, will support AGCO’s efforts to create more flexible, intelligent factories, beginning at its site in Hesston, Kan. Read more.
Robots have captured our imagination. We have seen humanoids balancing on one leg, doing backflips, folding laundry, and moving smoothly over difficult terrain. This is all behavior that only a few years ago seemed like something out of science fiction. These viral examples matter because they show that embodied AI has reached a new technical stage. Read more.
Agility Robotics and GXO Logistics said they are expanding their partnership to deploy the Digit humanoid robot in GXO sites in North Carolina and Tennessee. Read more.
Boston Dynamics in October 2026 gave a look at its new humanoid hand. The four-fingered gripper has 13 degrees of freedom, or DoF, and is directly actuated.
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