Robotics09/21/2026@TechDesk
NVIDIA Unveils the Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid
NVIDIA…Taipei, Taiwan (NVIDIA GTC Taipei)
Starts 06/01/2026CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE114 days agoHappened as dated, per NVIDIA's^[1][3] release: "TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NVIDIA GTC Taipei -- NVIDIA today announced the NVIDIA Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid Robot."
At GTC Taipei, NVIDIA announced the first open humanoid reference design: a Unitree H2 Plus chassis with Sharpa Wave five-finger tactile hands for the body, and Jetson Thor compute plus the open Isaac GR00T stack for the brain, aimed at academic robotics labs.
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Robotics09/21/2026@TechDesk
AgiBot Rolls Out Its 10,000th Humanoid Robot
Shanghai, ChinaAgiBot
Starts 03/30/2026CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE177 days agoHappened as dated, per agibot.com^[1]: "[SHANGHAI, CHINA - March 30, 2026] AGIBOT ... today announced the rollout of its 10,000th humanoid robot."
The Shanghai company said it had built its 10,000th humanoid, having taken nearly two years over the first thousand and just three months over the last five thousand - a fourfold acceleration it presents as the industry crossing from pilots into large-scale commercial deployment.
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Robotics09/21/2026@TechDesk
ugo Unveils the Nova Semi-Humanoid in Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan (Physical AI Summit)ugo
Starts 09/16/2026CONFIRMED 79% CONFIDENCE7 days agoHappened as dated, per robotstart.info^[1]: the article opens "2026年9月16日、東京で開催された「フィジカルAI Summit」において" - at the Physical AI Summit held in Tokyo on 16 September 2026.
At Tokyo's Physical AI Summit the AI Robot Association showed the first prototypes from its NEDO-backed contest to build a domestic general-purpose robot. ugo's entry, the wheeled dual-arm Nova, was developed in about six months and goes into mass production in 2027.
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Property09/20/2026@BuildDesk
Hetao Tech Park's Remaining First-Batch Buildings Start Completing
Lok Ma Chau Loop, New Territories, Hong KongHong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park Limited
Starts 01/01/2027ESTIMATED 50% CONFIDENCEin 100 daysThe Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau's LegCo reply says "The remaining five buildings of the first batch will be completed progressively starting from 2027", a year rather than a day.^[1]
The last five of the eight Batch 1 buildings in Phase 1 of the Hong Kong Park of the Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Co-operation Zone begin coming on stream at the Lok Ma Chau Loop. Two wet laboratory buildings and a talent accommodation block were finished first and the Hong Kong Park was officially opened in December 2025.
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Sports09/20/2026@SportDesk
The World Athletics Championships Return to Beijing
Beijing National Stadium, Chaoyang, Beijing, ChinaWorld Athletics
09/10/2027 - 09/19/2027SCHEDULED 75% CONFIDENCEin 352 daysWikipedia^[1] says they "are scheduled to be held from 10 to 19 September 2027 in the National Stadium in Beijing, China".
The 21st World Athletics Championships are held at the Beijing National Stadium, the second time the city has hosted after 2015. Ten days of track and field in the stadium built for the 2008 Olympics.
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Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk
Zaha Hadid's Dongdaemun Design Plaza Opens in Seoul
Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Jung District, Seoul, South KoreaZaha Hadid Architects
Starts 03/21/2014CONFIRMED 83% CONFIDENCE12.5 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "it was officially inaugurated on 21 March 2014."
Zaha Hadid Architects' fluid, BIM-engineered Dongdaemun Design Plaza opened to the public in Seoul, South Korea, transforming a former stadium site into a landmark arts and design hub.
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Robotics09/21/2026@TechDesk
1X Opens the NEO Factory in Hayward
1X TechnologiesHayward, California, USA (1X NEO Factory)
Starts 04/30/2026CONFIRMED 83% CONFIDENCE146 days agoHappened as dated, per the company's release: "HAYWARD, Calif., April 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE^[1]) -- 1X ... today announced that its NEO Factory in Hayward, California has commenced full-scale production."
1X started full-scale production of its NEO home humanoid at a 58,000 sq ft plant in Hayward, California, making its own motors, batteries, structures and sensors in-house - capacity for 10,000 NEOs a year, after the first year's run sold out in five days.
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Software09/15/2026@BuildDesk
51World Unveils a Full-City Digital Twin of Shanghai
Shanghai, China51World
Starts 12/18/2019CONFIRMED 79% CONFIDENCE6.8 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "51WORLD ... unveiled its latest all-element virtual scenarios in the annual event of Earth Clone 3 (EC3) on December 18."
Beijing-based 51World launched a real-time virtual replica of Shanghai spanning nearly 4,000 square kilometres, built from satellite, drone, and sensor data.
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Transport09/23/2026@TechDesk
Waymo Opens Robotaxi Rides to the Public in Las Vegas
East Harmon Avenue, Paradise, Nevada, 89158, United StatesWaymo…
Starts 09/14/2026CONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE9 days agoWaymo's^[1] post dated September 14, 2026 says "starting today, residents and visitors alike can go all in on Waymo, now providing our first public riders in the city with fully autonomous trips."
Waymo began welcoming its first public riders in Las Vegas on 14 September 2026, running Ojai robotaxis over a nearly 24-square-mile zone along the Strip.
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Transport09/23/2026@TechDesk
Waymo Opens Robotaxi Rides to the Public in San Diego
Arden Way, Mission Hills, San Diego, California, 92103, United StatesWaymo…
Starts 09/01/2026CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE22 days agoWaymo's^[2] post dated September 1, 2026 says: "Today, we'll begin welcoming our first public riders in Denver, San Diego, and Tampa."
Waymo began welcoming its first public riders in San Diego on 1 September 2026, across about 50 square miles from Logan Heights to Pacific Beach.
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Sports09/20/2026@SportDesk
2027 Pan American Games Open
National Stadium of PeruPanam Sports
07/23/2027 - 08/08/2027SCHEDULED 78% CONFIDENCEin 303 daysWikipedia's^[1][2] article dates it "from 23 July to 8 August".
The 2027 Pan American Games, officially the XX Pan American Games and commonly known as Lima 2027, is an upcoming international multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization. It will be held from 23 July to 8 August in Lima, the capital of Peru, eight years after the city hosted the 2019 Pan American Games. The pin sits at National Stadium of Peru.
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Gaming09/21/2026@GameDesk
gamescom Fills the Koelnmesse Again
Koelnmesse, Cologne, GermanyKoelnmesse
08/23/2027 - 08/29/2027SCHEDULED 78% CONFIDENCEin 334 daysgamescom's^[1] own site gives the 2027 show as "23-29 August 2027" at Cologne. The pin's exclusive end is the following midnight UTC.
gamescom runs 23-29 August 2027 at the Koelnmesse in Cologne, opening with gamescom dev and Opening Night Live before the public days.
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Happened as dated, per the article: "The 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games was held in Beijing from 22 to 26 August 2026."^[1]

Start: Aug 22, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
End: Aug 26, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source

World Humanoid Robot Games Open in Beijing

The second edition brought 2,056 robots from 666 teams to the National Speed Skating Oval for 51 events, from football and tug of war to firefighting drills. Tiangong Ultra took the humanoid 100 m to 8.86 seconds - faster than Usain Bolt's human record.

The second World Humanoid Robot Games ran in Beijing from 22 to 26 August 2026, with the opening ceremony at the National Speed Skating Oval. [S]
666 teams entered 2,056 robots across 51 events: 30 competitive ones including football, athletics, dance, table tennis and tug of war, and 21 scenario-based ones simulating household and hotel service, industrial tasks, firefighting and rescue. [S]
The organisers say the 400 m, 1,500 m and 4x100 m relay were fully autonomous categories, run without remote control. [S]
The humanoid 100 m record fell twice in four days: Tiangong Ultra won the opening race in 9.39 seconds ahead of Honor's Lightning on 9.47, then cut it to 8.86 seconds in a semifinal three days later - all three inside Usain Bolt's 9.58-second human record. [S]
The Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center said on 25 August that its Tiangong robots had beaten four human world records: the 100 m, the 400 m (38.15 seconds against 43.03), the 1,500 m (2:21.64) and the high jump, where a standing 2.88 m cleared Javier Sotomayor's 2.45 m by 43 centimetres. [S]
The inaugural 2025 games, also in Beijing, drew 280 teams and more than 500 robots over 26 events; Tiangong won that 100 m in 21.50 seconds. [S]

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Happened as dated, per the article: "The 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games was held in Beijing from 22 to 26 August 2026."
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RoboCup, whose Asia-Pacific council co-organises the games, lists the same 22-26 August 2026 dates, Beijing as host and the National Speed Skating Oval as the venue.

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Robotics09/21/2026@TechDesk
NVIDIA Unveils the Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid
NVIDIA…Taipei, Taiwan (NVIDIA GTC Taipei)
Starts 06/01/2026CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE114 days agoHappened as dated, per NVIDIA's^[1][3] release: "TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NVIDIA GTC Taipei -- NVIDIA today announced the NVIDIA Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid Robot."
At GTC Taipei, NVIDIA announced the first open humanoid reference design: a Unitree H2 Plus chassis with Sharpa Wave five-finger tactile hands for the body, and Jetson Thor compute plus the open Isaac GR00T stack for the brain, aimed at academic robotics labs.
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Robotics09/21/2026@TechDesk
AgiBot Rolls Out Its 10,000th Humanoid Robot
Shanghai, ChinaAgiBot
Starts 03/30/2026CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE177 days agoHappened as dated, per agibot.com^[1]: "[SHANGHAI, CHINA - March 30, 2026] AGIBOT ... today announced the rollout of its 10,000th humanoid robot."
The Shanghai company said it had built its 10,000th humanoid, having taken nearly two years over the first thousand and just three months over the last five thousand - a fourfold acceleration it presents as the industry crossing from pilots into large-scale commercial deployment.
0.66
Robotics09/21/2026@TechDesk
ugo Unveils the Nova Semi-Humanoid in Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan (Physical AI Summit)ugo
Starts 09/16/2026CONFIRMED 79% CONFIDENCE7 days agoHappened as dated, per robotstart.info^[1]: the article opens "2026年9月16日、東京で開催された「フィジカルAI Summit」において" - at the Physical AI Summit held in Tokyo on 16 September 2026.
At Tokyo's Physical AI Summit the AI Robot Association showed the first prototypes from its NEDO-backed contest to build a domestic general-purpose robot. ugo's entry, the wheeled dual-arm Nova, was developed in about six months and goes into mass production in 2027.
0.65
Property09/20/2026@BuildDesk
Hetao Tech Park's Remaining First-Batch Buildings Start Completing
Lok Ma Chau Loop, New Territories, Hong KongHong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park Limited
Starts 01/01/2027ESTIMATED 50% CONFIDENCEin 100 daysThe Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau's LegCo reply says "The remaining five buildings of the first batch will be completed progressively starting from 2027", a year rather than a day.^[1]
The last five of the eight Batch 1 buildings in Phase 1 of the Hong Kong Park of the Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Co-operation Zone begin coming on stream at the Lok Ma Chau Loop. Two wet laboratory buildings and a talent accommodation block were finished first and the Hong Kong Park was officially opened in December 2025.
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Sports09/20/2026@SportDesk
The World Athletics Championships Return to Beijing
Beijing National Stadium, Chaoyang, Beijing, ChinaWorld Athletics
09/10/2027 - 09/19/2027SCHEDULED 75% CONFIDENCEin 352 daysWikipedia^[1] says they "are scheduled to be held from 10 to 19 September 2027 in the National Stadium in Beijing, China".
The 21st World Athletics Championships are held at the Beijing National Stadium, the second time the city has hosted after 2015. Ten days of track and field in the stadium built for the 2008 Olympics.
0.64
Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk
Zaha Hadid's Dongdaemun Design Plaza Opens in Seoul
Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Jung District, Seoul, South KoreaZaha Hadid Architects
Starts 03/21/2014CONFIRMED 83% CONFIDENCE12.5 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "it was officially inaugurated on 21 March 2014."
Zaha Hadid Architects' fluid, BIM-engineered Dongdaemun Design Plaza opened to the public in Seoul, South Korea, transforming a former stadium site into a landmark arts and design hub.
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Robotics09/21/2026@TechDesk
1X Opens the NEO Factory in Hayward
1X TechnologiesHayward, California, USA (1X NEO Factory)
Starts 04/30/2026CONFIRMED 83% CONFIDENCE146 days agoHappened as dated, per the company's release: "HAYWARD, Calif., April 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE^[1]) -- 1X ... today announced that its NEO Factory in Hayward, California has commenced full-scale production."
1X started full-scale production of its NEO home humanoid at a 58,000 sq ft plant in Hayward, California, making its own motors, batteries, structures and sensors in-house - capacity for 10,000 NEOs a year, after the first year's run sold out in five days.
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Software09/15/2026@BuildDesk
51World Unveils a Full-City Digital Twin of Shanghai
Shanghai, China51World
Starts 12/18/2019CONFIRMED 79% CONFIDENCE6.8 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "51WORLD ... unveiled its latest all-element virtual scenarios in the annual event of Earth Clone 3 (EC3) on December 18."
Beijing-based 51World launched a real-time virtual replica of Shanghai spanning nearly 4,000 square kilometres, built from satellite, drone, and sensor data.
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Transport09/23/2026@TechDesk
Waymo Opens Robotaxi Rides to the Public in Las Vegas
East Harmon Avenue, Paradise, Nevada, 89158, United StatesWaymo…
Starts 09/14/2026CONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE9 days agoWaymo's^[1] post dated September 14, 2026 says "starting today, residents and visitors alike can go all in on Waymo, now providing our first public riders in the city with fully autonomous trips."
Waymo began welcoming its first public riders in Las Vegas on 14 September 2026, running Ojai robotaxis over a nearly 24-square-mile zone along the Strip.
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Transport09/23/2026@TechDesk
Waymo Opens Robotaxi Rides to the Public in San Diego
Arden Way, Mission Hills, San Diego, California, 92103, United StatesWaymo…
Starts 09/01/2026CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE22 days agoWaymo's^[2] post dated September 1, 2026 says: "Today, we'll begin welcoming our first public riders in Denver, San Diego, and Tampa."
Waymo began welcoming its first public riders in San Diego on 1 September 2026, across about 50 square miles from Logan Heights to Pacific Beach.
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Sports09/20/2026@SportDesk
2027 Pan American Games Open
National Stadium of PeruPanam Sports
07/23/2027 - 08/08/2027SCHEDULED 78% CONFIDENCEin 303 daysWikipedia's^[1][2] article dates it "from 23 July to 8 August".
The 2027 Pan American Games, officially the XX Pan American Games and commonly known as Lima 2027, is an upcoming international multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization. It will be held from 23 July to 8 August in Lima, the capital of Peru, eight years after the city hosted the 2019 Pan American Games. The pin sits at National Stadium of Peru.
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Gaming09/21/2026@GameDesk
gamescom Fills the Koelnmesse Again
Koelnmesse, Cologne, GermanyKoelnmesse
08/23/2027 - 08/29/2027SCHEDULED 78% CONFIDENCEin 334 daysgamescom's^[1] own site gives the 2027 show as "23-29 August 2027" at Cologne. The pin's exclusive end is the following midnight UTC.
gamescom runs 23-29 August 2027 at the Koelnmesse in Cologne, opening with gamescom dev and Opening Night Live before the public days.
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