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Galbot ET1 pre-orders open. More than 200 on day one.

Galbot ET1 "Galaxy Star"

ET 1 (codenamed "Galaxy Star") is an agile bipedal humanoid robot developed by Galbot Robotics, marking the company's leap from wheeled mobile manipulators to dynamic bipedal locomotion.

Unveiled at the 2026 World Robot Conference (WRC) in Beijing

ET 1 stands 173 cm tall, weighs 65 kg, and features 48 degrees of freedom across its skeletal body along with 24 degrees of freedom in its two 5-fingered hands (72 DoF total).

Driven by quasi-direct-drive brushless servomotors paired with planetary and harmonic gearboxes, ET 1 achieves athletic sprints up to 20 km/h, dances, and returns tennis volleys. The platform is powered by the Astrobrain-WBC (Whole-Body Control) foundation model pre-trained on over 100,000 hours of human motion data, running on the NVIDIA Jetson Thor computing platform to deliver zero-shot real-time imitation learning ("I See, I Learn").

behindrobotics data card: Sensofusion Nasdaq Helsinki IPO — gross proceeds, revenue, operating profit, headcount

Counter-drone maker Sensofusion lists in Helsinki after ~$300M IPO

Sensofusion (SENSO) began Nasdaq Helsinki main-market trading on 13 Oct 2026 after raising ~EUR 259M (~$300M) at EUR 16.41. Company/unaudited: EUR 49.4M (~$57M) revenue, EUR 30.1M (~$35M) operating profit, 111 employees.

behindrobotics funding infographic: $18.8B raised by late June 2026 vs $15B in 2025, PitchBook Q1/Q2 totals, biggest 2026 rounds led by Anduril's $5B, and who's investing

Robotics raised more by June than in all of 2025. Fewer deals, bigger checks.

VCs, YC, SoftBank, Lockheed, endowments and pensions are still funding robots, drones and physical AI in 2026. The money is concentrating in fewer winners across the US, Europe and China.

Anduril Fury close-up — behindrobotics Short

Boeing, Lockheed and Northrop had decades of head start. A 9-year-old startup took their fighter-jet work anyway.

Anduril Short: $61B valuation, Fury CCA, Roadrunner-M, Ghost Shark — how a 9-year-old startup took fighter-jet work from the primes.

HMND 01 humanoid robot close-up — behindrobotics Short

Artem Sokolov sold jewellery for a living. Then he built Europe's first humanoid-robot unicorn.

Europe's first pure-play humanoid unicorn: $1.35B valuation, $152M Series A, Siemens Erlangen pilot, Schaeffler 1,000+ robot deal. Short + sourced profile.

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Counter-drone maker Sensofusion lists in Helsinki after ~$300M IPO

Robotics raised more by June than in all of 2025. Fewer deals, bigger checks.

Boeing, Lockheed and Northrop had decades of head start. A 9-year-old startup took their fighter-jet work anyway.

Artem Sokolov sold jewellery for a living. Then he built Europe's first humanoid-robot unicorn.