On September 30, during the IROS conference in Pittsburgh, Faraday Future unveiled the second-phase execution plan of its "Built in USA" acceleration program, including advancing the production of Next Futurist and Next Aegis series products and filing for conditional FCC approval of robot products. The company targets putting its robot factory into operation by the end of 2026, with the first new EAI-embodied product expected to roll off the line in Q1 2027.
On September 28, robot company Sharpa unveiled three new products at IROS 2026 in Pittsburgh: the D01 integrated tactile-aware dexterous manipulation robot, the W02 fully tactile ultra-compact lightweight dexterous hand, and the AE01 high-fidelity exoskeleton tactile data glove, targeting robot action execution, fine manipulation, and teleoperation data collection respectively. All three were demonstrated live at the conference.
Chinese force sensor maker BlueDot Touch showcased its full force-sensor product lineup, including six-axis force sensors for humanoid robots, at IROS 2026 in Pittsburgh on Sept. 28. A market report cited during the event showed BlueDot Touch held more than 80% of China's humanoid robot six-axis force sensor market in 2025.
MIT scientists have developed a reconfigurable robotic optical laboratory that can autonomously assemble standard optical components into required configurations, adjust mirrors and lenses with micrometer-scale precision, and safely disassemble and reassemble setups. The team demonstrated autonomous construction and tuning of a tabletop laser cavity and plans to present the system at the IROS conference in late September 2026.