Humanoid Robots Enter the Workforce: Atlas, Optimus, and the Race to Deploy in 2026
After years of impressive demos and viral videos, 2026 is the year humanoid robots finally move from the lab to the factory floor. Boston Dynamics is shipping its Electric Atlas to Hyundai, Tesla is preparing Optimus Gen 3 for production, and a wave of startups is racing to deploy general-purpose robots at scale. Here’s where…