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Unitree has announced a significant production milestone: as of July 2026, the cumulative output of its bionic robots reached 18,000 units. This count strictly applies to fully finished humanoid machines that walk on two legs, excluding wheeled robots, quadruped dogs, and autonomous manipulators.

When comparing four major companies developing humanoid robots, the following distribution is observed: Unitree has 18,000 pure bipedal models; AgiBot counted 15,000 across all categories by June 2026, but this figure includes many wheeled robots, with only 7,000 being purely bipedal; UBTECH released about 3,000 models of all series; and Galbot possesses approximately 1,000 industrial humanoid robots.

In the segment of pure bipedal models, Unitree significantly surpasses its competitors: 18,000 versus 7,000 for AgiBot, 3,000 for UBTECH, and 1,000 for Galbot. Even when combining wheeled and bipedal models, Unitree still exceeds AgiBot's figures. The market is clearly divided into tiers: Unitree and AgiBot form a duopoly at the ten-thousand level, while UBTECH and Galbot are at the thousand level.

Unitree's growth rate is impressive: 6,500 units were released in 2025; by May 2026, production exceeded 11,000, and then another 7,000 units were added over two months, bringing the total to 18,000. This figure more than doubles UBTECH's multi-year total production.

Production stability is ensured by a closed system. Since its founding, Unitree has independently developed key components such as servo motors, drivers, and reducers, which has allowed it to reduce costs and control supply cycles. Models H1 and G1 represent a combination of high and low segments: H1 is aimed at industrial clients with consistent large orders, while G1 is a versatile humanoid robot for commercial services and research institutions. Furthermore, Unitree has created flexible specialized production lines, enabling large-scale standardized manufacturing instead of small-batch manual assembly.

UBTECH's shortcomings are attributed to three deficiencies. Firstly, the company bet on the wrong early track—small consumer humanoid robots for education, exhibition halls, and toys that lack industrial capabilities. When the industry shifted towards industrial humanoid robots during 2024–2025, UBTECH hastily launched the industrial robot Walker, forced to build a research base, production lines, and supply chains from scratch, lagging by two to three years. Secondly, weak internal component development: servo motors and reducers are mainly purchased from third-party suppliers, increasing costs and leading to partial shutdowns of production lines during competition for capacity. Thirdly, scattered resources among service, disinfection, and educational robots dilute R&D budgets and engineering personnel.

AgiBot is the only company capable of competing with Unitree, but their statistics differ: more than half of AgiBot's 15,000 robots have a wheeled base, making them incomparable to pure bipedal models; in terms of pure bipedal models, 7,000 fall short of Unitree's 18,000. AgiBot's strength lies in deep industrial automation channels, while its weakness is bipedal locomotion compared to Unitree's many years of experience in legged robotics. Galbot adheres to a 'small and quality' strategy: customized industrial humanoid robots with high profit per unit, but without standardized mass production. This divergence is irreversible: Unitree and AgiBot possess the potential for ten thousand units with protection in technology, supply chains, and customer base, whereas thousand-level players need two to three years to close the gap. Domestic humanoid robots have moved from prototypes to mass production, logistics, and supply chains, and Unitree's 18,000 units provide it with a pioneer advantage.

Although videos of humanoid robots playing table tennis with humans are no longer rare (in these instances, the human serves the ball, and the robot returns it), the appearance of two robots playing completely autonomously without remote control or ball feeding by an operator is something new. Both robots perform all actions—serving, receiving, attacking, and defending—until the score reaches 11 points.

This match will take place at the National Oval Rink, Ice Ribbon, where the second World Robotics Tournament will be held from August 22 to 26, featuring over 2000 robots.

The participants were the HKU-KAI team, formed by researchers from the University of Hong Kong and the KAI research group of Chaowei Power. Their robots will also participate in several table tennis master matches. Before their debut, the two humanoid robots completed an entire autonomous game, following the rule of 11 points, marking the first complete autonomous table tennis match involving humanoids in history.

Players in red and blue caps exchanged shots, and the score changed back and forth. Although the game was calmer than professional level, one player served while the other received.

Behind the robots is the SMASH 2.0 system, which is a closed loop connecting perception, trajectory prediction, motion planning, and whole-body control. To conduct the full match, the team updated SMASH from version 1.0 to 2.0. This update allowed for an expanded range of shots from fixed incoming balls to short and long ones, and it added autonomous serving, which became indispensable since the robots must change sides to serve.

Team leader Lo Ping, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Computer Science and Data Science at HKU and head of MMLab HKU, noted that when two robots play, both strive to win, which requires active attack. He emphasized that a full 11-point game means not just 11 rallies, but a completed match determined according to table tennis rules.

Both robots use the same SMASH system. Although strategies can be pre-set (e.g., faster, slower, or with different landing spots), real-time learning against an opponent has not yet been achieved. Data gathered during the robot matches is saved for reinforcement learning on real robots, accumulating rallies that can contribute to self-development, although the training data is mainly obtained from humans. The team collected data over one to two months, four to eight hours daily, using motion capture trainers, and is now trying to transition to markerless data collection, sacrificing some data quality for much greater scale.

Li Yinghui, a postdoc at HKU and head of motion control algorithms at Chaowei Power, stated that table tennis and kickboxing are among the few sports requiring fully autonomous robots without external control, and table tennis has become the first formal competitive event for humanoid robots. The robot must evaluate ball trajectories, make decisions, and strike in a closed loop, demonstrating the transition of robots from executing predefined actions to real-time actions based on environmental changes. The team began working on table tennis around October 2025, and the pace of iterations in competitions has accelerated; the expanded range of shots in SMASH 2.0 was achieved through simulation training using human motion data.

Although Samsung has not yet made an official announcement about its next line of premium tablets, the Google Play Console has exposed crucial information regarding the Galaxy Tab S12+ and Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra models. These two devices were listed on the platform as supported, anticipating hardware specifications and suggesting that the launch may be near.

The leak indicates that Samsung plans to make versions of these tablets available with both Wi-Fi and 5G connectivity. Specifically, the Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra 5G is listed with the model code SM-X946B, while the Wi-Fi variant is identified as SM-X940. Additionally, there is another cellular model, SM-X946N, aimed at the South Korean market.

Google records point out that the Tab S12 Ultra will come equipped with around 12 GB of RAM and run the Android 17 operating system. The amount of memory shown by the system is close to 12 GB, with the record indicating between 11.7 GB and 11.8 GB of usable RAM for the corresponding model.

Another notable point is that the device is already listed as 'Certified and Supported' in the Google Play Console. According to The Tech Outlook, this device was included in Google's catalog on July 26, 2026. The Galaxy Tab S12+ appeared on the platform before the Ultra model, showing various regional configurations.

The Wi-Fi version of the Tab S12+ has the code SM-X840 and the codename 'gts12pwifi'. The 5G versions use the codename 'gts12p' and are identified by the numbers SM-X846B, SM-X846E, SM-X846N, and SM-X848U, covering international, Asian, South Korean, and United States markets. These records confirm Samsung's intention to offer multiple connectivity options for the line.

Similar to the Ultra model, the Tab S12+ is also present in the Google ecosystem as a supported device, signaling the advancement in the device's development. The inclusion of Android 17 is another highlight, indicating that Samsung's new generation of tablets should be launched with the next version of the Google operating system. For the Tab S12 Ultra, the listing also mentions the combination with the Dimensity 9500.

The presence of the MediaTek chip is significant, as it represents a high-performance platform for a line that historically leads Samsung's tablet catalog. The Tab S12 Ultra had already been seen in a testing platform indicating the Dimensity 9500, and the Google Play Console added data on memory and screen resolution.

They were not the only Samsung devices identified; the Galaxy A07s 4G also appeared on the platform, with codes SM-A077F (international version) and SM-A077M (Latin America). Both share the codename 'a07ve', featuring around 4 GB of RAM, Android 16, and a MediaTek processor from the Helio G99 family, with a 720 x 1,600 pixel screen. The mention of the Latin America model is relevant for the region.

Despite the many pieces of information revealed by the records, Samsung has not officially confirmed the release date for the Galaxy Tab S12+ and Tab S12 Ultra. However, their presence in the Google Play Console suggests an advanced stage of development, adding to previous appearances in certification and benchmark databases.

Currently, prices, country availability, and all specifications remain unconfirmed. What has been revealed points to Samsung preparing a line of premium tablets with Android 17, up to 12 GB of RAM, and the MediaTek Dimensity 9500 processor, including Wi-Fi and 5G options.