Tesla's ending Model S and X production at its Fremont plant to build a million Optimus robots annually amid plunging profits and sales.

It will come in time, but it's going to take a lot of it for humanoid robotics to really eat into human workforces if the economies of scale don't line up. In a world increasingly divided into trade-protected zones, that may become ever more difficult in the years to come.

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. is backing construction-tech startup Akari Inc., the latest in a sector-wide quest for knowhow to fully automate factories and train robots to react to different situations.

Hyundai Motor has reportedly begun testing humanoid robots at its automobile manufacturing facilities in

Humanoid robotics is edging closer to large-scale industrial reality. Humanoid, a fast-growing UK robotics and AI company, has announced a long-term strategic technology partnership with Schaeffler, one of Europe’s most established motion technology leaders.

On Tesla’s earning call, Elon Musk described how some car models were being discontinued to make way for robot manufacturing, giving investors a new look at Tesla’s future with humanoid robotics. CNN’s Hadas Gold reports.