February 26, 2026 05:39 AM GMT China Industrials | Asia Pacific The Humanoid Signal - How Will the Robot "Brain" Evolve? The importance of the robot "brain" will rise in 2026 as model capability becomes the key differentiator. Architectures have yet to converge, while data and compute remain bottlenecks. Development is gradual, so deployment will proceed in steps. Key Takeaways In our 2026 outlook, we listed 10 key highlights to monitor. In this series, we will provide further analysis of each. VLA is curre ...