Humanoid robots emerged as a centerpiece of CES 2026 this week as the world’s largest technology trade show pivoted from traditional consumer electronics toward the commercialization of embodied artificial intelligence. Leading hardware developers and a surge of Chinese manufacturers used the event to signal that robotic assistants are moving from experimental prototypes toward viable industrial and domestic tools.

The global AI boom is pushing the memory industry to its limits. Demand for DRAM and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) continues to rise, while supply remains constrained, with Micron warning that meaningful relief is still years away.

The global race to build AI data centers has triggered an unexpected casualty: the memory supply that powers everyday consumer electronics.