AgiBot launches safety-grade heavy-payload humanoid robot G2 Max

The pitch that matters here is not the payload figure but the deployment claim: a heavy-duty humanoid already running on a production line where robots build robots. That shifts the story from lab demo to factory-floor validation, and it puts AgiBot in the same conversation as industrial automation incumbents rather than consumer robot makers. The safety-grade framing suggests the target is regulated manufacturing environments, where certification, not capability, decides adoption. Whether the line deployment scales beyond a showcase, and whether safety-grade claims hold up under third-party scrutiny, is the open question worth watching.