For decades, humanoid robots capable of doing real work were more science fiction than economic forecast. That's changed fast. In 2026, humanoid robots have moved from lab demos to actual factory floors — but the honest answer to when they'll disrupt the U.S. job market is: sooner than skeptics expected, later than the hype suggests, and unevenly across industries. Where things stand now. Hundreds to low thousands of humanoid robots are already deployed industrially, mostly i