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Humanoid Robots: Technology, Business, and Social Dynamics
.@ericjang11 is spearheading AI at 1X. Eric believes 1X is on the path to becoming an AGI company — not just a robotics company. I sat down with him at 1X’s new Palo Alto office to discuss the key AI building blocks needed to bring humanoid robots into homes at scale. 00:00…
The world’s first humanoid robot capable of swapping its own battery - Chinese company UBTech has unveiled their next-gen humanoid robot, Walker S2.
Humanoids make so much sense. No need to redesign the world or make purpose-built tools. When not serving popcorn, it can potentially operate and maintain the popcorn machine or even clean up the floor. Probably teleop, but a great use case to target.
Humanoid robots can fail and do unsafe things in countless ways – hardware malfunctions, software glitches, cyberattacks, freak edge cases, or human operator error. A hundred years ago, there were 20 vehicle accident deaths per 100 million miles in the US. Today, that number is…
TSMC Chairman C.C. Wei, speaking during the company’s latest earnings call, revealed that some clients active in both EVs and robotics expect the humanoid robot market to be 10× larger than electric vehicles. While humanoids won’t drive near-term growth for TSMC, Wei said the…
Scary!
please make this go viral so I can pay for repairs our humanoid robot boy DeREK completely lost his mind @REKrobot
Optimus serving popcorn at the soft opening of Tesla’s first diner.
We were invited to attend the soft opening of the brand new #TeslaDiner, celebrating the First Responders!
Unitree is preparing for an IPO in China ⦿ Unitree Robotics has officially begun its IPO counseling process with the Chinese Securities Regulatory Bureau. ⦿ Unitree has completed 10 funding rounds to date, with its latest round pushing its valuation to 10 billion RMB (~$1.4B)…
The F.03 battery pack is designed to be a structural member of the robot's torso, saves mass and makes the humanoid robot sleeker.
Figure released a video showcasing the manufacturing process of the F.03 battery pack: ⦿ 78% cheaper than the previous-gen pack ⦿ 2kW fast charging with active cooling ⦿ Withstand 1-meter drops onto concrete from any angle ⦿ Insulative potting for thermal safety
Palmer Luckey takes the stage at a summit via telepresence through a humanoid robot. He talks about how hype around hard technology problems can be a good thing - it attracts investors and expands the possibilities for creating big winners. The robot is Phantom, by Foundation.
A fully 3D-printable, open-source robotic hand that costs less than $250.
Pollen Robotics, a Hugging Face subsidiary, has open-sourced Amazing Hand, a 3D-printable, four-finger robotic hand with eight degrees of freedom (DoF). Weighing 400g and costing less than $250 - it is designed for Reachy2’s wrist but adaptable to other robots.
Figure released a video showcasing the manufacturing process of the F.03 battery pack: ⦿ 78% cheaper than the previous-gen pack ⦿ 2kW fast charging with active cooling ⦿ Withstand 1-meter drops onto concrete from any angle ⦿ Insulative potting for thermal safety
The 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games unveiled its official medals and slogan yesterday in Beijing, China. Set for August 14–17, the event will feature 100+ teams from over 10 countries competing in 20 events across athletics, dance and practical task execution.
Leju Robotics has shared a sneak peek of their new, shorter humanoid, Luban No. 2.
Kuafu humanoids by Chinese company Leju Robotics moving totes at FAW's car factory.
Jensen Huang was asked about humanoid robots at Beijing Supply Chain Expo, what he said: ⦿ Timing for humanoid robot technology is right now ⦿ World is short tens of millions of workers, robots will grow world’s GDP a lot ⦿ China has unique combination of AI tech,…
A humanoid robot policy trained solely on synthetic data generated by a world model. Research Scientist Joel Jang presents NVIDIA's DreamGen pipeline: ⦿ Post-train the world model Cosmos-Predict2 with a small set of real teleoperation demos. ⦿ Prompt the world model to…