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Following a series of conflicting industry reports and bold claims from rival AgiBot, Unitree Robotics has issued a rare official clarification of its 2025 sales data, asserting it shipped over 5,500 'pure' humanoid units.
Jogging Bots and Unsupervised Chores: Figure’s Aggressive 2026 Roadmap
CEO Brett Adcock reveals new fitness milestones, 2026 home deployment predictions, and the hardware that might finally bring humanoid robots into the living room.
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The Talent Wars: Tesla’s Former Optimus Head Milan Kovac Joins Boston Dynamics
In a major industry shift, Milan Kovac—the engineer who helped birth Tesla’s Optimus—has moved to Boston Dynamics. The hire signals a decisive pivot for Hyundai’s robotics firm as it transitions from viral research to industrial scale.
Abundance or Agony? Elon Musk Maps Out the Optimus Production S-Curve in Davos
At the World Economic Forum, Elon Musk detailed a future where humanoid robots outnumber humans, while cautioning that the initial production ramp for Tesla’s Optimus will be "agonizingly slow."
The Alien in the Factory: Boston Dynamics Launches Production-Ready Atlas at CES 2026
Boston Dynamics sheds its R&D skin at CES 2026, unveiling a production version of the all-electric Atlas designed for "automotive volumes." With 56 degrees of freedom, an "alien" morphology, and a deep Google DeepMind partnership, the company is finally moving from viral videos to the assembly line.
1X Unveils 1XWM: The Video-to-Action "Brain" That Lets NEO Imagine Its Chores
1X Technologies has transitioned its World Model from a simulation tool into a generative "cognitive core," allowing the NEO humanoid to perform novel tasks like steaming shirts or operating toilet seats by visualizing them first.
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After four years of leading the AI strategy for the OpenAI-backed robotics firm, Eric Jang announces his departure from 1X Technologies, marking the end of an era that saw the company transition from a Norwegian startup to a Silicon Valley humanoid powerhouse.
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The latest hardware from the Dutch haptic specialists aims to provide the high-fidelity data required for the next generation of embodied AI and dexterous robot control.
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Pittsburgh-based Skild AI has closed a massive funding round led by SoftBank and NVIDIA, cementing its lead in the race to develop a universal "omni-bodied" brain for robotics.
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1X Technologies has transitioned its World Model from a simulation tool into a generative "cognitive core," allowing the NEO humanoid to perform novel tasks like steaming shirts or operating toilet seats by visualizing them first.
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The long-awaited "January Update" is official: Hyundai Motor Group will unveil its roadmap for mass robot deployment and bring the electric Atlas to the public stage for the first time in Las Vegas.