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Unitree Robotics has demonstrated its H1 model hitting a peak speed of 10 meters per second, matching the world record and moving closer to CEO Wang Xingxing’s prediction of outrunning elite human athletes by mid-2026.
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DeepMind launches its most advanced embodied reasoning model to date, featuring a specialized "agentic vision" system for industrial inspections and enhanced multi-view success detection.
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Generalist AI CEO Pete Florence argues that terms like 'VLA' and 'World Model' are temporary crutches for the industry, revealing that GEN-1's 99% scratch-trained architecture is a bet on the eventual dominance of pure robotic data.
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CEO Brett Adcock announces a massive procurement of Blackwell GPUs to power physics prediction for Figure and next-generation multimodal models for Hark, as motivational speaker Tony Robbins visits HQ.
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With the formal inclusion of Intel, Tesla’s Austin "Terafab" project aims to verticalize semiconductor production to a degree never before seen, targeting 1 terawatt of annual compute to support billions of humanoid robots and a burgeoning space-based AI infrastructure.
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At its 2026 CEO Investor Day, Kia outlined an ambitious execution roadmap for robotics, including the full-scale industrial deployment of Boston Dynamics’ Atlas starting in 2028 and a multi-modal logistics solution integrated with its next-generation electric vans.
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In a new interview, Boston Dynamics’ Atlas lead Zachary Jackowski discusses the retirement of the research-grade R1, the transition to a single "Thor" compute module, and why the robot remains too "capable" for the average home.