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NVIDIA GEAR Lab has released DreamDojo, an open-source world model pretrained on a massive 44,000-hour dataset of human egocentric videos. By using "latent actions" to bridge the gap between human and robot movement, the model achieves zero-shot generalization and real-time controllability for teleoperation and planning.

While pure-play humanoid stocks remain scarce, investors are flocking to component suppliers like Schaeffler, driving a 150% stock rally and highlighting a massive appetite for the "Physical AI" sector ahead of a wave of anticipated 2026 IPOs.

In a revealing interview with Peter Diamandis, Figure CEO Brett Adcock details the total removal of hand-engineered code, the launch of his new AI lab HARK, and the timeline for robots building robots at Figure’s "BotQ" facility.

By stripping away the legs and the wheels, Weave Robotics is attempting to ship a functional home laundry robot by February 2026—beating mobile competitors to the living room.

Austin-based Apptronik has announced a $520 million extension to its Series A, bringing total capital to nearly $1 billion as it gears up for mass production of the Apollo humanoid and a new robot debut in 2026.
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