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Orbit Robotics just dropped a teaser for HELIOS, a four-armed, four-handed humanoid built to assist astronauts. Here’s why the humanoid space race is suddenly heating up.

Figure AI pitted a human intern against its Figure 03 autonomous humanoid fleet in a head-to-head package sorting trial. While humanity secured a narrow victory, the machine fleet proved its real value through unbroken persistence.

Boston Dynamics has showcased its all-electric Atlas robot carrying a 100-pound mini-fridge, highlighting a closing sim-to-real gap and a critical shift toward robust physical intelligence.

In a new interview, the Meta Chief AI Scientist and AMI Labs founder doubles down on world models, arguing that the massive data requirements of current humanoid demos prove the Vision-Language-Action (VLA) approach is a dead end.

A landmark binding agreement marks one of the industry’s largest disclosed humanoid deployments, transitioning Humanoid’s platforms from pilot trials to a permanent fixture on Schaeffler’s factory floors.
Humanoids Daily covers the fast-moving world of humanoid robots — from research labs to factory floors. We report on the companies, technologies, and breakthroughs shaping the next generation of intelligent machines.





