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A highly polished new video shows EngineAI’s T800 humanoids working in a Luxshare-ICT factory, drawing a sharp contrast to the robot’s violent US debut in a San Francisco combat league over the weekend.
Not Ready to Scale: Unitree CEO Wang Xingxing on Why Humanoids Still Aren’t Working in Factories
Days after Unitree’s blockbuster listing, founder Wang Xingxing used his WRC 2026 stage time to explain why the company has held back from large-scale factory deployment — and laid out the generalization bottleneck, the "lossy" nature of physical AI, and a self-evolving software loop aimed at both.
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The Physical Bottleneck: Why Actuator Technology is the Next Frontier for Humanoid Robots
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Unitree Reclaims the Spotlight with 18,000 Cumulative Bipedal Humanoids Produced
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American Airlines has joined United, Delta, and Southwest in explicitly banning humanoid and animal-like robots from commercial flights, citing the severe fire hazards posed by massive lithium-ion batteries.
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Confronting strict FCC import restrictions on foreign robots, top Unitree distributor RoboStore is launching Robo Inc. to focus on domestic assembly, cybersecurity vetting, and practical systems integration.
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By replacing traditional machining with high-speed forming technology, the German industrial giant claims to cut manufacturing costs for critical humanoid joints by more than 25 percent.
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South Korean tech giant Samsung is reportedly developing an advanced proprietary humanoid robot separate from Rainbow Robotics, backing the project with a new direct-to-CEO division, custom actuators, and factory-level world models.
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With a reported top speed of 12.66 m/s and a 2-meter standing high jump, Unitree’s latest prototype appears to fulfill its CEO’s promise to outpace the world’s elite human athletes.