In a new viral video, 1X''s humanoid robot is shown ''teaming up'' with a world-renowned pastry chef, showcasing its dexterity and collaborative potential in a kitchen environment.
The EV maker's 2025 AI Day is expected to be the formal unveiling of the 'VLT' AI system, which the company claims will allow its 'Iron' humanoid robot to 'evolve into thinking.'
The Zurich-based ETH spin-off is betting on a pragmatic, rapidly deployable approach, arguing that full-body humanoids are not the answer for most industrial tasks. The focus is on a powerful AI foundation model trained by human operators.
A recent LA Times report highlights the massive, low-tech effort to gather real-world data for robots. This data bottleneck is the central challenge in robotics, and top companies are making wildly different bets on how to solve it—from human-video capture and teleoperation to massive simulation.
Three of China''s top humanoid robotics companies—Unitree, Aelos Robotics (Leju), and Zhiyuan Robotics (AgiBot)—are all making significant moves to go public, signaling a new phase of capital-intensive competition for the industry.