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The electronics giant plans to use humanoids running NVIDIAs GR00T foundation model on its production lines, marking a significant test for the "simulation-first" approach to robotics.
Following days of speculation, 1X has officially announced its NEO humanoid robot is available for pre-order as a consumer product, priced at $20,000 or $499/month. The launch confirms the company's strategy to use a "human-in-the-loop" model to train its AI in real-world homes.
Following mixed results with its Pepper robot, SoftBank is reportedly intensifying its search for investments in next-generation humanoid robotics, targeting AI-driven companies like Agility Robotics and Skild AI.
In a new interview, Google DeepMind's Carolina Parada discusses the 'agentic' two-part brain of Gemini Robotics 1.5, its 'surprising' ability to transfer skills between different robots, and why she believes the home will be 'one of the last frontiers' for the technology.
AgiBot has launched LinkCraft, a new 'zero-code' software platform that translates human motion from videos into performances for its X2 humanoid robot, aiming to lower the barrier for content creation.
In a new technical deep-dive, Tesla's VP of AI and Optimus lead Ashok Elluswamy details the end-to-end neural network strategy for FSD, confirming the same "neural world simulator" and architecture will "seamlessly transfer" to its humanoid robot.
Speaking at MIT, Yann LeCun argued the "big secret" of the humanoid industry is that companies lack the fundamental AI breakthroughs—specifically "world models"—needed to make robots "generally useful" in domestic settings.
A new report reveals two stealth companies, Rhoda AI and Genesis AI, have raised massive early-stage rounds to tackle different aspects of humanoid robotics, from heavy lifting to software-driven control systems, signaling intensified competition in the sector.
Amazon's latest robotics project, ResMimic, uses a two-stage residual learning framework to efficiently teach humanoids complex loco-manipulation skills. By refining a general motion policy with task-specific corrections, the system enables a Unitree G1 to handle heavy and irregular objects with precision.
In a new promotional video, Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot takes on a new role: explaining shareholder voting procedures. The video showcases the robot in diverse settings and provides a glimpse of an updated, bronze-accented design with potentially revised hands.
Amazon's FAR robotics team has unveiled OmniRetarget, a powerful data generation engine that translates human motion into physically realistic trajectories for humanoid robots. The system enables a single human demonstration to be augmented into hours of training data, simplifying reinforcement learning and enabling zero-shot transfer of complex loco-manipulation skills from simulation to a real Unitree G1 robot.
A new video shows Tesla's humanoid robot sparring with a human, demonstrating surprising speed and fluidity. The demonstration was followed by a key strategic comment from Optimus lead Ashok Elluswamy, who highlighted the plan to unify the AI models for Optimus and Tesla's self-driving cars.
