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As it prepares to unveil its first general-purpose robot, the well-funded robotics startup brings on Damien Kieran as Head of Legal and Pally Kumar as Head of Operations.

The Italian robotics startup has showcased new bipedal prototypes capable of blind walking and running, just weeks after announcing a major industrialization partnership with Italdesign.

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.

CEO Klaus Rosenfeld outlines the financial roadmap for the company’s robotics pivot, projecting an order book in the hundreds of millions of euros supported by partnerships with 45 global players.