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Ahead of the October 15–16 Humanoid Hub Conference, Devang Adhyaru discusses bringing robotics offline, the promise of robot hands, and the road to useful home humanoids.
The filing describes curved tactile sensor arrays and ways to manufacture them, offering a likely glimpse into Optimus development without confirming their use in its new hand.
Humanoid boxing was apparently just the warm-up. REK’s October 9 Deathmatch adds blade-equipped robots and a Rektile-versus-T-REK main event.
FF targets U.S. robot production in February 2027, while its current catalog points to Booster and AGIBOT platforms. Here is what its localization plan establishes.
The Sequoia-led round includes Nvidia and Microsoft’s M12 as Mecka expands human-demonstration data collection and commercial robot deployment.
Prasad takes over on October 7, bringing experience leading Alexa and Amazon Nova as Boston Dynamics advances its AI and commercialization plans.
At its Analyst & Investor Day, Agility put Digit 5's launch bill of materials at about $150,000, above Digit 4's, for RaaS product margins near 50% until production reaches 1,000 units a year. Executives said the $300 million, 1,000-robot order releases robots in tranches as Digit 5 proves specific use cases, described general availability as end of 2027 and early 2028, and said the leased fleet will be funded with debt.
The startup is developing Roger for hazardous energy and public safety work. CEO Sandor Felber explains why a human operator remains central to its approach.
A Redmond engineering role describes failure analysis, assembly improvements and ongoing support for Meta’s humanoid hardware, adding detail to its previously reported robotics program.
Johnson will advise MITRE’s future-warfare study in an individual capacity, highlighting humanoid logistics applications. Project Meridian’s co-directors include Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey.
Joe Tegtmeyer’s latest Giga Texas update details advancing steelwork and upper-floor concrete at the Optimus factory, with substantial construction still ahead.
Tesla cut AI5 memory to 72GB and AI6 to 144GB, Musk says, citing Optimus supply needs and lower costs while keeping bandwidth unchanged.
