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Foundation Robotics Leans Into the "Killer App" — Literally In a candid new profile, Foundation CEO Sankaet Pathak explicitly embraces the weaponization of humanoid robots, even as a failed demo highlights the gap between battlefield ambitions and engineering ...

Foundation Robotics is doubling down on military ambitions in a striking new Newsweek profile. But a critical hardware failure during the demo highlights the massive gap between "Skynet" marketing and engineering reality.

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The Newsweek cover art:

"Killers by Design" on the cover. Fighting gravity in the demo. 📉

Foundation Robotics is pushing a bold military roadmap in Newsweek, but this crash at the magazine's NYC HQ highlights the harsh reality of deploying complex hardware.

The Appliance vs. The Android: Sunday and 1X Bet on Opposing Futures Two California startups are racing to solve the household robot, but their approaches couldn''t be more different. We break down the great bifurcation between Sunday Robotics'' utilitarian "Memo" and ...

Sunday Robotics vs 1X Technologies: Two radically different bets on the future of labor.

• Sunday Memo: Wheeled, pincer-equipped, trained by gloves.
• 1X Neo: Bipedal, 5-fingered, trained by VR teleoperation.

Our deep dive into the Appliance vs. the Android:
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DeepMind, Tesla Vets Emerge From Stealth With ''Sunday Robotics,'' Backed by Conviction A new Mountain View startup, Sunday Robotics, founded by ex-DeepMind and Tesla engineer Tony Zhao, is teasing a November 19 reveal. The company, which has been in stealth for 1.5 years and is backed b...

A new stealth startup, Sunday Robotics, is set for a Nov 19 reveal. Founded by ex-DeepMind/Tesla vet Tony Zhao &
Cheng Chi, the Conviction-backed company is already teasing "cat-level intelligence" 🐈 and comparing its debut to the iPhone.
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Clone Robotics Demos Startlingly Fast Robotic Hand, Touts Neural Controller A new video from Clone Robotics demonstrates its 27-DoF biomimetic hand mirroring human movements with impressive speed, highlighting a new "neural joint controller" and offering a tangible update on ...

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As the difficulty of replicating the human hand remains a central challenge in robotics, Clone has posted a significant update.
A new demo shows a 27-DoF hand with human-level speed and low latency, powered by a "neural joint controller." A major public update on the Clone Alpha's core tech.

Report: Crypto Giant Tether in Talks to Lead €1B Funding Round in Neura Robotics A new report from the Financial Times claims the stablecoin issuer is in discussions to lead a massive funding round that would value the German humanoid robotics company at as much as €10 billion.

Crypto giant Tether is in discussions to lead a €1 BILLION funding round in Neura Robotics, according to the FT.

The potential deal would value the German humanoid company at a massive €8B-€10B, signaling a huge new influx of capital into the robotics race.

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“What’s coming feels like the year 2050. This week, everything changes — it’s the week you’ve all been waiting for.”
“This is how it begins.”

Figure just dropped a teaser for its next-gen humanoid.

👀 Full reveal expected this week.

#humanoid #humanoidrobot #humanoidrobots #figure #ai

Following yesterday's cryptic tease, 1X has unveiled Redwood: a unified, onboard AI brain for its NEO humanoid.

It integrates whole-body control for locomotion and manipulation, and learns from both success and failure

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#HumanoidRobots #Robotics

"Can you find me anybody in the world doing this?"

Figure CEO Brett Adcock issues a confident challenge while discussing their latest logistics demo at a Bloomberg event.

Watch him explain how their Helix AI autonomously handles diverse, deformable packages at human speeds

A look at the state of the art in autonomous humanoid robotics. Recent demos from Figure's F.02 and Tesla Optimus
showcase incredible progress in real-world dexterous manipulation.
Both are driven by end-to-end neural networks, moving beyond hard-coded routines to learn and adapt.
#Humanoid #AI

Figure 02 Humanoid Shows Off Rapid, Dexterous Package Handling in New Helix-Powered Demo Figure CEO Brett Adcock shared a new video of the Figure 02 humanoid expertly sorting and scanning diverse, including deformable, packages, driven by its Helix AI. The impressive demonstration showcas...

2/2: Our article dives into the impressive demo of Figure 02 (powered by Helix AI) expertly handling diverse, deformable packages, including learned behaviors like flattening bags for scanning.

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1/2: Figure CEO Brett Adcock had a mic-drop moment on X. After a skeptic said Figure 02 "will NEVER WORK with randomly changing packages," Adcock replied hours later with new footage: "Is this working Dan?"
#HumanoidRobots #FigureAI #Automation

Hugging Face Introduces Open-Source Humanoid HOPEJr and Desktop Robot Reachy Mini Hugging Face has launched two new open-source robots: HOPEJr, a full humanoid under $3000 developed with The Robot Studio, and Reachy Mini, a desktop head from its Pollen Robotics team. Both aim to ma...

Hugging Face has launched two new open-source robots: HOPEJr, a full humanoid under $3000 developed with The Robot Studio, and Reachy Mini, a desktop head from its Pollen Robotics team. Both aim to make robotics more accessible for AI development.
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#OpenSource

Unitree Teases New 26-DOF Humanoid Robot, Hints at Sub-$10,000 Price Unitree Robotics has teased a new humanoid robot with 26 degrees of freedom, hinting at a potential price below $10,000. This could significantly lower the entry barrier for advanced humanoid robotics...

Unitree is teasing a new 26-DOF humanoid robot! The biggest news? A hinted price of '$?000' could mean it's under $10k, potentially a game-changer for #EmbodiedAI research.
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A screenshot from X with a conversation between a X user an Elon Musk: @spacesudoer May 23 How soon can humanoid robots have an actual affect on the GDP of any country? @elonmusk May 23 4 to 5 years

A 4-5 year timeline for humanoids to impact national GDP? That's the latest prediction from Elon.

This implies deployment at a massive scale is happening very soon. Do you think the industry is on track for this, or is this timeline too aggressive?
Any thoughts?

#HumanoidRobots #GDP #AI

The Decentralized Future of Physical AI: Can DAOs Democratize Robotics? Decentralized Physical AI (DePAI) is an emerging paradigm merging robotics with blockchain and DAOs, aiming to shift control and ownership of intelligent machines from corporations to communities. We ...

🧵3/3: Curious how DePAI could shift power and reshape the robotic landscape? We dive deep into the tech, the players, and the potential in our latest Humanoids daily piece. Read it here: www.humanoidsdaily.com/feed/the-dec...

An illustration of a futuristic 3d holographic interface with the XMAQUINA webpage floating in space as a 3d screen

🧵2/3: Enter Decentralized Physical AI (DePAI). It's a vision where communities, through DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations), could co-own & govern robotic systems. Innovators like XMAQUINA
are already exploring this path, aiming to democratize automation. #DAO #Automation #Web3

Illustration of a robot hand dissolving into digital information

🧵1/3: Who will own the robots of the future? 🤖 As intelligent machines become more capable, the question of control and ownership is paramount. Are we headed for a future dominated by big tech, or is there another way? #DePAI #Robotics #FutureofAI

A screenshot of an X/Twitter post by Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock showing the contour of a humanoid robot behind a frosted glass door. There is a sign on the door saying "F.03 BEAR CAVE". The image is captioned "F.03 is officially walking!!! This is the most advanced hardware I've ever seen"

Over at X Figure CEO Brett Adcock just posted an image teasing their new model, Figure 03. The company announced March 15 that: "We have completed the design of our next-generation robot, Figure 03, which is our production robot built for affordability and high-volume manufacturing."
#humanoidrobot

India's DRDO Developing Humanoid Robot for Complex Military Operations India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is in the advanced stages of developing a humanoid robot for military applications. The robot aims to reduce risks to soldiers by performin...

Moral questions around accountability, escalation & delegating lethal decisions to machines loom large. What are your thoughts on this path? (2/2)
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#MilitaryRobots #AIethics #AutonomousWeapons #FutureOfWarfare

India's DRDO is developing a humanoid robot for "complex military operations" by 2027, aiming to reduce risks to soldiers. A noble goal, but as the linked article (in next post) rightly asks: at what cost? (1/2)

Amazon's Vulcan robot brings a 'sense of touch' to warehouse automation. They say it creates new tech jobs, but
@techcrunch.com offers a nuanced look at the future for existing labor. A key development for anyone following intelligent machines & their societal impact. #Robotics #FutureOfWork

From mimicking human behavior to truly understanding it – Deep Variational Bayes Filters (DVBFs) might be the key to AI that adapts, predicts, and reasons like us. ‘It’s a bit like giving AI a sense of imagination,’ says Prof. Patrick van der Smagt from humanoid robotics startup Foundation.
#AI

Podcast Recap: Inside the Rotary-vs-Linear Actuator Showdown Shaping Humanoid Robots Soft Robotics Podcast host Marwa ElDiwiny and engineer Scott Walter dissect the rotary-vs-linear actuator debate shaping today’s humanoid robots—explaining why most builders favor compact rotary joint...

Rotary or linear? 🦿
The actuator debate is reshaping humanoid robots — and this podcast ep breaks it down.
Why Figure, Boston Dynamics & Tesla choose rotary, while XPeng bets on screws.
🎙️ Recap + analysis:
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#HumanoidRobots #TeslaOptimus #BostonDynamics

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Humanoid Robots Poised for Factory Debut in 2025, Says Wired – But Are They Ready? Wired magazine predicts 2025 will be a significant year for humanoid robots moving into commercial factory and warehouse roles, citing upcoming deployments like Boston Dynamics' Atlas at Hyundai, alon...

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Humanoids Hit the Pavement: Robots Compete in Beijing Half-Marathon Humanoid robots competed alongside humans in the Beijing half-marathon for the first time. Tiangong Ultra won the robot category with a time of 2h 40m, but many other robots faced significant challeng...

It was pretty spectacular. But it should be noted that the teams competing were mostly made up of students and researchers, not official company teams. The winning robot was truly impressive though.
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When safety isn’t part of the MVP.
#Robotics #HumanoidRobots #AI #RobotFail #Safety