Published on: 2025-06-07 10:35:38
With car sales cratering worldwide, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is desperately looking for alternative areas of growth. Apart from preparing to launch a fleet of autonomous "Cybercab" robotaxis, the billionaire has promised that an army of Optimus humanoid robots could soon be roaming factory floors, heralding a revolution in manufacturing. At least, that's his grandiose vision. Earlier this week, Musk told CNBC that the carmaker will have "thousands of Optimus robots working in Tesla factories by the
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-12 09:06:00
Let's get ready to rumble: In a clash where silicon meets sinew, China just hosted the world's first-ever humanoid robot kickboxing tournament – and no, it wasn't a sci-fi movie set. The China Media Group World Robot Competition – Mecha Fighting Series kicked off on May 25 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, with humanoid bots from Unitree Robotics stepping into the ring for some MMMA. It was an event reminiscent of the old Robot Wars show in the late 90s but slightly less violent. Four Unitree G1
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-13 20:45:41
Forget Battle Bots... this is robot combat with fists of steel. Mortal Robots Two humanoid robots entered the ring to trade punches and kicks at an event in Hangzhou, China, over the weekend. Footage shows the two skinny bipedal units jabbing, kneeing, and swiping at each other, leading to plenty of stumbling and a faceplant. However, the fallen competitor got back on its feet in seconds, extending the scuffle for a nail-biting finale. However, the robots weren't acting autonomously just yet
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-15 17:01:00
In brief: Elon Musk puts a lot of faith in Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot. Not only does the CEO believe it will drive the EV firm's valuation into the trillions, but he also expects thousands of the bots working at Tesla – and other companies' – factories. However, the former Optimus team lead thinks these robots aren't the right fit for high-speed, repetitive factory work. In August 2021, Tesla announced that it was creating a general-purpose, bipedal, humanoid robot capable of performing tas
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-12 09:03:25
In Brief Sankaet Pathak’s last startup, fintech Synapse, filed for bankruptcy in 2024 amid issues with partner Evolve Bank & Trust. Tens of millions of dollars in deposits made by consumers, mostly customers of fintechs that worked with Synapse, remain unaccounted for. Yet according to The Information, Pathak is reportedly moving full steam ahead on attempts to fundraise for his new venture, humanoid robotics startup Foundation. Pathak is said to be in the midst of raising $100 million for Fou
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-18 05:10:00
Bryan Johnson is on a mission to not die. The 47-year-old multimillionaire has already applied his slogan “Don’t Die” to events, merchandise, and a Netflix documentary. Now he’s founding a Don’t Die religion. Johnson, who famously spends millions of dollars on scans, tests, supplements, and a lifestyle routine designed to slow or reverse the aging process, has enjoyed extensive media coverage, and a huge social media following. For many people, he has become the face of the longevity field.
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-18 12:00:00
But Rus and many others I spoke with at the expo suggest that this hype just doesn’t add up. Humanoids “are mostly not intelligent,” she said. Rus showed a video of herself speaking to an advanced humanoid that smoothly followed her instruction to pick up a watering can and water a nearby plant. It was impressive. But when she asked it to “water” her friend, the robot did not consider that humans don’t need watering like plants and moved to douse the person. “These robots lack common sense,” sh
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-23 13:00:00
Later this year, Boston Dynamics plans to put its all-electric humanoid Atlas robot to work in a Hyundai factory. The new version of the bot, evolved from the hydraulic Atlas model that’s been performing viral video demos since 2013, made its public debut last spring. But while the company’s dog-like Spot and warehouse robot Stretch are already deployed at industrial sites, the Hyundai pilot will be the first time Atlas is used in commercial manufacturing. Boston Dynamics, which was acquired by
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-31 18:53:12
You can’t throw a rock these days without hitting someone trying to build humanoid robots. The Humanoid Robot Guide lists 47 different humanoids made by 38 different manufacturers, and this Technology Review article claims 160 companies worldwide are building humanoids. Many of these manufacturers are startups that have raised (or are raising) hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital. 1X Technologies has raised around $125 million in funding, Apptronik has raised $350 million, and Agil
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-31 22:03:40
Abstract Despite significant interest and advancements in humanoid robotics, most existing commercially available hardware remains high-cost, closed-source, and non-transparent within the robotics community. This lack of accessibility and customization hinders the growth of the field and the broader development of humanoid technologies. To address these challenges and promote democratization in humanoid robotics, we demonstrate Berkeley Humanoid Lite, an open-source humanoid robot designed to b
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-05 12:12:54
🔊 Listen to this ► A Review Of The Personal Humanoid Robots. Robots are AI in motion. In 2025, humanoid robots will begin to start entering into the homes of ordinary people (higher income at first), promising to transform daily life in ways reminiscent of the personal computer revolution. Imagine a robot helping with household chores, tutoring children, or assisting the elderly—tasks that could make life easier and more fulfilling. We explore how these robots, modified by garage innovators us
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-09 05:25:22
A half marathon foot race in Beijing, China, saw thousands of humanoid robots of various sizes running right alongside their flesh-and-blood counterparts for an attempt to take the crown. Footage shows the awkward bipedal robots trotting off, closely followed by their respective teams of two to three human navigators and engineers. As the Associated Press reports, the machines were separated by a divider from the hordes of human runners, making sure they didn't get trampled — or tipped over. B
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-09 15:32:48
It looks like humanoid robots have a long way to go before catching up with human runners. Beijing’s E-Town tech hub hosted what it described as the world’s first humanoid half-marathon on Saturday, with 21 humanoid robots competing alongside thousands of humans. Bloomberg reports that the winning robot, Tiangong Ultra, was built by the government-backed research institute X-Humanoid and finished the race in two hours and 40 minutes. This would not be an impressive time for a human — the race’
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-11 15:41:00
What just happened? It appears that one thing humanoid robots still can't do better than their human counterparts is long-distance running. This fact was illustrated during a half-marathon in Beijing, China, over the weekend, when most of the competing robots fell over, fell apart, or failed to finsih. The world's first humans vs. robot half-marathon in China saw 21 humanoid machines running alongside their operators in the 13-mile race, in which more than 12,000 people took part – the robots a
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-09 22:36:28
About 12,000 human athletes ran in a half-marathon race in Beijing on Saturday, but most of the attention was on a group of other, more unconventional participants: 21 humanoid robots. The event’s organizers, which included several branches of Beijing’s municipal government, claim it’s the first time humans and bipedal robots have run in the same race, though they jogged on separate tracks. Six of the robots successfully finished the course, but they were unable to keep up with the speed of the
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-12 01:41:00
What just happened? It appears that one thing humanoid robots still can't do better than their human counterparts is long-distance running. This fact was illustrated during a half-marathon in Beijing, China, over the weekend, when most of the competing robots fell over, fell apart, or failed to finsih. The world's first humans vs. robot half-marathon in China saw 21 humanoid machines running alongside their operators in the 13-mile race, in which more than 12,000 people took part – the robots a
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-12 05:36:28
On Saturday, about 12,000 human athletes ran in a half marathon race in Beijing, but most of the attention was on a group of other, unconventional participants: 21 humanoid robots. The event’s organizers, which included several branches of Beijing’s municipal government, claim it’s the first time humans and bipedal robots have run in the same race, though they jogged on separate tracks. Six of the robots successfully finished the course, but they were unable to keep up with the speed of the huma
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-12 03:32:48
It looks like humanoid robots have a long way to go before catching up with human runners. Beijing’s E-Town tech hub hosted what it described as the first world’s first humanoid half-marathon on Saturday, with 21 humanoid robots competing alongside thousands of humans. Bloomberg reports that the winning robot, Tiangong Ultra, was built by the government-backed research institute X-Humanoid and finished the race in two hours and 40 minutes. This would not be an impressive time for a human — the
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-01 05:32:00
In brief: Amazon isn't the only company filling its warehouses with humanoid robots – much to the concern of real human workers. GXO Logistics, a global contract logistics company that provides supply chain services to businesses around the world, is also testing these autonomous machines in its facilities. GXO Logistics signed a multi-year agreement with Agility Robotics last year to begin deploying Digit in its operations. Digit, you may recall, is the 5-foot 9-inch, 140-pound humanoid robot
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-17 15:52:30
In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Unitree's G1 robot at the Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona, Spain, on March 6, 2025. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images American tech giants like Tesla and Nvidia are racing to develop humanoid robots, stressing their importance to the future economy. But analysts warn they are already at risk of losing out to China. So-called humanoid robots — artificial intelligence-powered machines designed to resemble humans in app
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-26 09:30:18
Chinese robotics company Dobot has shown off its humanoid robot, dubbed Atom, preparing a sumptuous breakfast. The video, titled "Rise and Shine with Atom, Your New Breakfast Buddy!" shows the robot using its long, flexible arms to place pieces of ham, sausages, slices of toast, and cherries onto a plate. The robot even poured a glass of milk and lifted the tray for serving. "Add some cherries, too," an American-accented voiceover says. "Such thin stems won't trouble me. Just two fingers are e
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-28 16:43:10
Chinese humanoids are starting to move with extraordinary grace and agility, but Boston Dynamics is the OG in this field, and fresh video of its swivel-jointed Atlas robot running, cartwheeling and breakdancing shows it's still at the bleeding edge. Before we get going, let's acknowledge the elephant in the room here: companies like Tesla, Figure, Sanctuary, Agility and many others couldn't care less if their robots can do backflips or cartwheels, or how smooth and human-like their movements ar
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-10-04 04:17:46
Nvidia is releasing what it’s calling an AI foundation model for humanoid robotics. Announced at GTC 2025 in San Jose, the model, dubbed Groot N1, is a “generalist” model, trained on both synthetic and real data. Nvidia claims that Groot N1 features a “dual system architecture” for “thinking fast and slow,” inspired by human cognitive processes. Groot N1 is an evolution of Nvidia’s Project Groot, which the company launched at its GTC conference last year. Project Groot was geared toward on ind
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-10-15 20:57:17
In Brief The intersection of robotics and AI continues to attract attention from investors and Big Tech alike. The latest indicator? Dexterity, a startup specializing in industrial robots with “human-like” finesse, has raised $95 million at a post-money valuation of $1.65 billion, per Bloomberg. The investment, which includes backing from Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sumitomo Corp., highlights the growing demand for machinery powered by AI and comes amid a wave of excitement from companies
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-10-31 08:15:53
We may now be nearing the point where humanoid robots are no longer just clumsy curiosities, but genuine candidates — if not outright replacements — for human jobs. As the Wall Street Journal reports, two bipedal helpers, built by Agility Robotics, are currently moving bins around in a busy warehouse in Georgia. Dropped right into an environment designed for humans, the robots bend over to pick up the containers, then amble over to a nearby conveyor belt to drop them off. Rinse and repeat. Of
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-11-09 00:12:20
Apptronik, an Austin-based maker of humanoid robots, on Tuesday announced a new pilot partnership with American supply chain/manufacturing stalwart, Jabil. The deal arrives two weeks after Apptronik announced a $350 million Series A financing round aimed at scaling up production of its Apollo robot. The Jabil deal is the second major pilot announced by Apptronik. It follows a March 2024 partnership that put Apollo to work on the Mercedes-Benz manufacturing floor. While the company tells TechCru
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-11-07 18:33:35
Norwegian robotics startup 1X has shown off its latest humanoid robot, dubbed Neo Gamma, in a flashy new promotional video claiming to show the bot preparing tea, doing laundry, and vacuuming around the house. In a bid to separate its bipedal household laborer from the far creepier competition, 1X wrapped Neo Gamma in what it's calling a KnitSuit, an eyebrow-raising onesie that's "soft to the touch and flexible for dynamic movements." It's a fascinating choice with some eerie results. Despite
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