New Episode: @parada_car88104 leads the robotics team at Google DeepMind. Carolina believes in a future with a broad, rich ecosystem of diverse robot types, where AI is smart enough to embody any robot. We discuss her journey, advancements in Gemini Robotics 1.5,

China’s powerful economic-planning agency has warned of the risks of a bubble forming in the country's embodied intelligence industry, particularly humanoid robots. NDRC Deputy Director Li Chao noted at a conference on 27th that while the entry of over 150 companies (many being

Flexion Robotics is a rising embodied AI startup from Zurich, Switzerland. The company aims to build a general-purpose autonomy stack for humanoid robots. The founders are alumni from ETH Zurich and NVIDIA, specializing in reinforcement learning (RL) and control systems. The

"All real footage, no CGI, no AI, no video speed-up." Chinese company EngineAI (Zhòngqíng) has unveiled the T800, a powerful, full-size humanoid robot. - 173cm (5'8") tall - 29 degrees of freedom joints (excluding hands) - max joint torque of 450 N.m Operational features

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In this episode, robotics expert Scott Walter (@GoingBallistic5) breaks down Sunday’s debut, XPeng’s viral controversy, the big, yet strange, UBTech robot fleet, and more. 1:05 XPENG's New Robot, "Person in Suit" Debate 6:57 Actuation Strategy for the new XPENG IRON 17:18

MenteeBot V3 hardware specs

Israel-based Mentee Robotics has demonstrated a logistics workflow: two MenteeBot V3 humanoids work autonomously to pick and place totes. A Modular Agent System is preferred because it favors real-world robustness and lower compute needs over the End-to-End VLA model. Its

Google DeepMind has hired Aaron Saunders, former CTO of Boston Dynamics, as VP of hardware engineering. Saunders left Boston Dynamics three months ago after 22 years in various roles in robotics engineering at the company. Google DeepMind is working to become the "Android" of

Alphabet (Google's parent company) acquired a stake in Physical Intelligence. San Francisco-based Physical Intelligence, an AI and robotics startup, has secured $600 million in fresh funding, pushing its post-money valuation to $5.6 billion. - The round was led by Alphabet's

Figure AI faces a whistleblower lawsuit from its former Head of Product Safety, Robert Gruendel. Gruendel alleges wrongful termination in September 2024 after raising safety concerns to executives, including CEO Brett Adcock. He warned Figure's robots "were powerful enough to

Low-latency humanoid robot teleop with high-fidelity force feedback

Absolutely incredible! “Build the body; the mind will follow.” Hardware capability defines the AI’s eventual ceiling. Manipulation is no different: build hands that future-proof dexterous potential. https://t.co/Oz0IApFjam

Agility has announced a major milestone: Digit robot has moved over 100k totes in live operations at GXO Logistics’ facility. This comes just days after Figure's CEO predicted Agility's bankruptcy within 12 months, and one day after Figure announced 90k parts loaded at BMW.

This magic is unlocked by AI in combination with high-quality, diverse vision and force feedback data. Memo by Sunday Robotics autonomously stacks and folds socks into a tucked bundle (1x speed). The task generalizes across diverse rooms and table setups. It took 3 months of

Eggie robot by Tangible Robotics (2x speed, teleoperated). The San Francisco-based company is shelling out hefty salaries for new recruits: "Compensation for top candidates ranges between $1 - 2M."

Elon: "Everyone's going to want a humanoid robot, maybe more than one." Imagine owning two humanoids from rival corporations. And they try to outdo and outwit each other non-stop to influence your next purchase.

Unitree has completed pre-IPO “tutoring,” paving the way for a listing on Shanghai’s Star Market. Tutoring is the mandatory prep with a sponsor bank for governance and compliance. This clears the path for a formal IPO application, originally planned for before the end of the

NVIDIA CFO on the Q3 call: "Physical AI is already a multibillion dollar business addressing a multitrillion dollar opportunity, and the next leg of growth for NVIDIA. Leading US manufacturers and robotics innovators are leveraging NVIDIA's three computer architecture: to train

Full Newsweek interview with the co-founders https://t.co/HGZF4i96eG

Foundation co-founder Mike LeBlanc says they're already working with the Air Force, the Navy, and the Army to use Phantom humanoids. They're beginning to explore breaching operations with the Marine Corps - breaching a door with a rifle or by putting explosives onto it.