Boston Dynamics’ Longtime CEO Steps Down Just as Its New Atlas Robot Ships
Robert Playter retired after more than 30 years at Boston Dynamics right as its fully electric Atlas humanoid entered production…
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Unitree’s Stock Popped 460% on Its First Trading Day. Its Own Founder Spent the Same Week Telling Everyone Not to Get Too Excited.
Unitree Robotics' Shanghai IPO closed its first day up 460%, valuing the humanoid robot maker at roughly 342 billion yuan…
Figure AI’s Brett Adcock Fired OpenAI as a Partner Because His Own Team Was ‘Running Circles’ Around Them
Figure AI founder Brett Adcock ended his company's robotics partnership with OpenAI, saying Figure's own internal AI team had outpaced…
A Robot Just Broke Usain Bolt’s 100-Meter World Record in Beijing. It Still Can’t Reliably Handle a Job That Wasn’t Its One Job.
A Chinese humanoid robot ran the 100 meters in 9.39 seconds at Beijing's World Humanoid Robot Games, breaking Usain Bolt's…
You Can Now Preorder a Humanoid Robot for Your Living Room. It Costs as Much as a Car and Needs a Human Watching Remotely
1X Technologies opened preorders for NEO, a $20,000 home humanoid robot that folds laundry and loads dishwashers — the first…
You Can Now Preorder a Humanoid Robot for Your Living Room. It Costs as Much as a Car and Needs a Human Watching Remotely
1X Technologies opened preorders for NEO, a $20,000 home humanoid robot that folds laundry and loads dishwashers — the first…
Amazon, Nvidia, and Bosch Just Backed the Same Robot Startup — Now It’s Worth $7 Billion
Neura Robotics raised up to $1.4 billion in a Series C led by Tether, with Amazon, Nvidia, Qualcomm, Bosch, and…
Figure AI Just Built Its 1,000th Humanoid Robot in Three Months. The Number That Matters Is the Cost, Not the Count
Figure AI hit 1,000 Figure 03 units built at its BotQ facility, with manufacturing costs down 90% from the previous…
BYD Is Bringing a Humanoid Robot to Its Showrooms. It’s Not About the Robot — It’s About Who Else Is Doing This
BYD confirmed it will unveil its first humanoid robot in early August at its Di Space showrooms, joining a growing…
Hyundai Now Owns Boston Dynamics Outright — and That Changes What Atlas Is Actually Built For
Hyundai bought out SoftBank's remaining 10% stake in Boston Dynamics for $325 million, taking full ownership just as Atlas shifts…