“Figure 02 learned to walk better using reinforcement learning in a high-fidelity physics simulator. ⦿ Thousands of virtual humanoids with diverse physical parameters learned in parallel, accumulating years of walking experience in just hours. ⦿ Randomizing the robot’s https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1905321539190579629
“Andrew Bosworth says world models would be fundamentally different from transformer-based models and have an unknowable development timeline. He says embodied AI, with richer sensory data, could both benefit from world models and provide crucial insights into building them. https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1905297082283593746
“OpenAI just raised $40B at a $300B valuation. They disbanded their robotics team a few years ago due to the lack of large datasets to effectively train models. Now, they’re hiring engineers to revive the robotics dream – with deep pockets to build and scale. https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1907228838549131587
“”Entirely trained in simulation with RL.” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1907330235584164295
“Simulation-based reinforcement learning for manipulation is coming soon for Optimus. Optimus AI team is also building a generalist robot policy by leveraging teleop and internet data.” / X https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1907333192933380107
“Exciting progress on Vision-Language-Action models from a collaboration between San Francisco-based Physical Intelligence (π) and China’s AGIBOT: (π)’s single model can autonomously perform diverse tasks on the AGIBOT G1 robot, using both humanoid hands and two-finger grippers. https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1907481889453277412
“Just saying: if China during its industrial acceleration were to tariff Western capital inputs, China today would still be making Nike shoes. By hand. They still use German robots in their factories – which now produce Chinese ones. https://x.com/teortaxesTex/status/1907703600035373523
“OpenArm is a fully open-source robotic arm designed for human manipulation data collection – developed by the Reazon Human Interaction Lab in Japan. V0.2 beta features smoother teleop with gravity compensation and bilateral force feedback. https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1907310437907177834
“Agility Robotics is raising $400 million in funding. — The Information https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1906820362337407150
“Kuafu humanoids by Chinese company Leju Robotics moving totes at FAW’s car factory. https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1907131872095940939
“Unitree now offers a humanoid hand – Unitree Dex5-1. ⦿ 20 degrees of freedom (16 active + 4 passive), weighs 1 kg (2.2 lb) ⦿ Supports smooth backdrivability ⦿ All five fingers can be replaced independently ⦿ 22° lateral swing in four fingers ⦿ Optional 94 tactile sensors https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1907084488498442434
“A Chinese car reviewer puts Baojun Yunhai SUV’s Automatic Emergency Braking to the test, using a Unitree G1 robot as a pedestrian. https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1905686614212575315
“China’s Kepler Robotics shared a video of its Forerunner K2 humanoid with next-gen hands With an 11-DOF, each ‘NimbleMaster’ hand can handle a 15 kg payload It also has a 25-element tactile sensing matrix per finger to better grasp different objects https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/1906361823881753010
“A leading Chinese service robotics company enters the humanoid race. KEENON Robotics introduces XMAN-R1, a wheeled humanoid robot aimed at general-purpose tasks in commercial settings, collaborating with their fleets of service bots. https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1906753483195425246
“Oregon-based robotics company Agility is said to be raising $400M at a pre-money valuation of $1.75B The company is building Digit, a humanoid for commercial operations, much like Figure. And it’s led by former Microsoft executive Peggy Johnson https://x.com/rowancheung/status/1906942151390368087
“Here’s the full story: Agility Robotics raised $400 million at a pre-investment valuation of $1.75 billion, led by WP Global Partners’ venture arm, with participation from SoftBank. The new valuation of $2.15 billion is impressive, but still modest compared to Figure’s $39.5” / X https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1907140390660280476
“New paper presents a framework for co-training robot policies using both simulated and real-world data. Demos from teleop are expanded 100× in sim via automated trajectory synthesis. Incorporating sim data boosts success rate and improves generalization. https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1907115170171863144
“South Korean researchers developed a gummy-like robot using water droplets coated with Teflon particles PB can shape-shift, pick up debris, move across water, and merge with another similar robot https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/1906361801559691611
“Not everyone is convinced. Chinese investor Allen Zhu recently exited several investments in humanoids. He has over $3.7B in assets under management. “I often joke that nowadays, every humanoid robot can do somersaults, but where is the commercialization?” Zhu said. https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1906758040763891965
“PUDU Robotics has unveiled a semi-humanoid service robot for manipulation and delivery use cases. It’s called ‘FlashBot Arm’. ⦿ 7-DoF arm – two arms span up to 2 meters (6.5 feet) ⦿ Supports PUDU DH11 hand – 11 DoF with tactile sensing – 40 kg lifting capacity https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1907107386621657154
Progressive Rendering Distillation: Adapting Stable Diffusion for Instant Text-to-Mesh Generation without 3D Data https://theericma.github.io/TriplaneTurbo/
“Sanctuary AI demonstrates their five-fingered hydraulic hand executing an in-hand reorientation policy trained entirely in simulation. The system performs under a 500g load, showcasing successful sim-to-real transfer, dexterity and robustness. https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1907305237653946778
DSO: Aligning 3D Generators with Simulation Feedback for Physical Soundness https://ruiningli.com/dso
“🤖 Just built a funny project to control my mBot2 robot using Spring AI and Model Context Protocol (MCP)! Follow this thread for a complete tutorial on how to build your own AI-controllable robot! #Mbot #MCP #SpringAI https://x.com/deemkeen/status/1906692248206524806
“Reconstructing dynamic 3D scenes (4D geometry) from single videos struggles with motion and often requires complex methods or specialized data. Sora3R solves this by leveraging large video diffusion models’ learned understanding of motion and structure to directly generate 4D https://x.com/rohanpaul_ai/status/1906536678032109698
“Waymo is a masterpiece. The rendering of your initials on LiDAR. The automatic unlock as you approach the car. The driving starting only after you fasten your seatbelt. The 3D map that reconstructs the world. The greetings. The flawless track record. Only in Silicon Valley. https://x.com/rauchg/status/1907989933731754088
“Figure 02 autonomously performing precise placements of car parts on an active BMW production line. https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1906717013952933906
“New robot video is live on the website! 🤖🔥 https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/1907502194926186597
“Humanoid robots working together in the kitchen https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/1905350368667844868
“You’re witnessing something special: the world’s first commercially deployed humanoid robots Here are 4 reasons why we’re excited about yesterday’s announcement: 1/ Fully Autonomous, End-to-End You are seeing fully autonomous robots Achieving reliable, end-to-end autonomy” / X https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/1907145623847276710
“BMW X Figure Update This isn’t a test—this is what autonomous robots in production operations look like Turn the music up! https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/1906708277054095812
How Google built its Gemini robotics models https://blog.google/products/gemini/how-we-built-gemini-robotics/
