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We’re building real-time speech-to-speech, which will be the default UI between humans and robots F.03 has a 4x more powerful speaker with improved microphone for performance and clarity 👇 https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/1980301303172694209
Figure’s new B200 cluster is now online https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/1981109196486824083
Figure CEO Brett Adcock: “”I think we’ll be able to do general-purpose work with a humanoid by just thru speech and have it do everything you want it to do in unseen places, like a home it’s never been in, next year.”” “”We’re multiple, 1-2 years, beyond anybody else in the world”””” / X https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1978865452777423114
🇨🇳 China just rolled out a mass-produced grenade drone. Foldable props. Infantry-ready. The battlefield just changed. Unlike most repurposed quadcopters, this model is designed from the ground up for combat. It can carry grenades, fold into a backpack, and integrate with https://x.com/IlirAliu_/status/1980673433546682574
AI video models may not be complete world models, but they are oddly capable of fairly sophisticated (if flawed) “”simulations”” of novel situations. Veo 3.1: “”three toy ships, one made of iron, the other of wood, and one out of loosely packed sugar, fall into a pool of water”” https://x.com/emollick/status/1980126684306424155
Ethan Mollick on X: “This is not perfect, but it also doesn’t seem like a model trained on video should be able to get so many details of the dynamics right: “honey pours down a marble statue of a toucan, the nose cracks and falls off” https://t.co/ei0I5ecmom” / X
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🤖 NVIDIA’s Gr00t N1.5 is now available in LeRobot! This is the result of a great collaboration between the @huggingface LeRobot team and @NVIDIARobotics ! Gr00t N1.5 highlights: 🦾 Cross-embodiment foundation model for robots 🧠 Multimodal inputs: vision, language, and https://x.com/LeRobotHF/status/1981334159801929947
Jensen, in his Computex keynote earlier this year: “”Humanoid robot is likely the only robot that is likely to work, because technology needs scale.”” NVIDIA GTC DC is one week away. https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1980722742124245324
1X NEO in the latest Apple ad https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1980387570929573957
World models: No one knows what it means, but it’s provocative. It gets the VCs going.”” / X https://x.com/bilawalsidhu/status/1979928032967094730
RTFM, a new generative interactive world model by World Labs, generates real-time video from a single image for exploring 3D worlds. Trained on large-scale video data to predict the next frame. Achieves unbounded persistence via spatial memory. try it: https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1978878123275096579
腾讯混元3D https://3d-models.hunyuan.tencent.com/world/
Today, we are open-sourcing Hunyuan World 1.1 (WorldMirror), a universal feed-forward 3D reconstruction model. 🚀🚀🚀 While our previously released Hunyuan World 1.0 (open-sourced, lite version deployable on consumer GPUs) focused on generating 3D worlds from text or https://x.com/TencentHunyuan/status/1980930623536837013
So these researchers figured out you can basically hallucinate 3D cities into existence using just satellite photos & a diffusion model. The problem’s pretty straightforward: satellites only see rooftops. Building facades? Invisible. Street-level detail? Doesn’t exist. But https://x.com/bilawalsidhu/status/1981036580153544854
Figure’s goal is to solve general robotics, we’re getting close”” / X https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/1978849876235489505
Interview is now live with Marc Benioff at Dreamforce Talk about growing up in the midwest, building aircraft at Archer Aviation, and the last 3yrs working on robots at Figure (link in comment) https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/1979017837789483324
The future of humanoid robotics begins in the home, and we’re building that future now”” / X https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/1979970107888836627
Human progress was measured in GDP per capita. The next era will be measured in GDP per humanoid”” / X https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/1979252533903397294
Oh really? This entire task was done with a neural net as well https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/1979994514405409208
face off https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/1980663890909524233
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The Humanoid Hub on X: “Solid iteration pace a 3-year-old company. https://t.co/s2JSSG9kA9” / X
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Brett Adcock says the company that can solve general-purpose humanoid robots will be worth 200 times Apple, tens of trillions for sure. He asserts why humanoids will dominate and why other robot types won’t be able to compare. https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1979238805921239531
The Humanoid Hub on X: “Brett Adcock says Figure gets approached for military applications of its humanoids, but they’re not interested. Home and workforce applications are what get him excited. https://t.co/B8g7dQ09RW” / X
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Google prepares Genie 3 public experiment with AI worlds https://www.testingcatalog.com/google-prepares-genie-3-public-experiment-with-ai-generated-worlds/
Now available on @huggingface, the new dataset of 1.5 million task scenarios, field-tested and open-sourced by researchers from @IBM and the @UW, is designed to improve how agents interact with the world and get things done: https://x.com/IBMResearch/status/1981066891062817274
Beijing-based Noetix Robotics has announced the pre-sale of its latest humanoid robot, named “”Bumi,”” at a price of ¥9,998 (~$1,400). The robot is only 3′ 1″” tall and weighs 12 kg (26 lb). https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1981048822509031896
Great tech ≠ Great business. The prototype works. The funding is there. Then… no sales. My take after working with 50+ robotics & AI companies: Most startups don’t die from bad technology. They die from bad commercialization❗️ I used to think the question was: “Is the tech https://x.com/IlirAliu_/status/1980536148763021722
Humanoid robot contortionist – Oli by LimX Dynamics https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1978882592738021556
Your robot moves fast… but objects slide off the tray? This system hears the sliding and learns how to stop it: Researchers at CMU developed a new method that uses sound to model real-world friction in motion planning. It enables time-optimized, high-speed transport without https://x.com/IlirAliu_/status/1980898723736490126
It’s not the most practical form factor as a worker bot, but it looks so desirable as a companion robot for families that can potentially also do a limited set of chores in homes. Booster K1: https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1979233879493095716
Why Robotics & AI Startups Struggle… and How to Fix It. I’ll be running a hands-on workshop at Heilbronn Slush’D this year: Focused on the hard truths behind scaling from prototype to production. If you’re building or investing in deep tech, this session will help you https://x.com/IlirAliu_/status/1979174559921144182
Today we’re introducing Model Fine-tuning. A new self-serve offering that will soon allow you to customize our models towards your specific use cases and on your own data. From entertainment to robotics, education, life sciences and beyond, our next generation of customizable https://x.com/runwayml/status/1980620538906054691
🤖 KUKA Titan KR1000 🔥 Dark Mode Activated: The KR 1000 Titan is the first six-axis robot with an open kinematic system and an unparalleled payload capacity. 💪 It masters the handling of heavy loads over distances of up to 6.5 meters precisely and quickly. ✅ Engine https://x.com/IlirAliu_/status/1981045480529314025
Me: picked up a sock. emergency mode. Unitree: booting pirouette.exe https://x.com/IlirAliu_/status/1980160124783366384
Unitree went full iRobot vibe https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1980677491976204702
Unitree unveils H2, the next-generation full-size humanoid robot. 5′ 11″” (180cm) tall and weighing 153 lb (70kg). https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1980143229178925321
Speed matters… How fast is your robot? [ 📍Paper below] 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐬: Used in car manufacturing, each moving part affects the next, culminating in the end-effector’s task execution. Analogous to how moving your upper arm influences the position of your lower arm. https://x.com/IlirAliu_/status/1979448670245314747
Most humanoid datasets stop at the waist. This one goes further. Much further: It captures how humanoids can move, perceive, and manipulate like us, across 260 tasks that blend locomotion, dexterity, and real-world interaction. A dataset built to close the gap between https://x.com/IlirAliu_/status/1978728618437005330
Is the Unitree H2 gonna ship looking all creepy like that? https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1980322841108312528
A drone that flies, drives, and… switches modes in 0.1 seconds! ⬇️ Build it yourself: [📍 Bookmark for CAD + parts] No extra actuators, no deformation, just clever mechanics and full control. DUAWLFIN is a ground-aerial robot with unified actuation: flying like a quadcopter, https://x.com/IlirAliu_/status/1980333038702850340
Holy crap. I kinda want one. https://x.com/bilawalsidhu/status/1979555976471851109
What if factory robots could learn new tasks the way humans do… just by being told what to do? That’s what @mbodiai is building: Their tech lets robots learn from language and quick demos instead of weeks of reprogramming. Faster adaptation, fewer engineers, real results. In https://x.com/IlirAliu_/status/1979915800875094184
🎙️ Robots still need weeks of coding to learn one new task. @chitianhao is changing that with @mbodiai: Mbodi helps industrial robots learn through language and demonstration. No coding, no engineers, just simple instruction. We talk about how his team is closing the gap between https://x.com/IlirAliu_/status/1978809904619200849
Mario Bollini explains the decision behind Atlas’s superhuman design, with continuously rotating joints that let it pivot without stepping. https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1981035715623624756
October 28 – big announcement from 1X. Checkout if it’s real or just clickbait. https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1980339167424118793
SoftMimic framework for humanoids learns compliant whole-body control from human motion examples. It allows robots to adapt to external forces with user-adjustable stiffness, while maintaining balance and posture. https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1980732342579916981
WHΔT COULD IT BE?”” / X https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1980679424598254036
The Humanoid Hub on X: “Close-up video of the Unitree H2. Unlike the H1 and G1, the head can yaw from the neck. No toe box articulation. https://t.co/AeAiICUNna” / X
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The Humanoid Hub on X: “A multirobot system, developed by a Caltech research group and TII in Abu Dhabi, has a Unitree G1 humanoid launch a transforming drone from its back. https://t.co/r4qk7SbV8O” / X
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Skild robot brain in action. The company is building a unified, omni-bodied brain to control any robot for any task. https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1979263197078282680
Elon on Q3 earnings call: “”Looking forward to unveiling Optimus v3, probably in Q1. It’s going to be quite remarkable. It won’t even seem like a robot. It would seem like a person in a robot suit. It would seem so real you’ll need to poke it to tell it’s a robot.”” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1981115471819919392
Elon on Q3 earnings call: “”Optimus at scale is the infinite money glitch; it’s difficult to comprehend. It will probably achieve 5x the productivity of a person.”” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1981125606822875438
A Chinese supplier’s stock price soared on Wednesday to the maximum daily limit because of a rumor that it had secured a $685 million order for Tesla Optimus actuators. The supplier has denied the rumor, stating: “”Rumors about Sanhua Intelligent Control obtaining large-value https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1979009102547423357
Tesla investors are distracted, big time. Just one Optimus question in the top 10 for Tesla’s quarterly earnings call today. https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1981052195866132903
Chinese actuator component supplier Sanhua Intelligent Controls is rumored to have secured a $685M order from Tesla for Optimus. Sanhua’s stock surged to the 10% daily limit following the “”news”” going viral, while other actuator suppliers also saw significant daily gains. https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1978664577916100662
Tesla Q3 Shareholder Deck: “”First generation production lines for Optimus are being installed in anticipation of volume production.”” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1981091037172121976
World-in-World: World Models in a Closed-Loop World https://world-in-world.github.io/
