Image created with gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview with claude-sonnet-4-5. Image prompt: Animation cel style illustration of a blue-skinned muscular genie emerging from a golden oil lamp with magical teal wisps flowing toward a sleek silver humanoid robot standing upright beside him, Disney Pixar quality hand-drawn aesthetic with bold outlines and cinematic lighting, warm purple and gold gradient background with clean composition leaving horizontal space for text, volumetric magical sparkles connecting genie to robot.
Figure 03 demonstrating autonomous coordinated bimanual dexterity with the help of tactile sensing and palm cameras: – Unscrewing a bottle cap – Picking a pill from a medicine box – Dispensing exactly 5 ml from a syringe – Sorting metal pieces”” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2016237787067170949
oh no glassware lol (as always fully autonomous, running Helix 02)”” https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/2016600196428550309
With Helix 02, Figure has introduced a new foundational layer for whole-body control that replaces 109k lines of hand-engineered C++ with a single neural prior for stable, natural motion. – Learned from 1,000+ hours of human motion data and sim-to-real RL across 200,000+”” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2016356306773541080
Figure 03 autonomously handles glassware using the Helix 02 AI model. The palm cameras and tactile sensors are new hardware capabilities in Figure 03 that are used to enable delicate interactions such as this.”” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2016615936388976978
Introducing Helix 02 It’s our most powerful model to date – it’s using the whole body to do dishes end-to-end and it’s fully autonomous”” https://x.com/Figure_robot/status/2016207013236375661
OpenAI is seeking US manufacturing partners to secure hardware supply chains for advanced robotics, including key components like gearboxes, motors, and power electronics.”” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2015839316870889890
Tesla has agreed to invest $2 billion in xAI’s Series E funding round. Tesla and xAI have also entered into a framework agreement that was established to evaluate future collaborations. “”The investment and the related framework agreement are intended to enhance Tesla’s ability”” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2016628661789872570
World Models | Ankit Maloo https://ankitmaloo.com/world-models/
D4RT: Unified, Fast 4D Scene Reconstruction & Tracking — Google DeepMind
https://deepmind.google/blog/d4rt-teaching-ai-to-see-the-world-in-four-dimensions/
Crazy results but the speed is what makes this incredible!”” https://x.com/Almorgand/status/2014615608545915168
Figure introduces Helix 02: achieving full-body autonomy via a single neural network controlling walking, manipulation, and balance as one continuous system. – 4-minute end-to-end autonomous dishwasher unload/reload in a kitchen, a record in complex loco-manipulation task of”” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2016212932573725158
Figure 03 is too hip to use its hands.😁 Human motion data ftw”” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2016216599293001961
8 most illustrative VLA (Vision-Language-Action) models: ▪️ Gemini Robotics ▪️ π0 ▪️ SmolVLA ▪️ Helix ▪️ ChatVLA-2 (with MoE design) ▪️ ACoT-VLA (Action Chain-of-Thought) ▪️ VLA-0 ▪️ Rho-alpha (ρα) – the newest VLA + model from Microsoft Here you can explore what these models”” https://x.com/TheTuringPost/status/2015016772043452834
🎙️ @bgxc is the founder and CEO of @LightwheelAI, building the simulation and synthetic data layer powering the next generation of embodied AI and humanoid robotics. In this episode, Steve shares a rare founder journey that starts far from robotics. From studying physics at”” https://x.com/IlirAliu_/status/2014412121078104070
Asimov Legs, a 1.2m-tall bipedal system, is now open-source. It features 12 DOF, an RSU ankle for pitch/roll, and passive articulated toes for better traction. The design uses 3D printing and off-the-shelf parts.”” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2016609271249850822
Now all you need to make tactile sensors is a 3D printer, magnets, and magnetometers! [📍It’s open source!] A new tactile sensor, called e-Flesh, with a simple working principle… measure deformations in 3D printable microstructures. Since e-Flesh is 3D printable, you can make”” https://x.com/IlirAliu_/status/2016435125748195360
Elon says China’s an Ass-kicker-next-level Question on Q4 earnings call: “”There’s a surge of Chinese companies humanoids; what is Tesla’s long-term competitive advantage?”” Elon: “”By far, the biggest competition for humanoid robots will be from China. China is good at”” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2016659337314476409
Robotics developers: Looking for an American alternative to Unitree? Sprout Humanoid: 3.5 feet tall, 22.7kg [50 lbs], 29 DoF. Features an actuated neck, expressive eyebrows, rubberized grippers and an NVIDIA Jetson Orin 64GB. Built by New York-based Fauna Robotics. Price: $50k”” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2016221164939706815
PID Control of a Ball and Beam System using a ESP32 microcontroller. Video: https://t.co/fUh1RvzznY — Weekly robotics and AI insights. Subscribe free: https://x.com/IlirAliu_/status/2014797453254353325
Yann LeCun: Absolutely none of the humanoid companies have any idea how to make robots useful. Elon: Yann thinks if he can’t do it, no one can. Yann: I can do it and I know how to do it: JEPA, World Models and Planning.”” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2016203367098548734
Unitree has disputed an Omdia report naming AgiBot as the world’s top humanoid seller. Unitree revealed it had never previously disclosed 2025 data externally. Official figures: pure humanoid robot shipments to end customers exceeded 5,500 units (vs. Omdia’s ~4,200 estimate for”” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2014755326382506260
Most humanoid robots will fail. Not because of bad models. But because they were never tested in the real world. One ex-NVIDIA saw this early. He quit. And built the missing infrastructure for Embodied AI. 🧵”” https://x.com/IlirAliu_/status/2015440043976913036
A curated list of resources about Machine Learning for Robotics 📍 [Bookmark or you’ll fever find this post again] Machine Learning is becoming a common technique to address robotics tasks. This repository intends cover this usage from a broad point of view. Awesome Machine”” https://x.com/IlirAliu_/status/2016072693632630784
First empirical evidence that VLA models scale with massive real-world robot data. VLA foundation models promise robots that can follow natural language instructions and adapt to new tasks quickly. However, the field has lacked comprehensive studies on how performance actually”” https://x.com/omarsar0/status/2016518141308993565
Dario was directionally correct and ahead of the curve about AI rapidly taking over most coding tasks. He now argues we must urgently solve the problems of labor displacement and economic concentration of power, because the physical world won’t save the labor market for long.”” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2015933746906857810
party.exe 😁”” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2014778604077645979
A pair of synchronized motors moving as one. You know that feeling when a system is so well tuned it almost looks alive? I like watching this… • Perfect timing, no fighting each other • Lower wear because loads stay balanced • Higher precision where it actually matters,”” https://x.com/IlirAliu_/status/2015138314215375205
Hands-on way to robotics – Python & simulation.👉 This free course might be what you need [Github ⬇️] Set of tutorials to practice robotics concepts with Webots and Python. Robotics Simulation Labs was created by Felipe N. Martins! An open resource packed with practical”” https://x.com/IlirAliu_/status/2014260753692230131
A generative world for general-purpose robotics & embodied AI learning. Genesis is a physics platform designed for general-purpose Robotics/Embodied AI/Physical AI applications. 📍GitHub: https://t.co/1WkYOD8Djm —– Weekly robotics and AI insights. Subscribe free:”” https://x.com/IlirAliu_/status/2015710305368605022
Foundation models are enough to solve robotics! Unfortunately, this is not true. We keep hearing that Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models struggle because of the gap between static training and the dynamic real world. A German startup (@SereactAI) just released a solution that”” https://x.com/IlirAliu_/status/2016228327103574326
High-speed food packaging only makes sense if automation actually changes the economics. At Anı Bisküvi A.Ş., a robotic box-filling system from Robentex now runs two lines at a combined 800 products per minute. They moved to a tray-and-lid concept instead of classic display”” https://x.com/IlirAliu_/status/2015863130341941749
Today we’re introducing Helix 02 Dancing robots are trivial, the hard part is intelligent control This is our most powerful model to date – able to work across complex tasks & long time horizons”” https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/2016207851891667395
Yann LeCun says absolutely none of the humanoid companies have any idea how to make those robots smart enough to be useful.”” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2015836108668731723
State-of-the-Art robotics foundation models for manipulation tasks”” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2014792891617681678
Key features of the Sprout robot platform”” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2016603479402565959
Elon: Optimus is Kinda waterproof.”” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2016575743145496620
Demis Hassabis says the AlphaFold moment for physical intelligence is about 18-24 months away. Things that need work are, as per Demis – algorithm robustness – data efficiency – the hardware reliability of the hand”” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2014796237711802795
I want to be really clear – there is NO teleoperation in this video. No human controlling this It’s an AI model called Helix – and it controls the entire body (walking, touching, planning) It’s the most significant release Figure has shown to date Nothing but nets”” https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/2016358054242222136
China asserts dominance in the humanoid race Yesterday, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced key 2025 achievements in AI and robotics: – The embodied intelligence sector (AI-integrated robotics) attracted over 40 billion yuan ($5.7B) in”” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2014525348235665764
Open-source robot arm meets hand tracking [📍GitHub below] It is designed with an industrial mindset but built as a 3D-printed desktop system. PAROL6 paired with a LEAP Motion controller is a nice example of how accessible robot teleoperation has become. • Hand motion is”” https://x.com/IlirAliu_/status/2014985571819548685
Open Source Robotics A curated collection of high-quality open source robotics projects, tools, and software to propel the robotics community forward. https://t.co/YwaZgyQlrj — Weekly robotics and AI insights. Subscribe free: https://x.com/IlirAliu_/status/2015347916869636144
An Open Source Dev Kit for AI-native Robotics. [📍github below ] This repo uses LeRobot’s plugin conventions to be automatically detected by a LeRobot installation in the same Python environment. https://t.co/Et5ffb8yW1 —- Weekly robotics and AI insights. Subscribe free:”” https://x.com/IlirAliu_/status/2016587843280208115
Tesla Q4 earnings call: Question: Could you share the current number of Optimus units deployed in Tesla factories and how they have impacted factory output? Elon: “”We’re still very much in the early stage of Optimus, the R&D phase. We have had Optimus do some basic tasks in”” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2016653312331059285
Optimus is included in Tesla’s quarterly Shareholder Deck manufacturing capacity table for the first time. The California Optimus line is currently marked as being under construction. The Q4 Shareholder Deck also mentions: “”In Q1 of this year, we plan to unveil the Gen 3″” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2016624408660758681
Elon Musk at the World Economic Forum: Tesla will start selling Optimus to the public by the end of 2027.”” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2014401333047230846
Huge! Elon on Q4 2025 earnings call: – Tesla will stop making Model S & X in Q2 of this year. We are going to convert that production space into an Optimus line (1 million/year). – Everything in the supply chain is new, so the S-curve for manufacturing Optimus will be longer.”” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2016644103791050951
Tesla’s new mission is, ‘Building a World of Amazing Abundance.’ – billions of humanoids – robots will take care of the elderly – abundance of goods and services will saturate human needs – even if some people have to work, it’s not true abundance”” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2014408951774019703
Tesla Q4 Shareholder Update: “”Planning to unveil Optimus Gen 3 in Q1 this year, our first design meant for mass production”””” https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2016620326478913877
$TSLA BLOOMBERG: SPACEX CONSIDERING TO MERGE WITH TESLA & XAI bro… “Musk has also discussed using SpaceX’s Starship rockets to carry Tesla’s Optimus robots to the moon as well as to Mars. xAI could benefit enormously from computing capacity provided by SpaceX’s data centers”” https://x.com/amitisinvesting/status/2017001950563160517
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