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🚨 BREAKING: Amazon has officially acquired New York-based Fauna Robotics, the startup behind the soft-bodied Sprout humanoid. While Amazon has aggressively pursued automation in its fulfillment centers, this acquisition signals a massive escalation in the race for the consumer home market. Sprout is a bipedal robot designed specifically for the "messy reality" of shared human spaces.

🚨 BREAKING: Amazon has officially acquired New York-based Fauna Robotics, the startup behind the soft-bodied Sprout humanoid. While Amazon has aggressively pursued automation in its fulfillment centers, this acquisition signals a massive escalation in the race for the consumer home market. Sprout is a bipedal robot designed specifically for the "messy reality" of shared human spaces.

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Figure 03 hospitality demo

Figure 03 hospitality demo

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"You’ll be bankrupt in <12 months." That was the prediction from Figure’s CEO just two weeks ago. Figure posted 90k parts yesterday. Agility posted 100k totes today. 📦 Coincidence? 🤔🧵

"You’ll be bankrupt in <12 months." That was the prediction from Figure’s CEO just two weeks ago. Figure posted 90k parts yesterday. Agility posted 100k totes today. 📦 Coincidence? 🤔🧵

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How do you stop a robotic hand from overheating on the factory floor? Xiaomi’s answer: bionic sweat glands. Packing 20+ motors into a human-sized hand generates a thermal load. Xiaomi's redesigned CyberOne hand uses 3D-printed liquid cooling channels and an evaporative micro-pump system to strip away 10 watts of heat, enabling continuous heavy-duty operations without stalling. Watch an animation of the evaporative cooling below 👇

How do you stop a robotic hand from overheating on the factory floor? Xiaomi’s answer: bionic sweat glands. Packing 20+ motors into a human-sized hand generates a thermal load. Xiaomi's redesigned CyberOne hand uses 3D-printed liquid cooling channels and an evaporative micro-pump system to strip away 10 watts of heat, enabling continuous heavy-duty operations without stalling. Watch an animation of the evaporative cooling below 👇

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SoftBank is reportedly in early talks to back a massive $800M funding round for Munich-based Agile Robots, with a contribution of over $ 300M. The move signals a major escalation in Masayoshi Son's "brains and bodies" strategy to dominate physical AI infrastructure. Why this matters for the robotics industry: 🤖 The Flywheel: Agile Robots isn't just hardware. Founded by German Aerospace Center (DLR) alumni, they vertically integrate AI software with humanoids, warehouse automation, and robotic arms. 🧠 Frontier Ecosystems: Agile ONE was recently named a founding member of NVIDIA’s Cosmos Coalition and is deep in a research partnership with Google DeepMind to bring Gemini to the factory floor. 💰 The Capital Race: Global investment in robotics more than tripled in 2025. SoftBank is pairing this hardware play with its recent $1.4B investment in Skild AI and its $5.4B acquisition of ABB Robotics. While both companies have declined to comment on the early-stage talks, the deal highlights a furious shift toward deploying foundational AI in physical manufacturing and logistics.

SoftBank is reportedly in early talks to back a massive $800M funding round for Munich-based Agile Robots, with a contribution of over $ 300M. The move signals a major escalation in Masayoshi Son's "brains and bodies" strategy to dominate physical AI infrastructure. Why this matters for the robotics industry: 🤖 The Flywheel: Agile Robots isn't just hardware. Founded by German Aerospace Center (DLR) alumni, they vertically integrate AI software with humanoids, warehouse automation, and robotic arms. 🧠 Frontier Ecosystems: Agile ONE was recently named a founding member of NVIDIA’s Cosmos Coalition and is deep in a research partnership with Google DeepMind to bring Gemini to the factory floor. 💰 The Capital Race: Global investment in robotics more than tripled in 2025. SoftBank is pairing this hardware play with its recent $1.4B investment in Skild AI and its $5.4B acquisition of ABB Robotics. While both companies have declined to comment on the early-stage talks, the deal highlights a furious shift toward deploying foundational AI in physical manufacturing and logistics.

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Who are you drafting for your robotic starting eleven? ⚽️🤖 Both Booster Robotics and Boston Dynamics are showing off serious capabilities ahead of the World Cup. While Booster’s new T2 is building on a championship-winning RoboCup pedigree, Hyundai is proving the electric Atlas can handle complex full-body coordination and dynamic balance in real time.

Who are you drafting for your robotic starting eleven? ⚽️🤖 Both Booster Robotics and Boston Dynamics are showing off serious capabilities ahead of the World Cup. While Booster’s new T2 is building on a championship-winning RoboCup pedigree, Hyundai is proving the electric Atlas can handle complex full-body coordination and dynamic balance in real time.

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🧵In the world of physical AI, we’re used to seeing videos sped up to hide how slow robots actually are. Eka Robotics, Inc. is doing the exact opposite. They’re showing their robots at 1/25x speed because the movement is so fast and the force-sensitivity so precise, you’d miss the "superhuman" dexterity in real-time.

🧵In the world of physical AI, we’re used to seeing videos sped up to hide how slow robots actually are. Eka Robotics, Inc. is doing the exact opposite. They’re showing their robots at 1/25x speed because the movement is so fast and the force-sensitivity so precise, you’d miss the "superhuman" dexterity in real-time.

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In a masterclass at Sequoia Capital AI Ascent, Jim Fan laid out the "Great Parallel": how robotics is speedrunning the LLM playbook. 🔹 VLA → WAM: Moving from language-heavy models to "World Action Models" that dream in physics. 🔹 Teleop → EgoScale: Replacing manual data with human egocentric video. 🔹 Simulation 2.0: Using neural simulators like DreamDojo to turn compute into environments. "Our generation was born too late to explore the earth and too early to explore the stars. But we are born just in time to solve robotics." He believes that robots will pass the Physical Turing Test in the coming 2–3 years.

In a masterclass at Sequoia Capital AI Ascent, Jim Fan laid out the "Great Parallel": how robotics is speedrunning the LLM playbook. 🔹 VLA → WAM: Moving from language-heavy models to "World Action Models" that dream in physics. 🔹 Teleop → EgoScale: Replacing manual data with human egocentric video. 🔹 Simulation 2.0: Using neural simulators like DreamDojo to turn compute into environments. "Our generation was born too late to explore the earth and too early to explore the stars. But we are born just in time to solve robotics." He believes that robots will pass the Physical Turing Test in the coming 2–3 years.

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AheadForm just dropped a new character skin for the Origin F1

AheadForm just dropped a new character skin for the Origin F1

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At the 2026 Abundance Summit, Clone CEO Dhanush Radhakrishnan revealed the company can already manufacture a musculoskeletal "synthetic human" for under $20,000 today. By producing artificial Myofibers "by the kilometer," Clone aims to disrupt the industry with high-end performance at a low-cost price point. The ultimate goal? "True Clones" that are indistinguishable from humans by 2028.

At the 2026 Abundance Summit, Clone CEO Dhanush Radhakrishnan revealed the company can already manufacture a musculoskeletal "synthetic human" for under $20,000 today. By producing artificial Myofibers "by the kilometer," Clone aims to disrupt the industry with high-end performance at a low-cost price point. The ultimate goal? "True Clones" that are indistinguishable from humans by 2028.

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Meta's Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun offers a critical take on the humanoid robot boom. Speaking at MIT, LeCun claimed the "big secret" of the industry is that current companies "have no idea" how to make their robots "smart enough to be generally useful." He argues that while humanoids can be trained for narrow manufacturing tasks, a truly autonomous domestic robot is impossible without fundamental AI breakthroughs. For LeCun, this means moving beyond current generative models and toward "world model planning-type architectures"—systems that can learn to understand and predict the physical world. The future of these billion-dollar startups, he says, depends entirely on this next wave of AI research.

Meta's Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun offers a critical take on the humanoid robot boom. Speaking at MIT, LeCun claimed the "big secret" of the industry is that current companies "have no idea" how to make their robots "smart enough to be generally useful." He argues that while humanoids can be trained for narrow manufacturing tasks, a truly autonomous domestic robot is impossible without fundamental AI breakthroughs. For LeCun, this means moving beyond current generative models and toward "world model planning-type architectures"—systems that can learn to understand and predict the physical world. The future of these billion-dollar startups, he says, depends entirely on this next wave of AI research.

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Agility co-founder Jonathan Hurst, asked by analysts to name his competitors: "Almost none of the humanoid robots that exist compete with us. They have two legs and two arms maybe, but they aren't picking up bins... They don't have any safety." The one rival he named: Boston Dynamics.

Agility co-founder Jonathan Hurst, asked by analysts to name his competitors: "Almost none of the humanoid robots that exist compete with us. They have two legs and two arms maybe, but they aren't picking up bins... They don't have any safety." The one rival he named: Boston Dynamics.

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In a new Google DeepMind video, Hannah Fry threw a curveball into the scene: a squishy stress ball the model had never encountered. Watch it adapt to the physics in real-time. This is what open-ended robotics looks like.

In a new Google DeepMind video, Hannah Fry threw a curveball into the scene: a squishy stress ball the model had never encountered. Watch it adapt to the physics in real-time. This is what open-ended robotics looks like.

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🚨BREAKING: Agility unveils Digit 5. The redesigned humanoid has a more humanlike leg profile and is built for what Agility calls “cooperatively safe” work—operating near people without physical safety barriers.

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Two new robot hands today, hours apart. Boston Dynamics built Atlas's like a machine: 4 fingers, 13 DoF, a motor inside every joint, no tendons, no pinky. Clone built its like a body: five fingers pulled by artificial muscles and tendons, laid out like human anatomy.

Two new robot hands today, hours apart. Boston Dynamics built Atlas's like a machine: 4 fingers, 13 DoF, a motor inside every joint, no tendons, no pinky. Clone built its like a body: five fingers pulled by artificial muscles and tendons, laid out like human anatomy.

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Figure took its humanoid into 30 homes it had never seen and asked it to tidy toys, fold towels and make beds. Helix 2.5 completed 56% of full-task trials in Figure’s evaluation. The important distinction: it had learned these chores elsewhere. No additional training was done for these homes or their objects. That’s a meaningful step toward a robot you don’t have to retrain for every house. 🎥 Figure

Figure took its humanoid into 30 homes it had never seen and asked it to tidy toys, fold towels and make beds. Helix 2.5 completed 56% of full-task trials in Figure’s evaluation. The important distinction: it had learned these chores elsewhere. No additional training was done for these homes or their objects. That’s a meaningful step toward a robot you don’t have to retrain for every house. 🎥 Figure

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Figure CEO Brett Adcock says his "major competitors" are using tele-op (human operators) in their videos and calls it "deceiving." His analogy: "It's like if a self-driving car pulled up... and we found out there was some guy from Tennessee driving it."

Figure CEO Brett Adcock says his "major competitors" are using tele-op (human operators) in their videos and calls it "deceiving." His analogy: "It's like if a self-driving car pulled up... and we found out there was some guy from Tennessee driving it."

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The man who put 50 million Roombas in our homes is back with a new vision for "Artificial Life". iRobot co-founder Colin Angle’s new startup, Familiar Machines & Magic, just unveiled "Familiars"—expressive, soft-coated quadrupeds designed for human connection rather than factory labor. With 23 degrees of freedom and strictly on-device AI, these robots aim to conquer the $2.5 trillion "emotional work" frontier without the privacy risks of the cloud.

The man who put 50 million Roombas in our homes is back with a new vision for "Artificial Life". iRobot co-founder Colin Angle’s new startup, Familiar Machines & Magic, just unveiled "Familiars"—expressive, soft-coated quadrupeds designed for human connection rather than factory labor. With 23 degrees of freedom and strictly on-device AI, these robots aim to conquer the $2.5 trillion "emotional work" frontier without the privacy risks of the cloud.

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Bill Gates doesn't buy the argument that AI and humanoid robots will simply create new jobs to replace the old ones. Asked by the New York Times' Ezra Klein, he says that once white-collar AI and humanoid robots cross reliability thresholds, "you destroy jobs and you leave no high ground." His example: when Amazon warehouses replace people with robots, "people don't buy more because of that." "People who say there'll be net additional jobs, I don't understand what they're thinking."

Bill Gates doesn't buy the argument that AI and humanoid robots will simply create new jobs to replace the old ones. Asked by the New York Times' Ezra Klein, he says that once white-collar AI and humanoid robots cross reliability thresholds, "you destroy jobs and you leave no high ground." His example: when Amazon warehouses replace people with robots, "people don't buy more because of that." "People who say there'll be net additional jobs, I don't understand what they're thinking."

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The response to Boston Dynamics is here. 🤖🍻 BD's Atlas gripped the fridge directly, managing "complex contact points." AGIBOT's X2, powered by their new AGILE Foundation Model, achieved the same result by adding custom handles and custom end effectors. Different approaches, same cold beverage delivered!

The response to Boston Dynamics is here. 🤖🍻 BD's Atlas gripped the fridge directly, managing "complex contact points." AGIBOT's X2, powered by their new AGILE Foundation Model, achieved the same result by adding custom handles and custom end effectors. Different approaches, same cold beverage delivered!

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A notable strategic pivot from Xpeng's AI Day: The 'Iron' humanoid is being designed for deep customization, including "different body shapes and sexes". CEO He Xiaopeng detailed plans for "bionic muscles," "full coverage soft skin" , and options to "choose the sex", comparing it to customizing a car. The stated goal is to make the robot "warmer and also more intimate". A significant departure from the neutral, sexless designs seen from most competitors.

A notable strategic pivot from Xpeng's AI Day: The 'Iron' humanoid is being designed for deep customization, including "different body shapes and sexes". CEO He Xiaopeng detailed plans for "bionic muscles," "full coverage soft skin" , and options to "choose the sex", comparing it to customizing a car. The stated goal is to make the robot "warmer and also more intimate". A significant departure from the neutral, sexless designs seen from most competitors.

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Everyone’s seen the Figure 03 demo — but few noticed the details. Six cameras. Inductive heels. Charging hooks on the pelvis. Here’s a closer look at the design decisions behind Figure’s new humanoid.

Everyone’s seen the Figure 03 demo — but few noticed the details. Six cameras. Inductive heels. Charging hooks on the pelvis. Here’s a closer look at the design decisions behind Figure’s new humanoid.

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Dodgeball champion 2026? 🏆 AGIBOT’s X2 humanoid is dodging incoming balls completely autonomously. Powered by their new AGILE Foundation Model, this is what's possible when real-time perception seamlessly meets locomotion

Dodgeball champion 2026? 🏆 AGIBOT’s X2 humanoid is dodging incoming balls completely autonomously. Powered by their new AGILE Foundation Model, this is what's possible when real-time perception seamlessly meets locomotion

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High-speed running at 13 km/h and human-like agility: KAIST’s v0.7 is a masterclass in in-house hardware optimization. 🧵

High-speed running at 13 km/h and human-like agility: KAIST’s v0.7 is a masterclass in in-house hardware optimization. 🧵

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I think it's safe to say that Galbot took some inspiration from Figure here. Top: Last year's F.03 reveal Bottom: Galbot ET1 teaser

I think it's safe to say that Galbot took some inspiration from Figure here. Top: Last year's F.03 reveal Bottom: Galbot ET1 teaser

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Reliability is a ground-up problem. 🤖 Figure CEO Brett Adcock demonstrates why the Figure 03 needs to master the "burpee". From low-battery safety to emergency recovery, the ability to transition to the floor and back up safely is a cornerstone of Figures "Never Fall protocol". Achieving this requires a significant range of motion in the hips and legs.

Reliability is a ground-up problem. 🤖 Figure CEO Brett Adcock demonstrates why the Figure 03 needs to master the "burpee". From low-battery safety to emergency recovery, the ability to transition to the floor and back up safely is a cornerstone of Figures "Never Fall protocol". Achieving this requires a significant range of motion in the hips and legs.

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Disney is doing what only Disney can: spending massive R&D budgets to make robots "lovable." 💸🤖 By solving the physics of character animation with Olaf, they are creating the blueprint for mainstream acceptance. Here is how startups like Cartwheel, Sunday & Tangible are following that lead to get robots into our homes. 👇

Disney is doing what only Disney can: spending massive R&D budgets to make robots "lovable." 💸🤖 By solving the physics of character animation with Olaf, they are creating the blueprint for mainstream acceptance. Here is how startups like Cartwheel, Sunday & Tangible are following that lead to get robots into our homes. 👇

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🚨 Is the timeline for physical AGI shrinking? Speaking on the The All-In Podcast with @jason 1X CEO Bernt Børnich dropped a massive prediction: we are less than a decade away from a physical AI "hard takeoff." His personal bet? Just 3 years. What his 3-year hard takeoff actually looks like: ▪️ Robots manufacturing robots ▪️ Autonomous chip fabs & data centers ▪️ Self-sufficient mining & refining ▪️ A true abundance of physical labor 1X's strategy to get there relies on an open ecosystem and training the NEO humanoid on internet-scale video.

🚨 Is the timeline for physical AGI shrinking? Speaking on the The All-In Podcast with @jason 1X CEO Bernt Børnich dropped a massive prediction: we are less than a decade away from a physical AI "hard takeoff." His personal bet? Just 3 years. What his 3-year hard takeoff actually looks like: ▪️ Robots manufacturing robots ▪️ Autonomous chip fabs & data centers ▪️ Self-sufficient mining & refining ▪️ A true abundance of physical labor 1X's strategy to get there relies on an open ecosystem and training the NEO humanoid on internet-scale video.

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