A programmer rewrote Unitree’s G1 humanoid robot code —... and it instantly started moving like a “weird creature.” Engineers were stunned as the robot began to twist and crawl in unpredictable ways right after boot-up.show more

After securing multiple world-level gold medals at the humanoid... robot games, Unitree G1 takes a moment to chill, reclining on the sofa and scrolling TikTok dancing girls...show more

A Robot in China suddenly lost control and started... lashing out towards engineers. 😳🦾 They managed to shut it down a few moments later.show more

A Chinese delivery robot couldn’t keep its balance during... a snowstorm and started drifting Looks like it’s an irresistible urge for every creature in the universe😄show more

Have you ever wondered what a fully autonomous robot... does in a work day? We recorded Bytes the robot dog and Iris the humanoid as they conference-maxed Chicago Automate 2026.show more

The Unitree G1 humanoid robot trying to clear snow... in a parking lot. While it’s currently struggling so much, very soon it will do these tasks better than us.show more

Well, a humanoid robot can move on two legs... or wheels, depending on the environment it faces. AGIBOT (Zhiyuan) from Shanghai revealed that their new generation of humanoid robot "Nezha" can autonomously switch to two wheels for fast movement when walking on two legs. Imagine that in the airport hall, when he walks down the stairs and sees a fallen object not far away, it can transform into a wheeled robot and move quickly to pick it up. Or in elderly care, when it see an elderly person fall, it can quickly move and help the elderly person up, and quickly provide medical supplies to the caregiver.show more

Three blacks in Los Angeles were seen attempting to... steal a delivery robot, eventually giving up after realizing it wouldn’t fit in the trunk. Why they were stealing it? Your guess is as good as mine 🤷‍♂️show more

A student just sent a humanoid robot to collect... his diploma — and I can’t stop thinking about it. In China, a teen built a robot that walked the stage, shook hands, and graduated for him. At first, it seemed funny. Then it felt like a wake-up call. We’re still teaching students to memorize — while they’re out there building the future. If a student can graduate through a robot, maybe it’s time schools start catching up. Innovation or rebellion — what do you think? #AI #Education #Innovation #Robotics #FutureOfWork #Technologyshow more

China has created an antelope robot — but why?... Chinese scientists have released a robot disguised as an antelope onto the Tibetan Plateau. Their goal is to study the animals’ lifestyle and the ecosystem. According to Xinhua, the experiment was a success — the antelopes accepted the robot as one of their own and were not afraid of it.show more

Tesla engineers on the next-gen Optimus V3 hand: "As... we go into gen-3 and into mass production, we are getting very close to human functionality and form factor. It won't even look like a robot. It will look like a human in a superhero suit. It will be something revolutionary."show more

Most Americans don't get how fast Chinese robots are... improving and scaling. I can buy this robot and get it to my door in 2-3 weeks. Meanwhile you can't buy a single American humanoid robot (yet).show more

TESLA’S NEXT-GEN OPTIMUS V3 HAND IS GETTING CLOSE TO... HUMAN-LEVEL Tesla engineers just shared new details on the Optimus V3 hand — and the progress is striking. They’re now saying that as they move into Gen-3 and mass production, the hand is getting very close to human functionality and form factor. One engineer described it clearly: “It won’t even look like a robot. It will look like a human in a superhero suit. It will be something revolutionary.” This level of dexterity and human-like design is a critical milestone. The hand is one of the hardest parts of building a truly useful humanoid robot — and Tesla is iterating extremely fast.show more

This also shows up in the representations learned by... the model. We plot the model’s representations of human and robot images. As pre-training is scaled up, the representation of humans and robots become more aligned: to a scaled-up model, human videos "look" like robot demos.show more

This work makes a humanoid robot do simple parkour... moves by looking with a depth camera and choosing the right move on the fly. The big deal is that it turns lots of small human moves into long, real-time robot behavior, without hand-coding every transition or retraining for each new course. A humanoid robot is usually good at steady walking, but it often fails when it has to do fast moves like jumping up, vaulting, or rolling, and then keep going to the next obstacle. The hard part is that you cannot easily collect training data for every possible obstacle shape, distance, and mistake, so robots end up learning a few moves that only work in a narrow setup. This work starts from short clips of real human parkour moves, like stepping over, vaulting, climbing, and rolling. It uses motion matching, which is basically a smart “pick the next clip that fits best right now” search, to stitch those short clips into a long, smooth plan that looks like a human doing a whole course. Then it trains a controller with reinforcement learning (RL), which means the robot learns by trial and error to copy that plan while staying balanced and not falling. After training separate expert controllers for different moves, it compresses them into 1 controller that uses only onboard depth sensing and a simple “go this fast in this direction” command. In real tests on a Unitree G1 humanoid, it can clear multiple obstacles in a row, adapt when obstacles get moved, and climb a wall up to 1.25m.show more

Korean robotics leader ROBOTIS has unveiled the 'AI Sapiens'... humanoid, a direct challenge to Unitree’s G1 and R1 models. - 4'3" (130 cm) tall and weighing 34 kg. - Features 23 DOF, powered by the brand-new Dynamixel-Q actuators. The robot is a fully open-source hardware system designed to serve as a reliable hardware platform for advanced Physical AI research. AI Sapiens is slated for an H1 2026 launch, with a price point expected in the mid-to-low 10 million KRW range (~$7,000 – $8,700 USD).show more

In the future, it might just be humanoid robots... doing the refueling!🤖⛽️ Sinopec plans to introduce humanoid robot workers across its gas stations. They will handle tasks like fueling, picking up items, restocking, and inspections,working alongside human staff, especially during peak holiday periods in China to ease service pressure. With more than 30,000 gas stations across the country (most of them equipped with convenience stores), this implies a deployment of at least 30,000 humanoid robots. The robot is a wheeled humanoid developed by Beijing-based company FIVEAGES.show more

🚨 THIS IS HOW IT STARTS — HUMANOID ROBOT... SUDDENLY LUNGES AT A MAN — EXACTLY THE MOMENT PEOPLE FEARED A humanoid robot was casually kicking a soccer ball around during a public demonstration. Then the ball rolled toward a man in the audience. He tried to kick it back. That’s when the robot suddenly charged toward him and raised its arm like it was about to swing. Within seconds, a handler rushed in and grabbed the robot before the moment escalated. People in the room laugh nervously… but the clip is making the rounds online for one reason: The movement looks almost human. The way it runs. The stance. The arm coming up. Even the comments are losing it: • “Tf was it going to HIT for???” • “Why did it need to be held back?” • “DON’T TOUCH MY BALL” • “How do they get pissed off if they supposedly don’t have emotions?” The strangest part? The robot seemed to react the instant the human interfered with the ball. Are we just watching a glitch during a demo… or the exact moment people warned about?show more

Day 2 at World Robot Conference (WRC25) began with... a visit to the world’s first robot-run restaurant and band. On stage, we saw a lineup of robotic musicians in every form — from keyboardists and guitarists to bass players and drummers — performing in perfect mechanical harmony. It makes the food even more delicious!show more

The founder of Unitree Robotics, Wang Xingxing, released video... footage of the G1 robot dancing in response to skepticism. Despite being interfered with ball and a stick, the robot was still able to dance smoothly. Unitree #China #Roboticsshow more