Boston Dynamics Atlas just entered its electric era. 🤖... Boston Dynamics introduced the fully electric version of Atlas, replacing the hydraulic platform and marking the beginning of its commercial humanoid journey. The new Atlas was designed to be stronger, more agile and more dexterous, with the long-term goal of performing useful work in real industrial environments. And this was only the beginning. Atlas has since evolved into an industrial humanoid designed for autonomous material handling and real-world factory applications. How far do you think Atlas can go in industrial automation? 👀 🎥 Media: Lex Fridman ( X ) , Boston Dynamics ⚠️ This content is shared for informational purposes only. CTO Robotics Media is a media platform and does not own or develop the technology shown. Credit belongs to the original creators. #BostonDynamics #Atlas #ElectricAtlas #HumanoidRobot #Robotics #AI #PhysicalAI #IndustrialRobotics #Automation #FutureTech #CTORoboticsMedia@show more

Engineers: “This is a breakthrough in soft robotics.” Twitter:... “Bro built an AI vibrator.” 🤦‍♂️ Researchers at the University of Southern Denmark created a soft robot that moves by inflating and contracting its body like a worm. Jokes aside… robots like this could actually be useful for rescue missions and environments where traditional robots fail. But let’s be honest: you already know what most comment sections are going to talk about 💀 🎥 Media: SDU Soft Robotics ⚠️ This content is shared for informational purposes only. CTO Robotics Media is a media platform and does not own or develop the technology shown. Credit belongs to the original creators.show more

Researchers at Columbia University have developed modular robots that... can adapt, repair, and even rebuild themselves using a concept called robot metabolism. 🤖 Instead of remaining fixed, these robots can detach, reconnect, and reorganize their own structure based on the task or environment. If one part is damaged, the system can replace or rearrange itself rather than stopping completely. This could reshape the future of disaster response, industrial automation, and even space exploration. The idea of robots that evolve instead of wear out is becoming more than science fiction. What real-world application do you think will benefit most from this technology? 🎥 Media: Columbia University ⚠️ This content is shared for informational purposes only. CTO Robotics Media is a media platform and does not own or develop the technology shown. Credit belongs to the original creators.show more

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.show more

Almost every robot you see... runs on this equation.... Not AI. Not machine learning. PID. For over 100 years, this simple control algorithm has been quietly keeping robots balanced, drones stable, industrial machines precise, and even rockets on course. Most people never hear about it. Yet without PID, many of today's robots wouldn't even stand upright. If you could only learn ONE control algorithm in robotics... this would be it. What's the most impressive application of PID you've seen? 🎥 Media: medcorreia ( Instagram ) ⚠️ This content is shared for informational purposes only. CTO Robotics Media is a media platform and does not own or develop the technology shown. Credit belongs to the original creators.show more

This drone doesn’t just carry objects it grabs them.... 🤯 Meet Ring-Rotor, a retractable quadrotor developed by researchers at Zhejiang University. Instead of using a robotic arm, the drone changes its shape and surrounds the object, allowing it to grasp and transport different payloads in mid-air. The frame can also shrink by about 31%, helping it pass through tighter spaces. No hook. No cable. No external gripper. The drone itself becomes the gripper. 🎥 Media: Yuze Wu , Fei Gao & Zhejiang University ⚠️ This content is shared for informational purposes only. CTO Robotics Media is a media platform and does not own or develop the technology shown. Credit belongs to the original creators. #Robotics #DroneTechnology #AerialRobotics #AerialManipulation #Automation #Engineering #Innovation #FutureTechshow more

5-axis 3D printing is pushing additive manufacturing beyond traditional... limits. 🤯 This helical coil was produced using the 5-axis system developed by Generative Machine Company, with Aibuild software generating the synchronized multi-axis toolpath. The machine and software work together to dynamically control the print path, layer height and speed, allowing complex geometries to be produced without traditional support structures. Aibuild and Generative Machine Company are showing what happens when advanced software and multi-axis hardware are designed to work as one system. Could 5-axis printing become the future of complex-part manufacturing? 👀 🎥 Media: Aibuild × Generative Machine Company ⚠️ This content is shared for informational purposes only. CTO Robotics Media is a media platform and does not own or develop the technology shown. Credit belongs to the original creators. #Aibuild #GenerativeMachine #GenerationOne #5Axis3DPrinting #AdditiveManufacturing #3DPrinting #Robotics #AdvancedManufacturing #Engineering #Manufacturing #CTORoboticsMedia show more

This is the kind of project that quietly changes... an industry. Instead of using traditional slicers, this creator built an app that converts hand-drawn curves directly into printable G-code for spiral vase mode prints. App → G-code → Print. - No complicated workflow. - No heavy setup. - Just turning ideas into physical objects almost instantly. The interesting part isn’t just the print quality. It’s how tools are becoming so simple that more people can create complex things without needing advanced technical knowledge. Would tools like this make 3D printing finally mainstream? 🎥 Media: ( Instagram ) ⚠️ This content is shared for informational purposes only. CTO Robotics Media is a media platform and does not own or develop the technology shown. Credit belongs to the original creators.show more

Check out the new interactive humanoid robot, Yogi, introduced... by Cartwheel Robotics. Yogi is designed as a companion for everyday life, offering help and companionship in settings from hospitals to living rooms. It features soft silicone skin for safe touch, precision actuators for predictable movement, and simple, natural interaction. The robot continuously learns new abilities for greater utility. Cartwheel's founder, Scott LaValley, has a deep background, having developed over four humanoid systems. His expertise includes nearly a decade developing the Atlas robot at Boston Dynamics, followed by five years at Disney leading the team that created the Groot robot. This extensive, hands-on experience is key to Cartwheel Robotics' innovations.show more

This was filmed last Tuesday at Animal Rescue in... Albuquerque, New Mexico. The man is Will Navarro. He's 38 years old. Marine Corps veteran. Served two tours. He's been in outpatient treatment for combat-related stress for the past two years. The dog is a four-year-old gray German Shepherd named Atlas. Atlas had been at Cornerstone for fourteen months. The file on his kennel was marked with a red warning label. Multiple volunteers had been unable to work with him. He growled at anyone who approached. Had snapped at a staff member during an early handling attempt. The rescue had quietly concluded that Atlas was unlikely to be placed and had been discussing next steps. Will's therapist, a woman named Dr. Okafor, had suggested animal-assisted interaction as part of his ongoing care. She'd contacted Cornerstone asking if they had any dogs who might benefit from calm, patient company. The rescue coordinator almost said no. Then thought of Atlas. She told Will's therapist exactly what Atlas was. Warned her it might not go anywhere. Dr. Okafor passed the information to Will and left the decision to him. Will showed up on a Tuesday morning. Looked at Atlas through the kennel door. Atlas growled. Will told the coordinator: "That's fine. Can I just sit in the room with him?" Staff brought Atlas into the meet room. Atlas went immediately to the far corner. Low growl. Hard eyes. Will sat down on the floor on the opposite side of the room. Didn't move toward Atlas. Didn't speak to him. Didn't make eye contact. Just sat. Thirty-five minutes passed. Atlas gradually stopped growling. Started watching instead of warning. After about fifty minutes, Atlas took a step forward. Then another. Then crossed the room slowly and stood in front of Will. Then leaned into him. Full body weight. Just leaned. Will put one hand gently on Atlas's back. That was all. The shelter coordinator watching through the window said she had to step away. Will told us afterward: "Atlas isn't dangerous. He's been overwhelmed for a long time and nobody slowed down enough to let him decide when he was ready. I know what that feels like. You're not dangerous. You're just not okay yet." Will applied to adopt Atlas before he left that afternoon. The rescue approved the application the same day. Unanimously. Without discussion. Atlas went home with Will on Thursday. Dr. Okafor said: "I referred Will because I thought the interaction might help him. I didn't expect him to walk out with a dog who's been labeled unadoptable for over a year. Will saw something in Atlas that everyone else had given up on seeing." Sometimes healing recognizes healing. Sometimes patience is the only thing that was ever needed.show more

Proud to announce my role as an official Ambassador... for Atlas Ora. Excited to contribute to a decentralized travel platform that is bringing the short-term rental economy fully on-chain. Atlas Ora is building an open network where hosts and guests connect directly without intermediaries taking a cut. Each booking runs through smart contracts, with payments handled transparently on-chain. No hidden fees, no delayed payouts only verified listings and secure transactions that both sides can trust. The model gives ownership back to the community. Hosts keep more of what they earn, guests pay a fair rate, and reputation is built through verifiable on-chain data rather than centralized reviews. Beyond short-term rentals, the platform opens possibilities for tokenized incentives, loyalty programs, and real economic participation in the travel ecosystem. Atlas represents a shift from platform-owned markets to user-owned networks where value flows directly between people. Proud to stand behind a project that turns travel into an open, transparent, and self-governing economy. $AORAshow more

Cartwheel Robotics is one of my favourite humanoids... they're... building for homes, not warehouses – focusing on intangible 'companionship' rather than quantifiable 'work.' 🤖 This lowers the bar: It's not measured by productivity or ROI. No brutal cost-per-task calculations. No frustration when it fails at a job. Success is simply: do people like it? Does it make them feel something? 🎨 The design choice: Deliberately cartoon-styled to avoid the uncanny valley. Friendly and approachable, not creepy. Warmth and personality over capability. 💣 The challenge: Making something people genuinely connect with is can be harder than optimising for tasks – there's no playbook, no clear definition of done. But founder Scott LaValley (ex-Boston Dynamics, Disney – led Baby Groot, worked on Atlas) has exactly the right background. He knows how to make robots that resonate. 🎯 If they get this right, there could be a bigger moat than approaches that focus on doing 'work'... This is Disney's strategy. What do you think, is this the right humanoid strategy for our current tech?show more

The 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games opened today in... Beijing, and a world record has already been set. The Lightning robot, developed by smartphone maker Honor, ran 100 meters in 9.32 seconds, beating Usain Bolt's human record of 9.58 seconds. A total of 2,056 humanoid robots from 666 teams are participating in the games, competing in various real-world tasks and athletic events, such as house cleaning, firefighting, soccer, running, boxing, and more. Comment from me: Artificial intelligence is the foundation of future technological and environmental development. Today, we can see that two global centers have emerged in terms of the number of data centers, AI infrastructure, and the integration of AI into industrial and humanoid robotics: the United States, along with Japan and South Korea, and China. Russia is not an independent center and is lagging far behind the leaders, having squandered all its potential in the war. Europe is currently following the US lead, but it is already developing its own AI structures and semiconductor strategy, changing regulations, and investing hundreds of billions in technological autonomy, and it could become the third global center.show more

With ChatGPT Atlas, we aim to push the boundary... of what a browser can be — integrating ChatGPT and evolving it into an agent that takes action for you. But even as we build that future, the basics still matter. For most people we talk to, their tab strip is overflowing with too many tabs (mine certainly is!). This week's Atlas release: revamped tab search and a new 'auto organize' your tabs button. Click to remove duplicates, merge windows, or let ChatGPT group your tabs in a way that makes sense. Just hit “update” in the top right to try.show more

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.show more

🚨 BREAKING: Walden Robotics has just come out of... stealth with $300 million in funding and a $1.1 billion valuation. Another unicorn in the robotics space. 🦄 Just 6 months after incubation. The company was spun out of Toyota's robotics research lab by co-founder Russ Tedrake, a former Toyota Research Institute executive and MIT professor who taught a course on robotic legs. The seed round was co-led by Deviation Capital and Toyota, with participation from: NVIDIA, Boeing, Samsung Ventures, CoreWeave Ventures and AE Ventures. The robot is already working. A pilot is live at a North American Toyota factory where a Walden humanoid is pulling eight-hour shifts alongside human workers, loading and unloading car parts, cleaning machinery, kitting for assembly. A shift. Every day. Walden builds its own hardware, software and AI models, designed to continuously learn and improve in real production environments. Tedrake's words on the opportunity are worth noting: "Everyone recognises the magnitude of the opportunity and the technology feels ready, but success is not assured. You have to think through the business case, the unit economics, and how to marry the best of manufacturing and logistics with disruptive AI technology." Rare honesty in a space full of hype. The race to own that market is accelerating every single week. 🤖 Great story by Bloomberg here: ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →show more

“The Last Meatball” Animation: jboogx.creative & enigmatic_e Movement: jboogx.creative... & enigmatic_e Reference Imagery: FLUX on Civitai Jboogx and I have known each other for the better part of the last 12 months. I think we've both been inspired by each other's work and dedication to exploring all the ways we can push these tools to their limits for VFX and animation. We didn't want to force a collaboration, but recently, Jboogx was inspired by the work I've been doing and how I incorporate myself into my animations. This idea is a playful take on 'Atlas carrying the boulder,' but with a twist—let's make Atlas out of spaghetti and the boulder a meatball, to fit more with what Jboogx has been doing on the food side of things lately (shoutout to our good friend James Gerde -@gerdegotit @gerdedoesit @gerdemadeit, who did the first spaghetti animation). Since I was going to record myself, it wouldn't have been right if Jboogx didn't as well! This is just a taste of what’s possible. I'm located in Germany, and Jboogx is in Hawaii. A world apart, and we pulled this together in 48 hours. BTS coming soon 😉show more

🚨 3I/ATLAS Critical Update 🚨 It’s happening again. 3I/ATLAS... has changed its shape —Its new form looks nothing like any comet we’ve ever seen before. A rounded, glowing green light has now appeared, with no visible tail at all. The image, captured on November 10 by Ray’s Astrophotography, shows what looks more like a moving sphere of energy than a frozen ball of ice and dust. Even more astonishing — researchers have noticed that this object seems to have absorbed solar energy, releasing it in geometric patterns, and is resonating at 7.83 Hz, the same frequency as the Schumann resonance — Earth’s natural heartbeat. Could this really be a comet… or something far greater — an intelligent presence moving silently through deep space? 👀 #3IATLAS #spacemystery #interstellarobjectshow more

TESLA HALTED MODEL S AND MODEL X PRODUCTION TO... BUILD AN ARMY OF OPTIMUS ROBOTS The Fremont assembly line was torn down in 46 days. In its place, Tesla is building a line for humanoid production, aiming for a million units a year A humanoid robot is a body shaped like a human. Physical AI is the intelligence that controls that body Walking and making coffee is often just imitation learning from a scripted routine. But once the environment shifts, the learned trick stops working Language models had the entire internet to train on. Robotics has nothing close to that scale of data, which is why one giant brain hasn't worked for anyone yet The industry is moving toward modularity instead - separate models for vision, movement, and planning, each improved on its own The real question is no longer whether a robot can move impressively. It's whether it can pull its sensors into one picture of the world and adapt to whatever wasn't scripted for itshow more

I love it when a retail store design incorporates... inspiration from its surrounding location. Kudos to Checkers in Franschhoek for this superb design. A beautiful shopping experience and they have a Starbucks too. Woolworths next door has also incorporated the essence of the area with an entrance covered in hanging grape vines and a generous wine selection from the local farms in the area. Considering the store size, the number of wines on offer is impressive. There’s no doubt that safe, leafy suburbs are becoming the suburbs of choice for South Africans. Office workers are securing office space closer to home and therefore more community shopping centres and store upgrades are coming up closer to home. The Winelands has exceptional demand for housing at the moment and even more so for secure, industrial sites. With very limited warehouse space in the Paarl, Stellenbosch, Wellington, Klapmuts and Simondium areas - there is an opportunity for commercial landlords to develop industrial parks that offer micro-units as well as security. There is also an opportunity for the storage players in the industrial sector to develop within the area. With so much space and plenty of farms, I can only see commercial opportunities for office, retail and warehousing in the Winelands.show more

I spent a month in Shenzhen visiting factories and... robotics companies, and the contrast with the U.S. was striking. While Figure and Boston Dynamics hide their humanoids behind closed doors, Chinese companies have massive showrooms open to the public. But what really stood out wasn't just the transparency, it was how good they are at selling. Take UBTech: they've already sold 1,200 humanoid units at $200k each to factories. And here's the kicker, these robots aren't even that useful yet. They can only pick up and drop boxes at 1/10th the speed of a human, and factories still need to hire system integrators to train them for specific tasks. My theory is that these factories are terrified of getting left behind in the robotics/AI wave. They're investing in new tech not because it's ready, but because they can't afford to wait. The second surprise was the breadth of their robotics portfolio. These companies aren't just building humanoids, they're deploying service robots everywhere: restaurants, hotels, apartments. Consumer robots are cleaning houses, pools, pet waste, dishes. They're covering the entire spectrum. But the education piece shocked me most. I picked up what I thought was a high school or college robotics textbook, it was for primary school. The government mandated AI and robotics education starting in elementary school. Almost every single school in China now has AI and robotics curriculum, complete with education robots so kids can learn by building. They're creating a generation that grows up fluent in robotics and AI. China owns the supply chain and the hardware stack. But here's what I think people are missing: the race isn't just about who can build robots faster or cheaper. The U.S. advantage has always been in the layer between hardware and human, the interaction design, the software intelligence, the intuitive interfaces that make complex technology feel natural. China is building the physical infrastructure, but they're also learning fast. Every deployed service robot, every classroom full of kids building with education kits, every factory running humanoids, that's all data collection at scale. The window for the U.S. to establish its wedge is narrowing. It's not enough to be better at AI or software anymore. We need to be building the integration layer, the intelligence that makes physical AI actually useful, not just impressive in a showroom. Because right now, China isn't just manufacturing robots. They're manufacturing a robotics-native culture, and that might be the most defensible moat of all.show more