Robot fights. The first-ever humanoid robot dance off. Culture... collides with cutting-edge Physical AI at Ultimate Bots Season 1. May 14 • Temple SF Last tickets remaining ⚡🤖 link in commentsshow more

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 First Lady Melania Trump appears at... the White House with a humanoid AI robot.show more

Look at this flawless spinning roundhouse kick！ This is... URKL, the world’s first humanoid robot combat league in Shenzhen！ Precise balance, lightning-fast reflexes, and cutting-edge robotics in action.show more

Chinese consumer electronics maker Honor will unveil its first... humanoid robot on March 1 at MWC 2026 in Barcelona. The robot is designed for retail & home service. The company sold a whopping 71 million smartphones in 2025. Looks like a customized Unitree G1 with a 2DoF neck.show more

🤯 This is what humanoid robots may look like... in the very near future. A human face. An exposed mechanical body. And AI controlling the machine. Android X looks less like a robot… and more like the first generation of something entirely new. 🤖 The uncanny valley is getting real.show more

The next manipulation tool may not live on your... screen. It may stand in front of you look into your eyes and convince you that it understands. Would you rather face a humanoid robot strong enough to hurt you or one designed well enough to make you trust it? This robot copies blinking, eye contact, head movement and facial expressions to create the illusion of human presence. That may look impressive but it also opens a darker question. When a machine can look concerned appear friendly and imitate emotion people may start trusting signals that contain no real feeling no empathy and no moral responsibility. So which is more dangerous a robot with physical power or a robot that can manufacture trust? #HumanoidRobot #Robotics #AIshow more

Hey #NeuraxonMini is literally out! , we manage to... "transplant" a Neuraxon 2 bioinspired #AI brain to a physical robot the #SpheroMini moving from our last Scientific Paper (link bellow) by David Vivancos - e/acc & Jose Sánchez for Qubic #OpenScience hybridized with #Aigarth to the real World. First you need a Sphero Education Mini robot about 50$ Then you can try the first cool demos at Hugging Face: 1.- Neuraxon2MiniControl to drive the sphero robot 2.- Neuraxon2MiniWrite to write letters or words with physical moves of the sphero robot using Neuraxon Video Tutorials on youtube later today. Why this matters? Remember we are not building "dead" LLMs we are building #AliveAIs and for that we need to explore how it behaves in reality, from how it learns to how it fails, and what better way that in the emerging field of #robotics , time will tell if your next #HumanoidRobot have a #Neuraxon brain... Read the Paper: Explore the Neuraxon code here: Are you ready for #TrueAI ?show more

Own a piece of wrestling history. The first-ever RAF... trading cards are dropping at RAF02. Only 2,000 packs. Each with a shot at pulling numbered foils and the ultimate 1-of-1 gold. 🎟️ Tickets in bio 👀 Watch LIVE on @FoxNationshow 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

BOOM! Humanoid Robots Just Performed Surgery for the First... Time! REAL VIDEO! In a groundbreaking preclinical breakthrough, researchers at UC San Diego have achieved what many thought was years away: teleoperated humanoid robots successfully completing live surgeries. Published in Nature, the study marks the world’s first use of humanoid robots for in-vivo laparoscopic procedures on large animals (pigs). Two separate surgeries were completed: Key Details •. Procedure: Laparoscopic gallbladder removal (cholecystectomy) •. Team 1: Human surgeon + one humanoid robot (the robot performed core tasks while the human assisted) •. Team 2: Two humanoid robots working together with no human at the operating table •. Robots: Custom “Surgie” humanoids (~5 ft tall, ~60 lbs) using standard surgical tools •. Control: Fully teleoperated by surgeons (remote human control, not autonomous) •. Significance: First demonstration of humanoid robots handling real surgical workflows in a live setting, proving compatibility with existing OR tools and spaces This proof shows humanoid robots could one day help address surgeon shortages, enable remote procedures in rural areas, battlefields, or even space all at a fraction of the cost and space of traditional surgical robots like da Vinci. Read the full publication here: Project page with video: The future of surgery just got a whole lot more interesting. And medical cost for the first time in decades will be scheduled to go down, much further down.show more

Meet Vulcan, our first robot with a sense of... touch. 🤖 🖐️ This innovative system combines physical AI with novel hardware solutions—like computer vision, tactile sensing, and machine learning—to reimagine how we complete orders for our customers. With the ability to pick and stow approximately 75% of all various item types we store at our fulfillment centers, and at speeds comparable to our frontline employees, Vulcan can assist by handling inventory in harder-to-reach areas—making our fulfillment centers both safer and more efficient.show more

Beijing Innovation Center of Humanoid Robotics(X-Humanoid) just closed a... massive 700M RMB ($97M) funding round. 💰🤖 They’re also teasing the "TienKung" 3.0, coming off the back of some wild performance milestones from their current fleet. ➤ The Funding: Backed by big names like Baidu and Beijing’s AI Industry Fund, this round shifts the center from R&D into serious commercial scaling. ➤ Proven Track Record: Their "TienKung Ultra" already bagged the first-ever humanoid half-marathon and holds a 21.5s 100m sprint record. ➤ Industry Ready: Their TianYi 2.0 platform is already hitting the floor in factories and warehouses through partnerships with companies like Cummins and Bayer. ➤ What’s Next: This cash is going straight into making their "TienKung" and "HuiSi" platforms fully autonomous and ready for real-world labor. It’s clear they aren't just building lab projects anymore—these bots are headed for the assembly line. Source: Beijing Innovation Center of Humanoid Robotics(X-Humanoid) #Robotics #Humanoid #AI #EmbodiedAI #PhysicalAI #TienKung #XHumanoidshow more

TESLA OPTIMUS: THE BIGGEST PRODUCT EVER – BUILDING ON... MULTIPLE PLANETS Optimus isn’t just a humanoid robot—it’s poised to become Tesla’s most valuable product by far, solving labor shortages on Earth and enabling construction, exploration, and self-sufficiency on other worlds. Elon has called it the “biggest product ever,” with trillions in potential value as it scales from factories to homes to interplanetary bases. Why it’s the game-changer: • Earth impact — Handles dangerous/repetitive tasks in manufacturing, mining, healthcare, and households—creating abundance by making physical labor optional and ultra-efficient. • Multiplanetary builder — Optimus bots can operate in harsh environments like Mars or the Moon: constructing habitats, mining resources, assembling solar farms, and maintaining life support without human risk. • Scalable fleets — Billions of units possible; AI-driven, they learn from Tesla’s FSD tech, improving fleet-wide with every deployment—perfect for bootstrapping off-world civilizations. • Economic explosion — Cheaper than human labor long-term, Optimus unlocks exponential productivity on Earth while being the workforce for Starship-delivered Mars cities. From early factory trials to planetary pioneers, Optimus turns sci-fi into reality: the robot that builds humanity’s future, one planet at a time.show more

Ever played ping pong against a robot? Chile's Henry... Azurmendi did just that at the 21st China International SME Expo in Guangzhou. Beyond the fun, the message was serious: Azurmendi said China offered valuable experience and innovation that could benefit SMEs across APEC, and he hopes Chile will one day develop these technologies at home. With 2,000+ enterprises from 40+ economies exhibiting, real ideas are flowing. 🏓🤖 #APEC #SME #Robotics #AI #ChinaTech #Innovation #GlobalCooperation #SmartManufacturing #PingPongRobot #FutureOfWorkshow more

ENGINEAI just opened registration for URKL, a global humanoid... fighting league with an insane ¥10,000,000 (approx. $1.39 million) top prize. 🤖🥊 This is a massive engineering challenge focused on motion control and balance using the "T800" humanoid as the standard bot. The rules are strictly "non-violent," meaning no destructive mods are allowed. You win through better code and smarter protective gear. Here is the breakdown for teams looking to jump in: ➤ Massive Payouts: The winner takes ¥10,000,000 (approx. $1.39 million), second gets ¥2,000,000 (approx. $278,000), and third takes ¥1,000,000 (approx. $139,000). ➤ Hardware Perks: Every team that makes it into the Top 16 officially owns their T800 robot. ➤ Career Fast-Track: Top 8 finalists get a "Green Channel" straight to the final interview for job offers at ENGINEAI. ➤ Registration: Open from March 1 to April 30. Teams need at least 3 members with skills in control, electronics, or mechanical design. ➤ Global Finals: After the qualifiers, the world championship is set for December 2026 through January 2027. Once you are in, the committee hands over the simulation platform and T800 models to start training your boxing algorithms. Full Info: #Robot #Humanoid #Robotics #AI #EmbodiedAI #PhysicalAI #URKL #ENGINEAI #RobotFightingshow more

Today may be the ImageNet moment for robotics. RT-X:... the largest open-source robot dataset ever compiled, across 33 institutes, 22 robot hardware, 527 skills, and 1M episodes. Why is robotics lagging so far behind NLP, vision, and other AI domains? Data scarcity is the main culprit to blame, among other difficulties. Unlike text, images, and videos, you cannot download mass amounts of onboard robot control data from the internet. They simply don't exist in the wild. 11 yrs ago, ImageNet kicked off the deep learning revolution. 3-4 yrs ago, internet-scale data fueled the first GPTs and Diffusions that define this era of foundation models. I think 2023 is finally the year for robotics to scale up. Robot foundation models like VIMA ( my team's work at NVIDIA) and RT-1/2 ( Google DeepMind's effort) are extremely data hungry. While massively parallel simulations like NVIDIA IsaacGym & Omniverse can alleviate the problem to some extent, it's still not quite enough to bridge the gap to the messy, physical world. This new dataset is not just a technical contribution. I also see it as a commendable effort to overcome institutional bureaucracies and unite researchers from around the world to tackle a grand challenge together. Robotics will be the final holy grail that we capture in AI. We are not there yet, but ascending in the right gradient direction. RT-X website: Launch blog:show more

CES was an enormous success. We saw thousands of... people and a few dogs interacting with our agents and robots. We booked this booth at the last minute, mainly to book next year’s booth. Truly extraordinary what our team was able to put together on such short notice. Next year we reserved one of the largest booths at CES in the highest traffic location for AI and Robotics. We plan to unveil something extraordinary. Until the next show, we will be debuting the first custom models that will emerge from the first humanoid robotics hot rod shop. These models will be walking around, talking and interacting at tradeshows all over the world over the next few months. We are in the process of acquiring every humanoid robot available on the market to modify these as well. Stay tuned for more updates, the future is here and it’s rapidly accelerating.show more

China now has its own “Bolt” — a robot... named after sprint legend Usain Bolt. A Chinese research team has unveiled the world’s first full-size humanoid robot to reach a peak speed of 10 meters per second, setting a new global benchmark for humanoid running. Bolt runs like a body pushed to the limit. Its joints and power systems work in tight coordination, keeping it balanced even at sprint speed. Built to match the build of an adult man—1.75 meters tall and 75 kilograms—it is a life-sized system operating at the edge of physics. Compared with Usain Bolt’s iconic 9.58-second 100-meter world record, which many experts believe may stand for decades, the gap between humans and machines is narrowing fast. Chinese robots are now challenging the ceiling of human performance—much as AlphaGo once challenged Go champion Ke Jie. The breakthrough builds on earlier world-record achievements in high-speed robotic running and marks a giant leap for China in humanoid motion and control. Beyond records, Bolt also carries practical value: robots are leaving the lab and stepping into real-world settings—sports training, emergency response, and demanding industrial tasks where speed, balance and control truly matter.show more

⚠️ EVERY PROFESSION BUILT ON TRUST FIRST BUILT AN... APPEARANCE OF AUTHORITY. Doctors wear white coats not because it helps them diagnose. Studies confirmed it makes patients comply faster. Pilots wear stripes because passengers don't follow safety instructions from someone who looks like they wandered in off the street. Appearance of authority precedes actual authority. That pattern is old and documented. China's hyper-realistic humanoid face is the same playbook applied to a machine. A robot with servo joints and camera eyes gets questioned at the point of contact. A robot that holds eye contact and mirrors your micro-expressions gets deferred to. The uncanny valley was never the problem they were solving. It was the moat they were crossing.show more

NEW ALL IN: $OUST @ $40.55 First alerted to... subs at $39.88. Currently at $42.68. They make colored lidar tech for robotics. Literally invented it. That means 1 sensor instead of 2. With millimeter precision. Was down -10% today on no news so it felt like a good risk / reward balance. This is related to my overall thesis on physical AI and how there's not that many ways to play it with public stocks. $OUST is the infra that almost every robot or physical AI automation needs. And they seem be rapidly signing up customers. No immediate catalyst but a good one to hold. Credit to Jim Liu for the best $OUST writeup on X: --- As a reminder: this is my challenge account where I restarted with $35k to go all-in swing trading 1 stock at a time to $10M again. Realtime alerts to subscribers. Summaries after market close to non-subscribers. As always, please do your own research with your own independent thinking and risk tolerance and decide your own buys and sells. I may trade on a whims notice.show more