Humanoids
Humanoid robots, dexterity, locomotion, field trials, and the road to useful general-purpose machines.
Latest Humanoids
Humanoid Games Show Speed, Fragility
Beijing’s robot games showed faster runners. They also exposed weak stops, falls, and narrow skills.
GOLEM Maps Battery Disassembly Gaps
Single-source brief: arXiv reports a modular humanoid system for EV battery pack disassembly, but deployment remains unconfirmed.
DreamMimic Targets Visual Humanoid Control
Single-source brief: DreamMimic is a research framework, not a confirmed deployed robot system.
AI Moves Into Heavy Equipment
Single-source brief: Kubota showed an autonomous specialty tractor, but deployment details remain unclear.
Musical Humanoids Shift Toward Emotion Research
A new position paper frames musical humanoids as controlled tools for studying how music makes people feel.
HODAgent Paper Withdrawn Before Public Review
Single-source brief: The work describes a humanoid service-agent system, but its paper is withdrawn and its claims remain unconfirmed.
Schaeffler Targets Humanoid Gearbox Production in 2027
Single-source brief: Schaeffler says it finished gearbox validation and aims for scaled manufacturing in 2027.
MILD Targets Softer Ground for Bipedal Robots
Single-source brief: An arXiv paper reports hardware tests, but independent confirmation was not supplied.
Kollmorgen Targets Humanoid Motion at RoboBusiness
Single-source brief: Kollmorgen plans a session on scaling humanoid motion hardware. Deployment details remain unknown.
Unitree IPO Tests Humanoid Demand
Single-source brief: Unitree raised major funding, but industrial proof remains unclear.
FetchMan Tests Sim-to-Real Humanoid Picking
Single-source brief: FetchMan reports a simulation-trained policy on a real Unitree G1, but independent confirmation was not supplied.
Unichem Buys Loomia for Robot Skin Push
Single-source brief: The Robot Report says Unichem bought Loomia to enter humanoid electronic skin.
Generalist Uses Human Demos to Train Robot Skills
Single-source brief: Generalist says human-led task data helps its models learn robot work faster.
Persona AI Targets Shipyard Welding
Single-source brief: Persona AI is focusing its humanoid work on shipyard welding, according to IEEE Spectrum.
Agility Pursues SPAC Route to Public Markets
Single-source brief: Agility’s planned deal shows a faster public-market path, but closing and deployment details remain unclear.
HumanoidVLN Adds Physics to Robot Navigation Tests
Single-source brief: An arXiv paper describes a simulator benchmark, not a deployed robot product.
Mobile Manipulators Move First
Single-source brief: Humanoids remain in commercial trials, while mobile manipulators are reaching some industrial sites.
Humanoids Need Better Hearing to Earn Trust
Single-source brief: Treble argues that natural voice and audio skills remain a key gap for humanoid robots.
Briefing
Robot Videos Show Progress, Not Deployment
Honda’s Avatar Keeps ASIMO’s Core Idea
Robot Demand Broadens Beyond Auto OEMs
