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REK Adds Swords to Humanoid Robot Fights With “Deathmatch”
Humanoid boxing was apparently just the warm-up. REK’s October 9 Deathmatch adds blade-equipped robots and a Rektile-versus-T-REK main event.
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Microagi Says It Reached $100 Million Revenue Run Rate in Six Months
CEO Bercan Kilic links the milestone to Shift’s launch, while Animesh Garg reiterates the company’s ambition to deploy one million robots.
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From X to San Francisco: Devang Adhyaru Brings Humanoid Hub Together
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Aether AI Unveils CRIS-0, a Robot AI System That Checks Its Own Actions
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Tesla Patent Application Details Flexible Touch Sensors for Robot Hands
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UBTECH and FAW-Volkswagen Expand Humanoid Robot Partnership Into Factory Logistics
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REK Founder Shares California Cease-and-Desist After Human–Humanoid Fight
Cix Liv posted a notice bearing California State Athletic Commission letterhead after Frankie LaPenna faced an EngineAI T800 in a San Francisco cage fight.
Figure Melts Figure 02 With Arnold Schwarzenegger in a Terminator-Style Sendoff
Figure’s farewell film takes its retired humanoids to a furnace in Finland, with Arnold Schwarzenegger, a final thumbs-up and bonus jumps into the molten metal.
Boston Dynamics Makes Its Case for Atlas and a Two-Year Payback Target
A new short film argues that experience with Spot and Stretch, plus Hyundai’s factories and supply chain, gives Boston Dynamics an edge in commercializing Atlas.
Dyna Reveals Taku Robot and Dyna-2.1 With an Hour-Long Autonomous Laundry Demo
Dyna’s new wheeled semi-humanoid combines manipulation, whole-body control and workflow reasoning. Customer-site deployment is the next step after its uncut laundry demonstration.
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Faraday Future’s “Built in USA” Robot Plan Starts With Assembly—and Sourced Hardware
FF targets U.S. robot production in February 2027, while its current catalog points to Booster and AGIBOT platforms. Here is what its localization plan establishes.
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Mecka Raises $60M Series B to Expand Robot Training Data and Deployment
The Sequoia-led round includes Nvidia and Microsoft’s M12 as Mecka expands human-demonstration data collection and commercial robot deployment.
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Nvidia Has Discussed Another $1 Billion Investment in Figure, The Information Reports
The reported talks come as Figure pursues its multibillion-dollar Nscale compute agreement and Index training-data project. No completed deal has been established.
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Boston Dynamics Names Former Amazon AI Leader Rohit Prasad as CEO
Prasad takes over on October 7, bringing experience leading Alexa and Amazon Nova as Boston Dynamics advances its AI and commercialization plans.
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Agility's Investor Day: Digit 5 Launches at a $150,000 Bill of Materials, and Its $300M Order Unlocks Skill by Skill
At its Analyst & Investor Day, Agility put Digit 5's launch bill of materials at about $150,000, above Digit 4's, for RaaS product margins near 50% until production reaches 1,000 units a year. Executives said the $300 million, 1,000-robot order releases robots in tranches as Digit 5 proves specific use cases, described general availability as end of 2027 and early 2028, and said the leased fleet will be funded with debt.
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Deep Robotics Tests IP66-Rated DR02 on Traffic Duty in the Rain
A new video shows DR02 testing traffic reminders and pedestrian interaction in Hangzhou, highlighting the humanoid’s claimed all-weather protection.
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Our Latest Newsletter: The Minerva Interview, Atlas Hands and More
Our October 6 briefing brings together our Minerva interview, Atlas’s new hands, Galbot pricing and more. Read the edition and subscribe for free.
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Minerva Emerges From Stealth With $10M for Humanoids Built for Dangerous Work
The startup is developing Roger for hazardous energy and public safety work. CEO Sandor Felber explains why a human operator remains central to its approach.
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Meta Job Listing Explicitly References Its Humanoid Robot Hardware
A Redmond engineering role describes failure analysis, assembly improvements and ongoing support for Meta’s humanoid hardware, adding detail to its previously reported robotics program.
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Donut Robotics Secures ¥300 Million Charm Care Alliance for Eldercare Humanoids
Charm Care will invest ¥300 million in Donut Robotics as the companies trial cinnamon in a nursing home and develop future nurse-call support.
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Agility Hosts Analyst & Investor Day Today, With Digit 5 and Scaling Plans in Focus
Agility will outline its technology and business plans in a webcast beginning at 12:30 p.m. ET, ahead of its proposed public listing.
