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Figure has reached a major manufacturing milestone at its BotQ facility, scaling production to one Figure 03 unit every hour while debuting a new perception-conditioned whole-body controller.
The Adcock Triad: Inside the $1M-a-Month Sprint to General Robotics
In a new interview with Molly O’Shea, Figure CEO Brett Adcock details the aggressive vertical integration of his robotics empire, his split with OpenAI, and why he is building three companies at once.
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XPENG's Head of Robotics Admits Hardware is 'Bottleneck' as 2026 Production Goal Looms
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The Tier 1 Play: Schaeffler Commits to 1,000 Hexagon AEON Humanoids in Deep Component Deal
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Physical Intelligence Unveils π0.7: The Rise of Compositional Generalization in Robotics
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MIT and DeepMind veterans launch Eka Robotics, introducing a "Vision-Force-Action" (VFA) foundation model that leverages simulation and tactile sensing to achieve superhuman speed and fluid physical intelligence.
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State Grid Corp. of China has unveiled a landmark 6.8 billion yuan ($994.7 million) procurement plan for 8,500 embodied AI units, signaling the first 10-billion-yuan vertical market for humanoid and quadruped robotics.
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After proving its mettle in automotive assembly, Xiaomi’s upgraded humanoid robot makes a public appearance, demonstrating smooth social interaction and refined motor control.
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Apptronik has appointed former Waymo, Boston Dynamics, and Amazon leaders to its executive bench, signaling a strategic pivot toward mass-market commercialization and healthcare.
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ShengShu Technology has announced Motubrain, a hardware-agnostic robotic brain that unifies perception and action to outperform traditional VLA models on global benchmarks.