@curiouscat@fosstodon.org"Our key insight is that, despite being imperfect, such quasi-realistic data still provide priors about human primitive skills in tennis scenarios.... We also propose a series of designs for robust sim-to-real transfer and deploy our policy on the Unitree G1 #humanoid_robot . Our method achieves surprising results in the real world and can stably sustain multi-shot rallies with human p…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialBernstein: 42% of China's 20K humanoid robot shipments in 2025 were education and R&D; data collection and human-robot interaction services each made up 19% (Ryan McMorrow/Financial Times)
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/rede…
@cdarwin@c.imTesla will end production of its two flagship models, the Model S and Model X, which have long carried the company's prestige.
According to statements by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the fundamental reason behind this decision is the company's desire to shift its resources and production infrastructure toward autonomous driving and robotics.
Planned to take effect from the next quarter, this production halt has generated significant reverberations throughout the automotive indus…
@johnleonard@mastodon.socialThis time we look at why you may not be able to hand your household chores over to robots just yet, Delhi Police’s dystopian turn and Japan’s biggest port under ransomware attack.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/are-you-ready-for-the…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAustin-based humanoid robot startup Apptronik raised $520M led by Google and others at a $5.5B valuation, up 3x from when it raised $350M in February 2025 (Samantha Kelly/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@Techmeme@techhub.socialHow China boosts its humanoid robot industry, giving companies land, favorable bank loan terms, and sometimes subsidizing the robots' purchase price by ~10% (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/china-is-going-al…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialMelania Trump appeared alongside Figure AI's Figure 3 humanoid robot at the White House to promote integrating more tech and AI into US children's education (Katie Rogers/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/us/politics/melania-trump-robot.html…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialChinese humanoid robot maker UBTech is seeking a chief scientist with an annual pay of as much as ~$18M; China's AI industry has eschewed mega pay packages (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-03/ch…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Chinese companies move to cement their role in humanoid robot supply chains as Tesla and others turn to China for components the US sees as strategic (Raffaele Huang/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/under-the-skin-of-ameri…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialEncord, whose software helps companies developing AI models manage training data for robots and other uses, raised $60M at a $500M pre-money valuation (Rocket Drew/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/robot-data-startup-raises-60-million
@ubuntourist@mastodon.social @Techmeme@techhub.socialA look at Hyundai's Atlas humanoid robot, slated for assembly tasks in 2028; Hyundai has invested billions in robotics since acquiring Boston Dynamics in 2021 (Hyonhee Shin/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@Techmeme@techhub.socialShenzhen-based UBTech signed deals to supply its Walker S2 humanoid robots to Airbus and Texas Instruments, and says it aims to produce 10,000 units in 2026 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-19/air…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Amazon acquired New York-based Fauna Robotics, which is developing a human-like, 42-inch tall robot that can interact with people, walk, and dance (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026…
