This week marked a breakthrough moment in humanoid robotics as three leading platforms – EngineAI’s T800, Tesla’s Optimus 2.5, and Figure’s Figure 03 – demonstrated running abilities that resemble human biomechanics more closely than ever before. While each company has pursued different actuator systems, balance controllers, and gait-learning approaches, their newest demos showcased a striking…
The humanoid robot market is exploding – but it’s also a confusing maze of glossy demos, unreliable promises, and vendors who all claim to have the perfect solution. For many teams, choosing the right humanoid ends in wasted time, stalled pilots, and incomplete information. …but it doesn’t have to be that way. This is how…
NEO is 1X’s consumer-ready home robot built to take on real chores, hold natural conversations, and learn new skills over time. Pre-orders are open today. Early Access units are scheduled to ship in 2026 in the United States first, with broader markets following in 2027. You can choose from Tan, Gray, or Dark Brown. What…
In an X post 1X CEO and CTO Bernt Børnich appeared to tease what looks like a launch date for the final version of the company’s long awaited 1X NEO humanoid robot, a machine designed entirely for life in the home. Børnich calls it the biggest announcement ever from the 1X team, hinting that the…
You walk into the hall and notice it immediately, the hum of motors powering up, servos twitching, compressed air flowing through tubes. Then you start to spot the hands, one after another. Some are suspended in glass enclosures, others stand on pedestals, a few are attached to half-assembled torsos waiting for a command. One hand…
It’s hard to describe the sound of thousands of robots and researchers sharing the same space – the hum of motors mixing with laughter, sensors blinking like city lights. The International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) has once again become the beating heart of the global robotics community. This year, Humanoid.guide is represented…
Today, we’re launching the Hand Tracker – a living index of “plug‑in” humanoid hands with specs, availability, videos and vendor links. It helps teams pick the right end‑effector fast and compare DOF, actuation, weight, sensing and quick‑change wrists in one place. Why now? Manipulation and dexterity is the gate to real work. Our 2026 Humanoid…
Unitree has unveiled its newest humanoid, the H2, standing about 1.8 meters tall and weighing roughly 70 kilograms. In the launch video released in October 2025, the robot performs a mix of dance moves, boxing routines, and even a runway walk beside a human model. With a smooth synthetic face and fluid body control, the…
“Hands are the hardest part of the hardest challenge – a game you can never fully complete.” Rob Knight Rob Knight has spent two decades obsessing over robots, humanoids and robot hands. In this wide‑ranging video call with Humanoid.guide he explains why dexterous manipulation is the bottleneck for humanoids, how tendons still beat tiny gearboxes,…
Figure 03 is Figure AI’s third-generation humanoid robot — and the first they explicitly frame for home environments while preparing for mass production. The company positions it as the hardware platform for Helix, its generalist Vision-Language-Action (VLA) intelligence system, designed to bring human-level reasoning and motor control into daily life. What’s new in Figure 03…
