Pepper robot trust study finds social gestures can backfire
A Drexel study using Pepper found errors cut trust and reliance, while social gestures made mistakes appear more interpersonal than technical.
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Welcome, Walden!
Walden is a wheeled, dual arm humanoid robot built for factory and warehouse work. At 165 cm tall and 90 kg, it combines a low, battery carrying mobile base with two arms for industrial material handling. The design prioritizes stability, safety, and sustained operation over legged mobility, with a stated runtime of four hours per…
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Sanctuary AI deploys its Physical AI on industrial robots
Sanctuary AI says its control system achieved 99.5% success on a cable insertion test, but the automotive trial remains a proof of concept.
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Meta acquires Assured Robot Intelligence for humanoid push
Meta has acquired Assured Robot Intelligence, adding its founders and robotics AI team to the research effort supporting its humanoid program.
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Tiangong Ultra lowers 100 meter record again to 8.64 seconds
Tiangong Ultra improved its Beijing sprint record to 8.64 seconds, but widespread crashes showed that controlled stopping remains unresolved.
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Hyundai weighs dealer network for Atlas humanoid sales
Hyundai CEO José Muñoz says dealers could distribute robots and Hyundai Capital may finance them, though buyers, pricing and timing remain unclear.
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Tiangong Ultra runs 100 meters in 8.86 seconds in Beijing
Tiangong Ultra completed a 100 meter sprint in 8.86 seconds at Beijing’s World Humanoid Robot Games, more than halving its previous event time.
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XPENG humanoid robotics unit raises more than $900 million
XPENG’s humanoid robotics business secured more than $900 million in its first funding round, valuing the unit at over $6.3 billion after financing.
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Tiangong Ultra clocks 9.39 seconds in 100 metre sprint
Tiangong Ultra, built by X-Humanoid, won a Beijing robot sprint in 9.39 seconds, cutting more than 12 seconds from its winning time at the inaugural event last year.
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Welcome, GEN 1.5!
GEN 1.5 is Generalist AI’s embodied foundation model for robot learning, rated 6 out of 10 on the Humanoid Guide Brain Score. That places it in the capable, mature range, with an emphasis on reducing the engineering effort needed to introduce new manipulation behaviors. The model is designed around short human or simulated demonstrations lasting…
