Tesla ramps Optimus production despite hand and AI limits
Tesla reportedly reached several hundred Optimus units a week at Fremont, while fragile hands and slow task training remain barriers to deployment.
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ETH Zurich presents Peano-HASEL musculoskeletal robot hand
ETH Zurich researchers presented a musculoskeletal robotic hand using remote Peano-HASEL actuators and a compliant tendon driven design.
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Welcome, Feather!
Feather is a 105 kilogram wheeled humanoid robot designed for practical work in warehouses, factories, restaurants, laboratories, and physical AI development environments. Rather than relying on bipedal walking, it uses an omnidirectional mobile base that moves sideways and turns in place, supporting work around aisles, kitchens, and stations made for people. A height adjustable torso…
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Welcome, Origin!
Origin is a stationary two armed industrial robot from HIRO Industries, an Oregon robotics startup founded in Corvallis. Rather than relying on legged mobility, it uses a fixed base that places two arms at a human style workstation, supporting deployment in established work areas. The system is intended for light industrial and warehouse workstation activity,…
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Industrial applications dominate 80% of humanoid designs
IDTechEx finds that industrial work shapes 80% of humanoid designs, with actuator weight, precision parts and battery capacity constraining developers.
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China Mobile releases Open-RAIL humanoid control software
China Mobile’s open source Open-RAIL layer separates model inference from motor control, with claimed gains in smoothness, speed and task success.
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O-ID raises $1.2 million for modular factory humanoid
Tokyo startup O-ID has raised $1.2 million to ready a modular humanoid with replaceable joints, limbs and compute units for factories in Japan.
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Tesla app assets appear to reveal Optimus Gen 3 design
A 3D asset allegedly extracted from Tesla’s Android app offers an unconfirmed look at Optimus Gen 3, but not proof of finished hardware or production.
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Welcome, P0!
P0 is a humanoid robot developed by Pink Robotics, operating under Anyscrew GmbH in Darmstadt, Germany. It is designed for package handling inside distribution centers, where repetitive sorting work needs reliable physical interaction with goods. The robot stands 175 cm tall, weighs 82 kg, and has 32 degrees of freedom across its body, including 10…
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Xsens to preview Isaac Teleop integration at IROS 2026
A LinkedIn post says Xsens will preview full body humanoid teleoperation with NVIDIA Isaac Teleop and Robo Inc. at IROS 2026.
