A LinkedIn post describes RoboParty’s RP1 as a fully open source humanoid, with hardware, actuator and control access intended for robotics researchers.

Agility Robotics, Moonlake and PrismaX discuss why warehouse robots need realistic simulation, affordable inference and customer control over operational data.

TIME recognizes 1X’s $20,000 Neo home humanoid in its Best Inventions of 2026 list, highlighting household tasks and the company’s claimed lifting capacity.

Space and Technology says PNDbotics’ full size Adam humanoid can climb onto a 1 meter box by placing one foot, shifting its weight and coordinating its body.

Nature Will says its 50 billion parameter Natura-1 model uses human video pretraining and limited robot data to control hands with 20 degrees of freedom.

Google says Gemini 4 Argon turned video of a human playing cornhole into simulation code, then helped Apptronik’s Apollo humanoid land seven straight shots.

Xpeng plans to sell its Iron humanoid in the second half of 2027, following internal trials as a sales assistant and receptionist in its stores and offices.

Robotics panels at SF Tech Week examined video training, simulation limits and deployment data, with reliability and data rights recurring across sessions.

Dyna reports daily napkin and towel handling at paying customers, while Dyna 2.1 targets complete workflows that demand more than single task reliability.

A video analysis argues Tesla’s reported Optimus production ramp could support a physical AI training fleet, while a 5,000 robot reveal remains speculation.