Tag: Humanoid Robots
Robot data startup Mecka draws Sequoia at a $500M value
The two-year-old motion-data company is in late-stage talks on a Sequoia-led round, three months after announcing its Series…
Figure’s robot future rides on a $3.5B GPU deal with Nscale
Humanoid maker Figure reserves up to 100,000 Vera Rubin GPUs and takes investment from AI cloud firm Nscale.
Dyna-2 robot model learns from 170 years of human video
Dyna Robotics says its new world-action model learned manipulation from 170 years of human video.
LG bets a bipedal robot on Nvidia’s GR00T foundation
LG will build its next bipedal humanoid on NVIDIA's Isaac GR00T foundation model, aiming for a 2027 debut.
Unitree’s Shanghai listing brings DeepSeek aboard with $21M
The AI lab bought 2.31 percent of the robot maker's placement and will co-develop humanoid models.
DeepMind teaches humanoids to move from feet to fingertips
Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 steers whole robot bodies from feet to fingertips.
Meta’s latest acquisition is a bet that humanoid robots are the key to AGI
Meta's acquisition of ARI marks a calculated double down on the philosophy that artificial general intelligence requires robots…
Wobbly Humanoid Robots Get Airport Trial, But Vague Videos Raise Doubts
Japan Airlines' humanoid robot trial at Haneda Airport looks more like a desperate PR stunt than a viable…