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- 🗓️ 2026-10-22 · ✍️ RoboterminalEka's Robot Picks 1,500 Things an Hour. Its Gripper Is Rated for About 139 Days of That.
- 🗓️ 2026-10-21 · ✍️ RoboterminalSchaeffler Will Buy Thousands of Humanoids From Its Actuator Customers. Its €400 Million Order Book Doesn't Count Those Deals.
- 🗓️ 2026-10-19 · ✍️ RoboterminalFifteen Humanoids Are Loading Car Parts at 98%. The Number That Decides Their Future Is 15 Seconds.
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What changed, and what is the evidence.
Oct 21, 2026 · Post · posted
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Google DeepMind tested Gemini 4 Argon by having it watch a human play cornhole and simulate the movements for Apptronik’s Apollo humanoid robot. Using MuJoCo simulations, Apollo successfully made seven consecutive shots in the real world.… |
Engineering teams face this exact friction when moving from software models to physical benches. Digital models propose designs fast. Physical reality and hardware constraints still set the pace. Grounding agents in automated lab robotics… |
In an internal test, Google DeepMind robotics researchers instructed Gemini 4 Argon to watch a video of a human playing cornhole. Using its video understanding and advanced reasoning capabilities, Gemini 4 built a virtual simulation in… |
Zero-shot task synthesis inside self-generated simulation shows how fast toolchains are evolving. The industrial hurdle remains closing the loop when physical mechanics and joint friction deviate from the generated model.… |
Insane! Frontier models are revolutionizing humanoid robot training. Gemini 4 Argon ... - watched 1 video of a human playing cornhole - built its own sim - practiced - got Apptronik’s Apollo to sink 7 straight And it's just the beginning… |
Google shipped Gemini 4 Argon into four surfaces on the same day: the Gemini app, AI Mode in Search, Antigravity (their agentic coding IDE), and the API through Google AI Studio. Not a staggered rollout where the chat model ships first and… |
A robot learned to play cornhole by watching a video then hit 7 throws in a row. 🎯🤖 Google DeepMind’s Gemini 4 Argon mapped the physics, built its own simulation, and taught an Apptronik Apollo humanoid how to perform the task. It is a… |
Gemini 4 Argon just did something concrete on a humanoid: it watched a human playing cornhole, mapped the environment, calculated whole-body joint trajectories, generated the simulation code, practiced in sim, then transferred to… |
Apollo is now welcome at any Midwestern barbecue https://t.co/t4t1oQ6sjz |
Large models really are changing a lot of the assumptions about how intelligence for robotics is going to work https://t.co/B4UtTXoK6C |
Gemini 4 Argon taught a robot to play cornhole just by watching a video. It mapped the physics, coded its own simulation, and taught @Apptronik's Apollo humanoid to sink 7 throws in a row. https://t.co/JIyoKnVc4q |
Humanoid = “Network of actuators” That’s a brilliant framing By @Apptronik @jeffcardn https://t.co/tEc4Utlwu1 |
Corporate in the physical AI world! 👔 I graded corporate bets in physical AI by one question... do they actually buy the robots? 💰 Everyone calls these investments strategic. I wanted to know how many have a public commercial link to the… |
Robotics Treasury Report Vol. 2 is now available. Current exposure spans 9 robotics companies, including @Apptronik, @1x_tech, @NEURARobotics, and @Figure_robot The report covers portfolio holdings, governance activity, treasury… |
Different bets. Same outcome. Figure. Apptronik. 1X. Agility. NEURA. Sanctuary. Humanoid robotics at scale. The thesis behind each one ↓ https://t.co/PtVRLhgtXI |
Humanoid shipments increased 432% year over year in H1 2026. China produced more than 95% of them. Figure, Apptronik, Agility and 1X are still building toward volume. This market is early, and the race is far from one dimensional. 2027… |
Humanoid robots are becoming significantly more powerful. Published data regarding load capacity reveals a wide range of specifications: • Galbot S1: maximum payload of 50 kg (combined across both arms) • Apptronik Apollo: maximum lifting… |
AGIBOT 9,700 humanoids shipped in H1 2026, according to Counterpoint Research. AGIBOT also announced that its 20,000th humanoid rolled off the production line on September 24. • Unitree: 7,000+ shipments in H1 2026, representing around 31%… |
Humanoid robots are already clocking up operating hours in real-world factory settings. Here are six examples: • CATL’s Galbot S1 handles material transport and order picking on battery module and pack production lines. It can carry up to… |
𝐀𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝. Humanoids will become that interface. Not because the human form is automatically the best machine for every… |
New humanoid entrant: Vesoma, out of stealth in Munich, Germany (plus a presence in Limassol, Cyprus). Their bet: while most humanoid players train on human demonstrations, Vesoma is building a self-improving physical agent that learns… |
IRON makes an entrance at XPENG’s first robotics supply-chain partner conference. Behind the demonstration is a manufacturing push: XPENG says it has signed supplier agreements and is scheduling production. It targets mass production by… |
America’s humanoid robot ambitions face a hardware bottleneck. Apptronik CEO Jeff Cardenas says actuators—the motors, gears and electronics that act as a robot’s muscles—can account for up to 60% of its parts cost. And the U.S. supply gap… |
Apollo catching up on the news, cover story included 👀 #IMTS2026 brought out the best of manufacturing, and Apollo made the front page. Incredible week meeting industry professionals and the next generation of them at the booth. Thanks,… |
Today, CEO Jeff Cardenas joined @SimonettiLauren on @FoxBusiness to discuss the need for a U.S. robotics supply chain - and ambitions to build it right here in Texas 🦾 https://t.co/N8oJ0SSZhX |
Humanoid robotics engineering salaries are getting serious in 2026. Some current US salary ranges: • Figure AI — Helix AI Engineer, Robot Learning $200K–$400K • Apptronik — Staff Software Engineer, Humanoid Controls $300K–$350K • Tesla… |
These might be some of the most human looking robots being built right now. The closer you look the impressive it gets. Skin texture blinking eye movement facial muscles lip movement and even tiny expressions are now being engineered into… |
Two humanoid robots, one household chore most people never think about. Apptronik’s Apollo 2 pulls the liner together and ties a trash bag using five-fingered hands. Google DeepMind tested this exact type of manipulation with Gemini… |
Are you at #IMTS in Chicago? If so, Apollo wants to meet you. Swing by the Google Cloud booth (236709) in the North Hall and say hi. #Apptronik #Robotics #HumanoidRobot https://t.co/qxz7fcXzsW |
Four North American humanoids: Apollo | Apptronik 🇺🇸 Atlas | Boston Dynamics 🇺🇸 Figure 03 | Figure 🇺🇸 Phoenix | Sanctuary AI 🇨🇦 Which one is your pick? https://t.co/b8JdkBXRkC |
The thing I keep coming back to in YC's RFS for Fall 2026: "AI is moving into the physical world." Not as a metaphor. As a literal investment thesis. They laid out 13 categories. Physical data collection. A physical world OS. AI for aging… |
WHICH HUMANOID ROBOT WILL WIN THE RACE? 🤖 You can choose only ONE. Forget the coolest design. Which robot has the best chance of becoming the leading mass-market humanoid? Consider: • Real-world capability • Reliability • Cost •… |
Agility Robotics' S-4 is public, and it's the first hard look at the numbers behind the $2.5B valuation. 2025 net sales: $1.78M. Net loss: $138.1M. Gross margin: -151%. Management concludes substantial doubt exists about the company's… |
Congratulations to our CEO and co-founder, Jeff Cardenas, for being named one of Austin Business Journal’s 2026 Power Players! 👏🦾 We believe Austin is the perfect place to build the future of humanoid robotics. Jeff’s vision has helped… |
Congratulations to our CEO and co-founder, Jeff Cardenas, for being named one of Austin Business Journal’s 2026 Power Players! 👏🦾 We believe Austin is the perfect place to build the future of humanoid robotics. Jeff’s vision has helped… |
Congratulations to our CEO and co-founder, Jeff Cardenas, for being named one of Austin Business Journal’s 2026 Power Players! 👏🦾 We believe Austin is the perfect place to build the future of humanoid robotics. Jeff’s vision has helped… |
- Global Robotics Industry Converges on Japan for Humanoids Summit Tokyo 2026 Share Leaders across robotics, physical AI, and automation gather in Tokyo this May Download media TOKYO--( BUSINESS WIRE)--Tokyo is emerging as a global center… |
Stats time! Humanoid robot startups raised $8.6B this year. Almost none of them ship robots. The company shipping 44% of the world's humanoids is worth a fraction of the one still running pilots. Here's the humanoid money board, valuation… |
9월 22일~23일 서울 COEX에서 '휴머노이드 서밋 2026' 개최 -주요 인사- • Apptronik — Jeff Cardenas CEO • 보스턴 다이나믹스 — Brendan Schulman VP • 유니트리 — Xiaoli Chen • 로보티즈 — 김병수 CEO • FieldAI — Ali Agha CEO • Persona AI — Nic Radford CEO • RLWRLD — 류정희 CEO • PSYONIC •… |
Post Log in Sign up Post VisiveAI on X: "One brain. For any robot. 🤖 We’re launching Gemini Robotics 2: our next-generation physical AI bringing full body intelligence... via @GoogleDeepMind \#AI \#LLM \#MachineLearning \#ChatGPT… |
Genesis Auction Wave 2! Launches June 24 Get DEUS homeDAO Portal How Figure Became the Biggest Name in Robotics Color theme: Four years, three generations of humanoids, a $39 billion valuation and now one of the largest physical AI data… |
@conorsen The startup scene here is going supernova after the latest Saronic and Apptronik rounds. It’s very different than last time - lot of deep tech, defense, hardware etc. It will be interesting to see how all that SpaceX ipo money… |
Forge Global Apptronik private-share page (Forge Price updated Aug 31, 2026): Forge Price $36.97, -$3.19 (-7.94%); Forge Price valuation $5B. Total funding listed $964.7M. Funding table: Series A-X1 02/11/2026 $441.21M at $36.97/share, $5B… |
AI is still so early, but so bullish. We're witnessing a huge unlock of economic value with the adoption of AI models like Claude, and more recently, agents like Grok Bot. This then filters down into the most bullish of bull points for AI.… |
$CCXI valuation is being disrespected right now and I see asymmetry in the trade. Humanoid valuations (Aug 2026): Tesla Optimus — no standalone; Tesla ~$1.38T Figure AI — $39B Unitree — public, ~$33–37B NEURA — ~$7B Apptronik — ~$5.5B 1X —… |
Post Log in Sign up Post VisiveAI on X: "Teamwork makes the dream work. To test multi-robot collaboration with Gemini Robotics 2, we challenged our Apollo and Duo robo... via @GoogleDeepMind \#AI \#LLM \#MachineLearning \#ChatGPT… |
La industria del automóvil tiene que reinventarse y los humanoides son una gran oportunidad Opción 1: crea tu propio robot Tesla → Optimus XPENG → IRON BYD → Xiao Di CHERY → Mornine Rivian → Mind Opción 2: invierte en empresas de robots… |
Post Log in Sign up Post VisiveAI on X: "Welcome to Robot Park, where we’re building the future with Apollo 2. Robot Park is where Apollo learns today, getting the expe... via @Apptronik \#AI \#Robotics \#HumanoidRobots \#PhysicalAI… |
Post Log in Sign up Post METAL LAB on X: "Google DeepMind posted a video of humanoid Apollo, running Gemini Robotics 2, on Aug 7. Apollo said tying a trash bag was harder than a full-body balance routine. It also worked with robot Duo to… |
Luke Lango / InvestorPlace (dated Aug 2026; Firecrawl news dated it ~1 day before Aug 31): Cites JPMorgan: humanoid operating cost ~$10-$12/hour vs ~$30 human factory labor; currently ~2 humanoids to match one human; capable humanoid… |
THE END OF THE ERA OF CHEAP LABOR: Humanoids have taken over the sewing shop Did you think AI would only take jobs from copywriters and coders? Look at these shots: while experts debate AGI, entire rows of humanoid robots are already… |
Post Log in Sign up Post Retail Volts on X: "@Apptronik , the Austin based team behind the Apollo humanoid and backed by @MercedesBenz is one of the best-funded players in this race. \#HumanoidRobotics \#Robotics \#AI \#Innovation… |
Post Log in Sign up Post Everlast Robotics on X: "GEMINI ROBOTICS 2: Der Humanoide Apollo 2 sitzt selbst im Interview und erzählt, wie es ist, auf Google DeepMinds neuem Robotik-Modell zu laufen. Nicht die Entwickler reden über die… |
Error 401 (Bad Request)!!1 401. That’s an error. The server cannot process the request because it is malformed. It should not be retried. That’s all we know. Back Skip navigation Search Search with your voice Sign in Gemini Robotics 2… |
Skip to content Image Credits: Zhang Haofu/Xinhua / Getty Images Robotics Share on FacebookShare on XShare on LinkedInShare on RedditShare over EmailCopy Share Link Chinese automakers are following Tesla’s bet that robots are the next big… |
Categories: Premium Subscription Updates / General Market Commentary Topics: Digital Dispatch / General Market Commentary- BW The Humanoid Race Is Moving From Lab to Factory Shares Share Post Share Email While American investors remain… |
READ00% The Apollo that Apptronik showed the world at the end of June has two legs, a torso, a head and the general proportions of a five-foot-eight adult. The Apollo its paying customers keep asking for has a wheeled base instead.… |
I’ve said before that I think Google & DeepMind are playing a longer game with models. This is still a firm stance. Because a lot of the time, i think people look at Google’s model strategy too narrowly; Every Gemini release immediately… |
Aug 20, 2026 10 MIN READ Shareholder Letter — August 2026 Andrew Kang To the shareholders of RoboStrategy, Inc. To the shareholders of RoboStrategy, Inc. It’s been a bit over 3 months since RoboStrategy went public on May 11. Between April… |
Post Log in Sign up Post - Theo Gage @realtheogg 3 Billion Humanoid Robots Could Exist. The Question Nobody Is Asking Is Where They’ll Live. Bank of America thinks the world will have 3 billion humanoid robots by 2060 Read that again. Not… |