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What if AI could imagine and plan a complex design before building it? Skyfall AI, founded by deep learning pioneers behind Maluuba, is introducing SKY-001, the first engineering world model designed to turn text prompts or 2D sketches…

A humanoid butler you can control remotely from 9,000 KM away. Munich-based robotics company Devanthro has rebranded as Plim Robotics and introduced Plim, a wheeled humanoid designed for home care. Plim takes a hybrid approach: AI handles…

A big problem with VR is lack of content and things to do/experience. VCs/investors don’t like investing in content businesses. Especially when the user base is small. I heard the same at the @TheHumanoidHub conference yesterday.…

I listened to @radbackwards give a talk about @1x_tech’s design, then hung out with him in the lobby while he held court with a variety of people. The more I hear him the more excited I get about humanoid robots’ future. But the real…

Humanoid robots can walk, lift boxes and impress us in videos. But how close are they to doing many different jobs without constant human help? We ranked 14 robot and AI model pairings using public evidence. Figure leads the leaderboard,…

Expert Takeaways: Inference > GPU Rental Rates Up ~20%: Driven by HBM supply constraints. Neo-cloud providers are passing hardware cost increases straight to tenants via shorter 1–3 year contracts rather than taking margin cuts. > HBM4…

Continuing in making clothes for a humanoid. The list is yarn, texture, heat, and the peel force of fabric wrapped onto the shell. Every item on it is an automotive interior requirement. I ran robot processes in auto years ago to build…

The prices of humanoid robots vary widely. This comparison illustrates the price range in 2026, spanning from budget-friendly entry-level platforms to much more advanced, full-sized systems. From lowest to highest price: Noetix BUMI:…

Starts at $18K…🤯 Astribot T1 just appeared at IROS 2026 and officially went on sale. They also brought their full robotics stack, including the in-house Lumo-2 model. T1 is built for precise manipulation: a cable-driven body, 23 DoF…

I share posts I like from the AI community and add my evening’s thoughts on. I don’t care if a dude is teleoperating my @1x_tech Neo robot if it, er he, is entertaining my friends and making them drinks in our kitchen. Can he make great…

1X’s goal is to ship 50,000 NEO humanoid robots in 2027, according to CEO Bernt Børnich in an interview with Ti Morse on the Relentless podcast, posted on September 18, 2026. Børnich said the hardest part is not making 50,000 robots, but…

Sit tight on that NEO pre-order https://t.co/pJ995kX9k2

Biggest takeaways from 1X CEO Bernt Børnich's interview with Relentless - They're targeting 50,000 robots shipped in 2027. - 1X's Hayward factory is built for ~10,000 units/year and will be fully ramped by the end of 2026, though they…

These hands might be some of the most human-like robot hands I’ve seen. First is Xynova Flex 2. It has 23 DoF and weighs around 400 g. Xynova uses a hybrid tendon and direct-drive system, with position repeatability rated at ±0.1 mm. The…

Dexterous hands, different approaches: ✸ 1X NEO | quasi-direct tendon drive ✸ Sharpa Wave | proprietary actuators ✸ Linker L30 | tendon-driven ✸ Shadow Hand | tendon-driven https://t.co/VWqujXv98V

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 •…

World Labs co-founder Justin Johnson says Atlas can recreate the famous "Bullet Time" shot from The Matrix with iPhones: "The way they did that shot is they had a ring of hundreds of cameras. [Neo] fell over in the studio, they had…

The humanoid hand debate is focused on the wrong bottleneck. The usual argument is about where to put the motor. Tendon-driven hands keep the actuators upstream and pull the fingers with cables. Tesla's Optimus ($TSLA) and 1X's NEO broadly…

الصناعة في مجال الروبوتات الشبيهة بالإنسان (Humanoid Robots) منقسمة حاليًا بين طريقتين لتصميم اليد: 1. اليد المدفوعة بالأوتار (Tendon-driven) الموتورات تكون في الساعد، والكابلات (مثل الأوتار في جسم الإنسان) تسحب الأصابع. المميزات: •الأصابع…

ICYMI SoftBank in Talks to Buy Majority Stake in Humanoid Maker 1X at $6 Billion Valuation In October, 1X began taking $20,000 pre-orders for its svelte robot, Neo, for delivery in 2026. It received over 10,000 orders within the first…

Startup Fortune (Aug 31, 2026, 9:06 AM ET): Recap of The Information Aug 27 report that SoftBank is in talks for a majority stake in OpenAI-backed 1X Technologies at about a $6 billion valuation. Piece says 1X tried last fall to raise $1…

🚨 WHEN ENGINEERS ARE ALLOWED TO COOK - THIS ROBOT HAND HAS 22 DEGREES OF FREEDOM 1X's NEO humanoid hand, tendons moving like human muscles, picking up everything from eggs to tools 🤖✋ What most don't know: NEO hand = 22 motors, force…

Post Log in Sign up Post Digita on X: "SoftBank wants to buy a majority stake in a robot that has never shipped to a single customer, and it's willing to value the company at $6 billion to do it. The target is 1X Technologies, a Norwegian…

🚨BREAKING NEWS SoftBank is reportedly in talks to acquire a majority stake in @1x_tech at a $6B valuation. If the deal happens, it would be another major signal that serious capital is moving deeper into humanoid robotics. 1X already has…

10,000 humanoid robots sold out in 5 days generating $200,000,000+ in pre-orders overnight OpenAI backed 1X Technologies just proved consumer demand for home bots is officially reaching mass hysteria with NEO: • Price: $20,000 flat (or…

Post Log in Sign up Post The Rundown AI on X: "Top stories in robotics today: \- Cyborg roaches become first responders \- SoftBank may add NEO to its robot stack \- Amazon builds robot-run delivery station \- Why Generalist is suddenly…

🚨 BREAKING: @SoftBank is in talks to buy a majority stake in @OpenAI-backed humanoid robot startup 1X at a $6 BILLION valuation. 🤖💰 @1x_tech is building NEO, a humanoid designed to live in your home, fold laundry, make coffee, vacuum,…

Starting to think this is actually bullish for $CCXI 🤖 @agilityrobotics as they are way further ahead in commercialization and just $2.5 billion pre-money valuation *SOFTBANK IN TALKS TO ACQUIRE MAJORITY STAKE IN HUMANOID ROBOT MAKER 1X…

Post Log in Sign up Post Ismail \| SinyalKatmanı \| on X: "SoftBank, humanoid robot üreticisi 1X’te çoğunluk hissesi için $6B değerleme üzerinden görüşüyor. NEO için 10K' dan fazla sipariş var. Son, OpenAI ve AI infra sonrası fiziksel AI’a…

$CCXI SoftBank paying $6B for control of 1X is a category green light. Masa is buying physical AI. That lifts every credible humanoid name. 1X is the home bet: $20k NEO, 10k pre-orders. Home is the hardest environment. SoftBank still wants…

SOFTBANK IN TALKS TO BUY MAJORITY STAKE IN 1X AT ~$6B VALUATION SoftBank is in talks to acquire a majority stake in OpenAI-backed humanoid robot maker 1X, per The Information. 1X previously tried to raise $1B at a $10B valuation but raised…

*SOFTBANK IN TALKS TO ACQUIRE MAJORITY STAKE IN HUMANOID ROBOT MAKER 1X AT $6B: THE INFORMATION *OPENAI SCRAPPED PREVIOUS PLANS TO ACQUIRE HUMANOID ROBOT STARTUP 1X *1X ROBOTICS FACES DOWN-VALUATION TO $6B AFTER UNSUCCESSFUL $10B FUNDRAISE…

Post Log in Sign up Post May on X: "I calculated BMI for 11 humanoid robots. The results are counterintuitive: Leanest: 1X NEO (BMI 10.7, 30kg) Heaviest: Atlas (90kg, built for industrial work) Only "overweight" one: Fourier GR-3 (BMI…