Pollen Robotics4NVIDIA3World Labs3Hugging Face23D reconstruction1Atlas1Atlas model for spatial intelligence.1continuous locomotion demo1Figure1ladder climb1lightberry1LimX Dynamics1manipulation tasks1Microduck1Microduck price1Microduck specifications1Noble Machines1price of Microduck1sales for Microduck1seed studio1TRON 21ZiNovaLabs1
Who captures
World Labs3NVIDIA2Hugging Face2Pollen Robotics2https://x.com/Chrisjjosephs1ZiNovaLabs1@drfeifei1Figure1@techniahqrobot1lightberry1https://x.com/HarryMellsop1youtube.com1
Sourced numbers
3D reconstruction25.3 units“Atlas claims mean AbsRel error of 25.3, better than specialist tools built for that task.”@stretchcloud on X
manipulation tasks120 units“across 120 language-conditioned manipulation tasks”@NVIDIARobotics on X
ladder climb15 units“the company's humanoid climbing 15 feet up a ladder and 15 feet back down with no human input”@IntEngineering on X
continuous locomotion demo1.5 units“SOLO completed a continuous 1.5 km outdoor route using one chest mounted depth camera and proprioception crossing stairs, slopes, grass and uneven ground.”@techniahqrobot on X
Microduck price$399“Hugging Face's Pollen Robotics just opened pre-orders for Microduck, a $399 biped.”@TheHumanoidHub on X
Microduck specifications15 units“15 motors, a camera, a small LiDAR, two IMUs, and an articulated beak that picks things up.”@TheHumanoidHub on X
Something shifted with the World Labs Atlas announcement. We've had image generators, video generators, and 3D tools for years. Atlas does all three from a single model with the same spatial understanding. The technical description: a multimodal autoregressive diffusion transformer, pre-trained from scratch on image, video, 3D, and camera movement jointly. Not a video model with 3D features bolted on. One model, one spatial representation. What it can do: pixel-perfect camera control on generated frames up to 1440p. Video up to 60 seconds. Input a scene or image, move the camera in any…
2:33 PM ET
https://x.com/Chrisjjosephs
2:33 PM EThttps://x.com/Chrisjjosephs
Chris Josephs on X: "We're hiring again for our growth team at @joinautopilot
> Full time UGC creator
> Experience behind the camera on socials
> NYC based
> Competitive pay + equity
> Put 'Autopilot' in bio & others will instantly try to poach you
Some stats on the team you'd join
> 3.4M X fol… / X
Post Log in Sign up Post Chris Josephs on X: "We're hiring again for our growth team at @joinautopilot \> Full time UGC creator \> Experience behind the camera on socials \> NYC based \> Competitive pay + equity \> Put 'Autopilot' in bio & others will instantly try to poach you Some stats on the team you'd join \> 3.4M X followers \> 2M IG followers \> 500K tiktok followers \> Push 75M impressions/month \> $34M ARR \> one of fastest growing RIA's in America DM me or send to a friend!" - Chris Josephs @Chrisjjosephs We're hiring again for our growth team at @joinautopilot \> Full time UGC…
12:00 PM ET
NVIDIA
$NVDA
12:00 PM ETNVIDIA
@NVIDIARobotics on X
🤖 A robot policy can be compact enough to run onboard and fast enough to keep the arm moving continuously. Post-trained NVIDIA Cosmos 3 Edge on NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor T5000 generates roughly 2.13 seconds of robot motion in about 1.53 seconds, then replans from fresh camera and robot-state observations. Developers can test the same policy in closed-loop RoboLab simulation across 120 language-conditioned manipulation tasks before evaluating on hardware.
10:31 PM ET
ZIZiNovaLabs
10:31 PM ETZIZiNovaLabs
LimX Dynamics on X: "Together with ZINOVA's Tool Intelligence, TRON 2 takes on increasingly complex construction workflows.
@ZiNovaLabs builds on TRON 2 to explore an innovative robotic configuration for construction, demonstrating key tasks in a scaled-down tilt-up construction workflow, includi… / X
Post Log in Sign up Post LimX Dynamics on X: "Together with ZINOVA's Tool Intelligence, TRON 2 takes on increasingly complex construction workflows. @ZiNovaLabs builds on TRON 2 to explore an innovative robotic configuration for construction, demonstrating key tasks in a scaled-down tilt-up construction workflow, including formwork assembly, multi-layer rebar placement and tying. TRON 2 serves as a modular and extensible embodied robotic platform for multi-tool, multi-step tasks across large workspaces. Its dual arms handle construction tools and materials across different orientations and…
7:00 PM ET
NVIDIA
$NVDA
7:00 PM ETNVIDIA
From Robot Development to Deployment with Isaac GR00T & Jetson Thor - YouTube
From Robot Development to Deployment with Isaac GR00T & Jetson Thor Visibility: Public Uploaded by: NVIDIA Omniverse Uploaded at: 2026-08-27 Published at: 2026-08-26 Length: 1:17:39 Views: 12267 Likes: 131 Category: Science & Technology Description Transcript [music] We're coming in hot. [laughter] This live stream is off the hook. You guys are really going to love this one. As you can see, right next to me, we've got a nice little stage uh camera set up with a nice little uh little robot setup. We're going to go into that a little bit later, but I'm so happy for you to join us. Welcome to…
6:07 PM ET
@drfeifei
6:07 PM ET@drfeifei
@drfeifei on X
@DrJimFan @theworldlabs Indeed Jim, a camera conditioned world model with spatial context has so much horizontal usage including real2sim for robotics!
1:28 PM ET
WLworld-labs
1:28 PM ETWLworld-labs
World Labs on X: "All of this is powered by one unified architecture: a multimodal autoregressive diffusion transformer, pretrained from scratch.
This foundation blends the best of modern LLMs and video models, benefiting from the architectural, algorithmic, and systems advances from both areas." / X
Post Log in Sign up Post World Labs on X: "All of this is powered by one unified architecture: a multimodal autoregressive diffusion transformer, pretrained from scratch. This foundation blends the best of modern LLMs and video models, benefiting from the architectural, algorithmic, and systems advances from both areas." - World Labs @theworldlabs 12h Introducing Atlas: The world's first multimodal world model that generates image and video frames with pixel-perfect camera control and reconstructs them in 3D. Model the world, move the camera, and simulate space & time. 00:00 View media 330…
1:28 PM ET
WLworld-labs
1:28 PM ETWLworld-labs
Atlas: A World Model for Spatial Intelligence | World Labs
September 1, 2026Introducing Atlas, our new omni world model for spatial intelligence. Atlas: A World Model for Spatial Intelligence World models generate, reconstruct, and simulate any possible world. They understand how worlds appear, behave, and evolve so that we can render imagined worlds for creative users, simulate the real world in high fidelity, and help robots plan actions. At World Labs, we build these general purpose world models in pursuit of spatial intelligence. Today we are introducing Atlas, our next-generation world model. Atlas is an omni model that we pretrained from…
3:01 PM ET
Figure
3:01 PM ETFigure
@IntEngineering on X
Figure founder Brett Adcock has posted video of the company's humanoid climbing 15 feet up a ladder and 15 feet back down with no human input, three weeks after its first autonomous ladder climb. Figure credits its Helix AI system, whose System 0 layer runs balance and contact control a thousand times a second using stereo camera vision alongside the robot's own sense of body position. Figure has not released the technical details and the demonstration has not been independently verified.
3:24 AM ET
@techniahqrobot
3:24 AM ET@techniahqrobot
@techniahqrobot on X
This might be one of the strongest humanoid locomotion demos yet. SOLO completed a continuous 1.5 km outdoor route using one chest mounted depth camera and proprioception crossing stairs, slopes, grass and uneven ground. No external localization or mapping. The same locomotion tech was used on Tiangong Omni at the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games. @Xhumanoid_BJ #HumanoidRobot #Robotics #EmbodiedAI #Tiangong
12:39 PM ET
Hugging Face
12:39 PM ETHugging Face
@TheHumanoidHub on X
Home robots are coming. The first ones in will be the small ones that are safe around kids and pets. Hugging Face's Pollen Robotics just opened pre-orders for Microduck, a $399 biped. 25cm, under 800g, 15 motors, a camera, a small LiDAR, two IMUs, and an articulated beak that picks things up. Ships with 7 pre-trained behaviors including walking, kicking, and roller skating. Open on GitHub under Apache-2.0: the SDK, the simulator, and the RL training pipeline. So you can teach it new tricks.
12:39 PM ET
Hugging Face
12:39 PM ETHugging Face
The Humanoid Hub on X: "Home robots are coming. The first ones in will be the small ones that are safe around kids and pets.
Hugging Face's Pollen Robotics just opened pre-orders for Microduck, a $399 biped.
25cm, under 800g, 15 motors, a camera, a small LiDAR, two IMUs, and an articulated beak t… / X
Post Log in Sign up Post The Humanoid Hub on X: "Home robots are coming. The first ones in will be the small ones that are safe around kids and pets. Hugging Face's Pollen Robotics just opened pre-orders for Microduck, a $399 biped. 25cm, under 800g, 15 motors, a camera, a small LiDAR, two IMUs, and an articulated beak that picks things up. Ships with 7 pre-trained behaviors including walking, kicking, and roller skating. Open on GitHub under Apache-2.0: the SDK, the simulator, and the RL training pipeline. So you can teach it new tricks." - The Humanoid Hub @TheHumanoidHub Home robots are…
6:31 AM ET
PRPollen Robotics
6:31 AM ETPRPollen Robotics
Microduck - A tiny biped robot you can teach new tricks | Pollen Robotics
AV-1 MicroduckMade to move · Ready to learn A 25 cm open-source biped you train yourself with reinforcement learning. Playable out of the box. Pre-order for $399 Pre-orders open August 27, 2026★$399 before taxes and shipping★Open source★Pre-orders open August 27, 2026★$399 before taxes and shipping★Open source★Pre-orders open August 27, 2026★$399 before taxes and shipping★Open source★Pre-orders open August 27, 2026★$399 before taxes and shipping★Open source★Pre-orders open August 27, 2026★$399 before taxes and shipping★Open source★Pre-orders open August 27, 2026★$399 before taxes and…
6:31 AM ET
PRpollen robotics
6:31 AM ETPRpollen robotics
Thomas Wolf on X: "We have a huge news to share today!
Today we are unveiling the first truly accessible RL robot - welcome Microduck
A 25 cm tiny open-source biped with 15 actuators and packed with sensors (camera, speaker, LiDAR, NFC, bluetooth, wifi, etc) that you train yourself with reinforce… / X
Post Log in Sign up Post Thomas Wolf on X: "We have a huge news to share today! Today we are unveiling the first truly accessible RL robot - welcome Microduck A 25 cm tiny open-source biped with 15 actuators and packed with sensors (camera, speaker, LiDAR, NFC, bluetooth, wifi, etc) that you train yourself with reinforcement learning. It's also playable out of the box with more than half a dozen fun and playful pre-trained policies to have it walk, sit, crouch, roller-skate, pick up objects with its articulated beak, and recover on its own. And all for less than $400. See all the details,…
3:42 PM ET
LIlightberry
3:42 PM ETLIlightberry
Robert Scoble on X: "This San Francisco robot can “see” you even if you are standing behind it thanks to a new array microphone that @lightberry and built.
As soon as you open your mouth that is.
It can recognize you speaking to it. And can track a variety of people standing around the robot.
Li… / X
Post Log in Sign up Post Robert Scoble on X: "This San Francisco robot can “see” you even if you are standing behind it thanks to a new array microphone that @lightberry and built. As soon as you open your mouth that is. It can recognize you speaking to it. And can track a variety of people standing around the robot. Like if one was in your kitchen sitting a dinner party. They did that to serve its real goal, to have its robot have the most interesting personalities. @aliattar and team introduced me to Lumi. You can order now for $40,000: https://t.co/M1MBgFJBli Why so expensive? We cover…
11:26 PM ET
https://x.com/HarryMellsop
11:26 PM EThttps://x.com/HarryMellsop
Harry Mellsop on X: "lights, camera, action [& robotics] 🧑🍳" / X
Post Log in Sign up Post Harry Mellsop on X: "lights, camera, action \[& robotics\] 🧑🍳" - Harry Mellsop @HarryMellsop lights, camera, action \[& robotics\] 🧑🍳 View media 11:26 PM · Aug 25, 2026235Views Reply 3 9 Scan to get the app
Pollen Robotics4NVIDIA3World Labs3Hugging Face23D reconstruction1Atlas1Atlas model for spatial intelligence.1continuous locomotion demo1Figure1ladder climb1lightberry1LimX Dynamics1manipulation tasks1Microduck1Microduck price1Microduck specifications1Noble Machines1price of Microduck1sales for Microduck1seed studio1TRON 21ZiNovaLabs1
Who captures
World Labs3NVIDIA2Hugging Face2Pollen Robotics2https://x.com/Chrisjjosephs1ZiNovaLabs1@drfeifei1Figure1@techniahqrobot1lightberry1https://x.com/HarryMellsop1youtube.com1
Sourced numbers
3D reconstruction25.3 units“Atlas claims mean AbsRel error of 25.3, better than specialist tools built for that task.”@stretchcloud on X
manipulation tasks120 units“across 120 language-conditioned manipulation tasks”@NVIDIARobotics on X
ladder climb15 units“the company's humanoid climbing 15 feet up a ladder and 15 feet back down with no human input”@IntEngineering on X
continuous locomotion demo1.5 units“SOLO completed a continuous 1.5 km outdoor route using one chest mounted depth camera and proprioception crossing stairs, slopes, grass and uneven ground.”@techniahqrobot on X
Microduck price$399“Hugging Face's Pollen Robotics just opened pre-orders for Microduck, a $399 biped.”@TheHumanoidHub on X
Microduck specifications15 units“15 motors, a camera, a small LiDAR, two IMUs, and an articulated beak that picks things up.”@TheHumanoidHub on X
Something shifted with the World Labs Atlas announcement. We've had image generators, video generators, and 3D tools for years. Atlas does all three from a single model with the same spatial understanding. The technical description: a multimodal autoregressive diffusion transformer, pre-trained from scratch on image, video, 3D, and camera movement jointly. Not a video model with 3D features bolted on. One model, one spatial representation. What it can do: pixel-perfect camera control on generated frames up to 1440p. Video up to 60 seconds. Input a scene or image, move the camera in any…
2:33 PM ET
https://x.com/Chrisjjosephs
2:33 PM EThttps://x.com/Chrisjjosephs
Chris Josephs on X: "We're hiring again for our growth team at @joinautopilot
> Full time UGC creator
> Experience behind the camera on socials
> NYC based
> Competitive pay + equity
> Put 'Autopilot' in bio & others will instantly try to poach you
Some stats on the team you'd join
> 3.4M X fol… / X
Post Log in Sign up Post Chris Josephs on X: "We're hiring again for our growth team at @joinautopilot \> Full time UGC creator \> Experience behind the camera on socials \> NYC based \> Competitive pay + equity \> Put 'Autopilot' in bio & others will instantly try to poach you Some stats on the team you'd join \> 3.4M X followers \> 2M IG followers \> 500K tiktok followers \> Push 75M impressions/month \> $34M ARR \> one of fastest growing RIA's in America DM me or send to a friend!" - Chris Josephs @Chrisjjosephs We're hiring again for our growth team at @joinautopilot \> Full time UGC…
12:00 PM ET
NVIDIA
$NVDA
12:00 PM ETNVIDIA
@NVIDIARobotics on X
🤖 A robot policy can be compact enough to run onboard and fast enough to keep the arm moving continuously. Post-trained NVIDIA Cosmos 3 Edge on NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor T5000 generates roughly 2.13 seconds of robot motion in about 1.53 seconds, then replans from fresh camera and robot-state observations. Developers can test the same policy in closed-loop RoboLab simulation across 120 language-conditioned manipulation tasks before evaluating on hardware.
10:31 PM ET
ZIZiNovaLabs
10:31 PM ETZIZiNovaLabs
LimX Dynamics on X: "Together with ZINOVA's Tool Intelligence, TRON 2 takes on increasingly complex construction workflows.
@ZiNovaLabs builds on TRON 2 to explore an innovative robotic configuration for construction, demonstrating key tasks in a scaled-down tilt-up construction workflow, includi… / X
Post Log in Sign up Post LimX Dynamics on X: "Together with ZINOVA's Tool Intelligence, TRON 2 takes on increasingly complex construction workflows. @ZiNovaLabs builds on TRON 2 to explore an innovative robotic configuration for construction, demonstrating key tasks in a scaled-down tilt-up construction workflow, including formwork assembly, multi-layer rebar placement and tying. TRON 2 serves as a modular and extensible embodied robotic platform for multi-tool, multi-step tasks across large workspaces. Its dual arms handle construction tools and materials across different orientations and…
7:00 PM ET
NVIDIA
$NVDA
7:00 PM ETNVIDIA
From Robot Development to Deployment with Isaac GR00T & Jetson Thor - YouTube
From Robot Development to Deployment with Isaac GR00T & Jetson Thor Visibility: Public Uploaded by: NVIDIA Omniverse Uploaded at: 2026-08-27 Published at: 2026-08-26 Length: 1:17:39 Views: 12267 Likes: 131 Category: Science & Technology Description Transcript [music] We're coming in hot. [laughter] This live stream is off the hook. You guys are really going to love this one. As you can see, right next to me, we've got a nice little stage uh camera set up with a nice little uh little robot setup. We're going to go into that a little bit later, but I'm so happy for you to join us. Welcome to…
6:07 PM ET
@drfeifei
6:07 PM ET@drfeifei
@drfeifei on X
@DrJimFan @theworldlabs Indeed Jim, a camera conditioned world model with spatial context has so much horizontal usage including real2sim for robotics!
1:28 PM ET
WLworld-labs
1:28 PM ETWLworld-labs
World Labs on X: "All of this is powered by one unified architecture: a multimodal autoregressive diffusion transformer, pretrained from scratch.
This foundation blends the best of modern LLMs and video models, benefiting from the architectural, algorithmic, and systems advances from both areas." / X
Post Log in Sign up Post World Labs on X: "All of this is powered by one unified architecture: a multimodal autoregressive diffusion transformer, pretrained from scratch. This foundation blends the best of modern LLMs and video models, benefiting from the architectural, algorithmic, and systems advances from both areas." - World Labs @theworldlabs 12h Introducing Atlas: The world's first multimodal world model that generates image and video frames with pixel-perfect camera control and reconstructs them in 3D. Model the world, move the camera, and simulate space & time. 00:00 View media 330…
1:28 PM ET
WLworld-labs
1:28 PM ETWLworld-labs
Atlas: A World Model for Spatial Intelligence | World Labs
September 1, 2026Introducing Atlas, our new omni world model for spatial intelligence. Atlas: A World Model for Spatial Intelligence World models generate, reconstruct, and simulate any possible world. They understand how worlds appear, behave, and evolve so that we can render imagined worlds for creative users, simulate the real world in high fidelity, and help robots plan actions. At World Labs, we build these general purpose world models in pursuit of spatial intelligence. Today we are introducing Atlas, our next-generation world model. Atlas is an omni model that we pretrained from…
3:01 PM ET
Figure
3:01 PM ETFigure
@IntEngineering on X
Figure founder Brett Adcock has posted video of the company's humanoid climbing 15 feet up a ladder and 15 feet back down with no human input, three weeks after its first autonomous ladder climb. Figure credits its Helix AI system, whose System 0 layer runs balance and contact control a thousand times a second using stereo camera vision alongside the robot's own sense of body position. Figure has not released the technical details and the demonstration has not been independently verified.
3:24 AM ET
@techniahqrobot
3:24 AM ET@techniahqrobot
@techniahqrobot on X
This might be one of the strongest humanoid locomotion demos yet. SOLO completed a continuous 1.5 km outdoor route using one chest mounted depth camera and proprioception crossing stairs, slopes, grass and uneven ground. No external localization or mapping. The same locomotion tech was used on Tiangong Omni at the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games. @Xhumanoid_BJ #HumanoidRobot #Robotics #EmbodiedAI #Tiangong
12:39 PM ET
Hugging Face
12:39 PM ETHugging Face
@TheHumanoidHub on X
Home robots are coming. The first ones in will be the small ones that are safe around kids and pets. Hugging Face's Pollen Robotics just opened pre-orders for Microduck, a $399 biped. 25cm, under 800g, 15 motors, a camera, a small LiDAR, two IMUs, and an articulated beak that picks things up. Ships with 7 pre-trained behaviors including walking, kicking, and roller skating. Open on GitHub under Apache-2.0: the SDK, the simulator, and the RL training pipeline. So you can teach it new tricks.
12:39 PM ET
Hugging Face
12:39 PM ETHugging Face
The Humanoid Hub on X: "Home robots are coming. The first ones in will be the small ones that are safe around kids and pets.
Hugging Face's Pollen Robotics just opened pre-orders for Microduck, a $399 biped.
25cm, under 800g, 15 motors, a camera, a small LiDAR, two IMUs, and an articulated beak t… / X
Post Log in Sign up Post The Humanoid Hub on X: "Home robots are coming. The first ones in will be the small ones that are safe around kids and pets. Hugging Face's Pollen Robotics just opened pre-orders for Microduck, a $399 biped. 25cm, under 800g, 15 motors, a camera, a small LiDAR, two IMUs, and an articulated beak that picks things up. Ships with 7 pre-trained behaviors including walking, kicking, and roller skating. Open on GitHub under Apache-2.0: the SDK, the simulator, and the RL training pipeline. So you can teach it new tricks." - The Humanoid Hub @TheHumanoidHub Home robots are…
6:31 AM ET
PRPollen Robotics
6:31 AM ETPRPollen Robotics
Microduck - A tiny biped robot you can teach new tricks | Pollen Robotics
AV-1 MicroduckMade to move · Ready to learn A 25 cm open-source biped you train yourself with reinforcement learning. Playable out of the box. Pre-order for $399 Pre-orders open August 27, 2026★$399 before taxes and shipping★Open source★Pre-orders open August 27, 2026★$399 before taxes and shipping★Open source★Pre-orders open August 27, 2026★$399 before taxes and shipping★Open source★Pre-orders open August 27, 2026★$399 before taxes and shipping★Open source★Pre-orders open August 27, 2026★$399 before taxes and shipping★Open source★Pre-orders open August 27, 2026★$399 before taxes and…
6:31 AM ET
PRpollen robotics
6:31 AM ETPRpollen robotics
Thomas Wolf on X: "We have a huge news to share today!
Today we are unveiling the first truly accessible RL robot - welcome Microduck
A 25 cm tiny open-source biped with 15 actuators and packed with sensors (camera, speaker, LiDAR, NFC, bluetooth, wifi, etc) that you train yourself with reinforce… / X
Post Log in Sign up Post Thomas Wolf on X: "We have a huge news to share today! Today we are unveiling the first truly accessible RL robot - welcome Microduck A 25 cm tiny open-source biped with 15 actuators and packed with sensors (camera, speaker, LiDAR, NFC, bluetooth, wifi, etc) that you train yourself with reinforcement learning. It's also playable out of the box with more than half a dozen fun and playful pre-trained policies to have it walk, sit, crouch, roller-skate, pick up objects with its articulated beak, and recover on its own. And all for less than $400. See all the details,…
3:42 PM ET
LIlightberry
3:42 PM ETLIlightberry
Robert Scoble on X: "This San Francisco robot can “see” you even if you are standing behind it thanks to a new array microphone that @lightberry and built.
As soon as you open your mouth that is.
It can recognize you speaking to it. And can track a variety of people standing around the robot.
Li… / X
Post Log in Sign up Post Robert Scoble on X: "This San Francisco robot can “see” you even if you are standing behind it thanks to a new array microphone that @lightberry and built. As soon as you open your mouth that is. It can recognize you speaking to it. And can track a variety of people standing around the robot. Like if one was in your kitchen sitting a dinner party. They did that to serve its real goal, to have its robot have the most interesting personalities. @aliattar and team introduced me to Lumi. You can order now for $40,000: https://t.co/M1MBgFJBli Why so expensive? We cover…
11:26 PM ET
https://x.com/HarryMellsop
11:26 PM EThttps://x.com/HarryMellsop
Harry Mellsop on X: "lights, camera, action [& robotics] 🧑🍳" / X
Post Log in Sign up Post Harry Mellsop on X: "lights, camera, action \[& robotics\] 🧑🍳" - Harry Mellsop @HarryMellsop lights, camera, action \[& robotics\] 🧑🍳 View media 11:26 PM · Aug 25, 2026235Views Reply 3 9 Scan to get the app