🤖 Humanoids Head Back To Gym
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We thought robots needed better bodies. Apparently they also needed schools, power plants, data centers, and career paths.
Humanoids Head Back To Gym
TL;DR: ROBOTIS launched the Open Humanoid GYM Project, giving university teams hands-on access to AI Sapiens K1 humanoids, DYNAMIXEL components, simulation tools, and engineer mentoring. The first cohort ran from July 21 to August 21, producing obstacle-running and full-body behaviors that students tested through a simulation-to-real workflow. Read more →
Warehouse Packing Finds Arms
TL;DR: CJ Logistics deployed two ROBOTIS AI Worker semi-humanoids on live Olive Young fulfillment lines in Yangji, South Korea. The wheeled dual-arm robots place crumpled paper cushioning into shipping boxes before humans finish packing, while line data feeds CJ’s Robot Foundation Model with RLWRLD and Aidin Robotics for broader warehouse tasks. Read more →
OpenAI Chooses The Body
TL;DR: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on the Sources podcast that the company will “definitely” build a humanoid robot, while also pursuing other robot forms for data centers and infrastructure. He framed the human body shape as useful because doors, computers, vehicles, kitchens, and tools were built around people. Read more →
Compute Becomes Robot Fuel
TL;DR: Figure AI signed a multi-year partnership with Nscale to deploy up to 100,000 NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUs, beginning in the second half of 2027 at Nscale’s Barstow, Texas facility. The initial compute commitment is $3.5 billion, with plans to scale beyond $6 billion for training Figure’s Helix robotics models. Read more →
France Bets On Factory Bodies
TL;DR: Wandercraft is reportedly seeking about €100 million at a €750 million pre-money valuation, with Goldman Sachs advising and Renault already serving as investor and customer. The Paris robotics company is moving from medical exoskeletons into Calvin industrial humanoids, with Renault planning roughly 350 robots across French and Spanish factories by 2027. Read more →
Jobsite AI Meets Steel
TL;DR: Caterpillar and FieldAI announced a collaboration to bring physical AI, robot autonomy, digital twins, and NVIDIA technologies into jobsites and factories. Early applications include autonomous inspections, real-time operational visibility, risk detection, and simulation-backed optimization, pairing Caterpillar’s industrial data with FieldAI’s robot-agnostic foundation models for complex construction, mining, and manufacturing environments. Read more →
Humanoids Learn Stage Presence
TL;DR: Realbotix launched a pilot with a leading European telecommunications company to test humanoid robots in live presentations, events, and audience-facing conversations. The program will explore roles such as product demos, corporate hosting, customer engagement, education, hospitality, retail assistance, reception, and guided visitor experiences beyond one-on-one social interaction. Read more →
Care Robots Go Soft
TL;DR: Mind With Heart Robotics is bringing its AnAn panda companion robot to Europe at IFA Berlin 2026, with distributor agreements in Germany and Belgium. The tactile, affective robot is aimed at companionship, elderly support, and institutional care, with overseas pricing between $1,000 and $1,500 and 100 units already produced. Read more →
Vacuums Grow An Arm
TL;DR: DJI launched the ROMO 2 robot vacuum and mop series, extending its drone-style spatial perception into home cleaning. The ROMO P2 and A2 add millimeter-level obstacle sensing, transparent-object avoidance, a LiDAR-guided 123-degree swing robotic arm, fast charging, quiet mopping, and Local Data Mode for privacy-controlled operation. Read more →
Cleaning Drones Plug In
TL;DR: Lucid Bots launched Power Tether, a ground-powered continuous-flight system for its Sherpa cleaning and spraying drone. The setup replaces most battery-swap interruptions with generator-fed power, installs in under 15 minutes, and kept a Sherpa airborne for eight hours and 48 seconds during a continuous-flight test at the company’s headquarters. Read more →
Hydrogen Drones Get A Home
TL;DR: Heven AeroTech opened a 56,000-square-foot production facility in Winchester, Virginia, establishing its first East Coast manufacturing site for hydrogen-powered unmanned aircraft systems. Built in 90 days, the plant will produce the Z1 drone and anchor a planned national network for defense, commercial, and humanitarian UAS production. Read more →
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