In this Humanoid Daily: the Tesla Gen 3 Optimus design leaks, humanoid robots are breaking into mainstream entertainment, and Japan is exploring military support roles for humanoids. Plus, 80% of humanoid robots are being designed for industrial use, while Saudi Arabia could deploy up to 10,000 robots over five years through a major new partnership.
Today in Humanoid Daily: Agility's Digit 5 kills the safety cage, military humanoids are no longer hypothetical, Unitree G1+ gets six big upgrades, Atlas heads to Europe, but the IPO doesn't, the number of the day is 1 humanoid every 10 minutes ... AND ALSO ... today we are launching HumanoidMegaHub out of beta!
Inside Agile Robots' bet that the factory — not the humanoid — is what you actually sell. And the humanoid is just one part of many components that altogether form the factory of the future.
Today in Humanoid Daily: Samsung races toward a humanoid robot, aiming to launch at CES 2027, China explores robots for war Agility Robotic’s finances go public, humanoids spread into real markets, there's a new robot that draws blood, and the number of the day is 26 million ... as in 26 million humanoids a year.
NVIDIA's physical AI business is already generating roughly $10 billion a year, more than the entire humanoid robot industry combined, with Jensen Huang pointing to a tenfold path over the next decade. A meaningful share of that comes from China, which built about 90% of the world's humanoids last year. But Beijing is racing to build a domestic stack ...