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Forget Laundry. This VC Wants a Robot That Does Her Skincare

Forget Laundry. This VC Wants a Robot That Does Her Skincare

Today in Humanoid Daily: venture capitalist Amber Atherton of Patron on why "enchanted objects" might just beat humanoids to the home, and what that means for the next Roomba. Also: there's so many jobs for robots to do that we have not even considered ...
Sep 9, 2026
Figure's billion-dollar bet, and the company that won the robot Olympics

Figure's billion-dollar bet, and the company that won the robot Olympics

Today in Humanoid Daily ... Figure makes a massive billion-dollar bet on video training data, Agibot tops the robot medal table, what the Robot Games showed about today's robots, Japan builds a humanoid supply chain, Germany gets another humanoid challenger, and the number of the day is 45%

Aug 27, 2026
The Humanoid Robot Games events are a market map

The Humanoid Robot Games events are a market map

The World Humanoid Robot Games opens August 22 with 2,056 robots from 666 teams. The event schedule might just be the most honest document in robotics right now ... because it says out loud which capabilities are solved and which ones still need a human at the controls.
Aug 20, 2026
Hello $1,688 American humanoid robot ... and hello $50 billion for physical AI!

Hello $1,688 American humanoid robot ... and hello $50 billion for physical AI!

Today in Humanoid Daily: there's a brand-new $1,688 (!!!) American home humanoid from Nori Robotics, a humanoid robotic company with a Trump investor is pitching humanoids for U.S. border patrol, China is using humanoids as traffic cops, and the number of the day is $47.4 billion.

Aug 19, 2026
The $30 humanoid robot cleaner is here: Humanoid Daily #8

The $30 humanoid robot cleaner is here: Humanoid Daily #8

  • Humanoid robot cleaners for hire in your home?
  • Shanghai Electric builds a robot family
  • America’s robot ban just got bigger
  • Number of the day: 4.4

Jul 31, 2026