Physical AI
Physical AI and embodied intelligence: robot foundation models, vision-language-action models, simulation, training data and the companies building robot brains.
Figure's baby AGI, Meta's China gamble, China 5Xs physical AI investment, and Agility goes to Wall Street
Nov 3, 2026AGIBOT's 24-hour convenience store test: what 6 humanoid robots can do
Nov 3, 2026Everything we learned about Figure from its public all-hands meeting
Nov 3, 2026More Physical AI
Figure AI just froze Figure 04's design and says it found a physical AI scaling law
Saturn Dynamics says its world model beats Nvidia's Cosmos by 73% ... and runs 38X faster
Washington targets robot imports, Agility goes public, $20 billion valuation, and home insurance for humanoids
Today in Humanoid (almost) Daily ... Washington declares robot imports a national security threat, Agility Robotics heads to Nasdaq next week. AGIBOT wants to change how we measure robot work, Hyundai Mobis bets big on robot joints, Bleu Robotics gets €5 million to teach robots faster, there's more than 1,100 jobs training robots, humanoid robots can now get home insurance, and the number of the day: $20 billion, zero revenue.
XPENG starts producing solid-state batteries for its IRON humanoid robot
Inside Neura Robotics' massive physical AI strategy: more than humanoids
Physical Intelligence wants a $20 billion valuation. Here's the bull and bear case.
The engineer who taught 1X's NEO to walk just raised $30 million to give robots a sense of touch
Humanoid robots for last-mile delivery? Reward AI's OM-1 shows some cool tricks
Samsung robots for surgery, UK's biggest seed round, Boston Dynamics employee revolt, and hello BlackBerry!
Today in Humanoid Daily ... the UK's biggest ever robotics seed round, Samsung brings robots into surgery, Boston Dynamics employee revolt as they prep for for 10,000 Atlas robots, Digit gets more jobs, we see more robots building robots, BlackBerry wants to power physical AI, an $89,000 humanoid strolls through New York, and the number of the day is 185.
Machenta raises $40 million betting simulation can replace real-world robot training data
Mitsubishi Electric just connected a humanoid robot to a CNC machine with natural language
What 86 Chinese executives really think about humanoid robots
NVIDIA's massive robotics strategy: how all the puzzle pieces fit together
ANYmal solved a Rubik's Cube with its feet. Hello ... pedipulation?
Killer hacked robots, Optimus in production, NVIDIA's platform wins, micro-factories staffed by robots, and more!
Today in Humanoid Daily ... Tesla starts building Optimus (but how many), NVIDIA wants to own the robot platform, 1 word turns a robot violent, Unitree's CEO warns investors, tiny micro-factories powered by humanoids, a humanoid with personality, and the number of the day is 348!
Researchers hacked a robot to attack humans with a knife. The trigger was just 2 letters
NVIDIA's GTC Berlin announcements: NVIDIA wants to be a robot platform company
Dream Labs raised $90 million and bets that video prediction is the key to robot control
The $400 humanoid, Digit the forklift, Germany's robot gyms, and 6 chip companies focusing on humanoid robots
Today in Humanoid Daily ... a new $400 humanoid powered by a smartphone, Digit 5 is the forklift of humanoids, Germany's robot billionaire is building robot gyms, China unveils a 13-foot humanoid robot that lifts half a ton, and the number of the day is 6 ... 6 chip companies focusing on robots.
Why Germany's humanoid billionaire is building robot gyms
Google one-shots humanoid training, Tesla gives robots skin, Faraday launches $2,490 humanoids, and more!
Today in Humanoid Daily ... Google one-shots robot training with Apptronik's Apollo humanoid robot, factory workers can now vibe-code robots, Galbot expands its 200 robot stores to Hong Kong, Agility goes public, Faraday launches $2,490 humanoids, Tesla develops touch-sensitive robot skin, we get a new humanoid designed to fight loneliness, and the number of the day is 10,000!
Vibe coding robots: Standard Bots hands post-training to ordinary factory workers with iPads
Frontier models, agentic platforms and simulation startups are all collapsing the cost of teaching robots new skills. Standard Bots' new AI platform pushes that to the final step: the worker on the shop floor, with an iPad and no robotics background.
One-shot robot training: Google's Gemini 4 Argon taught Apptronik's Apollo to play cornhole
Humanoid is a state of mind: Matter Venture Partners’ Haomiao Huang on robots worth building
General foundation model for physical AI? Nature Will bets on 1 million hours of video
Unitree's founder tested GPT-6 on robots ... the results might have been too good to report
DeepSeek is leading a $400 million seed round for a stealth robot AI startup
BYD goes big in humanoid robots with 4,000 engineers, NVIDIA makes robots smarter, and much more
Today in Humanoid Daily ... BYD reportedly has 4,000 engineers (!!!!) building humanoids, NVIDIA gives robots longer memories for vastly better physical AI, SafeWorld raises $12M for robot safety, Italy launches a factory humanoid named Luca, Denmark puts humanoids on the night shift, and the number of the day is $40.