g Digit 5 the first cooperatively safe humanoid is a jab at every humanoid skipping certification. Safety standards, not dexterity, are what unlock warehouse scale. #Humanoid#WarehouseRobotics
Lyte just raised $165M to help robots sense their surroundings—perception, not actuators, is the bottleneck slowing humanoids from walking warehouses. The funding validates the 'eyes first' thesis. #LyteRobotics#RoboticsFunding#Perception
FANUC just turned arc welding into an AI-native task: its AI Welding Agent, built with Google Cloud, reads drawings and auto-generates welding programs. Demoed at Tokyo Welding Show Sept 16, ships by December. #FANUC#AIWelding#IndustrialRobot
Tesla's Gen 3 Optimus is the first that could plausibly leave a factory floor. Unveiled Sept 12, it packs a custom neural NPU, fingertip tactile arrays and 40% lower power draw. #Tesla#Optimus#HumanoidRobot
NVIDIA revealed Sept 10 how Skild AI built its S1 robot foundation model on Cosmos and Isaac Lab—and hit a $100M annual revenue run rate 10 months after first deployment. Physical AI has a business case now. #NVIDIA#SkildAI#RobotAI
The first combat humanoid is on the battlefield. US firm Foundation Industries' Phantom MK1 deployed to a war zone in February, per CNBC. Humanoids aren't just factory workers—defense is the next frontier. #DefenseRobotics#HumanoidRobot#US