Massimo Penzo

Business Manager and CEO at Knet Project.

[Massimo Penzo @PenzoM]

Gene.01, diventà realtà il robot umanoide della startup italiana Generative Bionics: «I primi test in cantiere entro fine anno» https://t.co/cgBtJ9QlbD

[CyberRobo @CyberRobooo]

LimX just released the TRON 2 Autonomous Mobile Manipulation Kit, and demonstrated the possibilities of modular design.

One use case demo I really like shows dexterous hand picking up takeout, the wheeled-legged robot smoothly climbing a flight of stairs, and then handing it off to another TRON2

It combines the speed of wheels with the high mobility of legs,3D perception, autonomous navigation, whole-body motion control+manipulation…

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Not every building has an elevator. A wheeled-legged TRON 2 could become a truly reliable life assistant, especially for elderly people living alone.

[fidexCode @fidexcode]

“You should venture into farming, AI is taking tech jobs”

Meanwhile AI:

[NXT EU @NXT4EU]

Italian High-Speed Train operator Italo has ordered 26 Siemens Velaro Trains with a max speed of 320KM/H.

The trains will feature Starlink integration for fast internet, from the factory.

Italo also plans to expand its international high-speed rail offering, connecting Europe.

[Other Europe 🇪🇺 @other_europe]

🇪🇺 The next members of the European Union!

[Boston Dynamics @BostonDynamics]

Boston Dynamics is testing a last-mile delivery solution, helping get packages from van to doorstep with less strain and greater efficiency. Learn how and why we're taking on one of the biggest supply chain challenges: https://t.co/PKRoE4RsWI

[Massimo Penzo @PenzoM]

La Cartolarizzazione Immobiliare come Motore di Sviluppo: Lezioni da Due Operazioni all’Avanguardia https://t.co/HJuAnXZXoB

[Bloomberg @business]

Investors should read the small print on the bonds being sold to fund AI's $5.8 trillion data center investment, writes @PaulJDavies (via @opinion) https://t.co/NuaV2ACDTL

[CyberRobo @CyberRobooo]

More and more humanoid robots are entering construction sites.

UK T1 contractor Tilbury Douglas has deployed Douglas--a humanoid robot based on the Unitree G1,on a live building site, claiming it as a UK first.

This 30kg off-the-shelf unit uses cameras and laser scanners to autonomously navigate, capture 360° imagery, and generate point clouds.

It handles routine tasks like progress tracking and safety monitoring by taking daily fixed-position photos to detect deviations and create a continuous digital project record.

Expected benefit: ~40 hours saved per month on manual site walks.

While currently focused on low-risk monitoring rather than solving the UK’s acute skills shortage (needing 61,000 more workers yearly, especially bricklayers, electricians, and carpenters),

it’s still early days--and inspiring to see real-world deployment.

[Space and Technology @spaceandtech_]

Figure 03, powered by Helix AI, can now jog with a smooth, human-like running style at speeds of about 2 meters per second.

Shared by Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock earlier this year, the robot learned to run through reinforcement learning instead of relying on pre-programmed movements.

It continuously adjusts its balance and footsteps in real time, marking another step toward more natural humanoid locomotion.

[SciTech Era @SciTechera]

The cost of intelligence is collapsing day by day.

we are entering the age of engineered abundance.
A new golden era powered by AI, robotics, science and exponential technologies.

Humanity was built around scarcity and competition. That era is ending!

The essentials of life will become cheaper, cleaner, smarter and accessible at massive scale.

AI and robotics will dramatically reduce costs, accelerate innovation and redefine what’s possible for billions of people.

[Techniahqrobot | humanoid robots @techniahqrobot]

Humanoid robotics is no longer a race between Tesla and Boston Dynamics.

At least 32 major humanoid platforms from 29 organizations across 11 countries are targeting factories, warehouses, labs, homes and service environments.

China accounts for 16 robots and the United States 7. Europe, Canada, Israel, Japan, Singapore and South Korea make up the rest.

Some target repetitive work. Others prioritize locomotion, dexterity, research, teleoperation or human interaction. A polished demo still does not prove an autonomous eight-hour shift.

INDUSTRIAL HUMANOIDS

‣ Boston Dynamics 🇺🇸 United States
➤ Atlas
• 1.90 m | 90 kg | 56 DoF
• 50 kg peak lifting capacity | up to 4 hours

‣ Agility Robotics 🇺🇸 United States
➤ Digit
• 15.9 kg carrying capacity
• Up to 4 hours of battery operation

‣ Figure AI 🇺🇸 United States
➤ Figure 03
• 1.73 m | 61 kg
• 20 kg payload | up to 8 hours

‣ Tesla 🇺🇸 United States
➤ Optimus
• General-purpose bipedal humanoid under development
• Built for repetitive, dangerous and demanding tasks

‣ Apptronik 🇺🇸 United States
➤ Apollo 2
• Bipedal legs or wheeled base
• Swappable battery architecture

‣ UBTECH 🇨🇳 China
➤ Walker S2
• 15 kg payload
• Autonomous battery swap in under 3 minutes

‣ Humanoid 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
➤ HMND 01 Alpha Bipedal
• 1.79 m | 90 kg | 29 body DoF
• 15 kg payload | up to 3 hours

‣ LimX Dynamics 🇨🇳 China
➤ Oli
• 1.65 m | 31 DoF
• Isaac Sim, MuJoCo and Gazebo support

GENERAL-PURPOSE HUMANOIDS

‣ Sanctuary AI 🇨🇦 Canada
➤ Phoenix Gen 8
• Hydraulic dexterous hands
• Tactile sensing for touch-based manipulation

‣ 1X Technologies 🇳🇴 Norway
➤ NEO
• $200 reservation deposit
• 1.68 m | 30 kg | up to 4 hours

‣ Unitree Robotics 🇨🇳 China
➤ G1
• From $13,500
• 1.32 m | about 35 kg | 23 body DoF

‣ Unitree Robotics 🇨🇳 China
➤ H2
• $29,900
• 1.82 m | about 70 kg | 31 DoF

‣ Fourier Intelligence 🇸🇬 Singapore
➤ GR-2
• 1.75 m | 63 kg | 53 joints
• 380 N·m peak torque

‣ AgiBot 🇨🇳 China
➤ A2 Ultra
• 1.69 m | about 69 kg | 40 DoF
• LiDAR, RGB-D cameras and hot-swappable batteries

‣ XPENG 🇨🇳 China
➤ IRON
• 82 total degrees of freedom
• Three Turing AI chips | 3,000 TOPS

‣ PUDU Robotics 🇨🇳 China
➤ D9
• 1.70 m | 65 kg | 42 DoF
• 20 kg total payload | 2 m/s

DYNAMIC AND RESEARCH HUMANOIDS

‣ NASA 🇺🇸 United States
➤ Valkyrie
• 1.88 m | about 136 kg
• 44 DoF | 1.8 kWh battery

‣ IHMC Robotics 🇺🇸 United States
➤ Nadia
• 29 actuated joints
• Electric and hydraulic actuation

‣ EngineAI 🇨🇳 China
➤ T800
• From ¥180,000
• 1.73 m | up to 450 N·m joint torque

‣ EngineAI 🇨🇳 China
➤ PM01
• ¥188,000
• 1.38 m | 24 DoF

‣ Kepler Robotics 🇨🇳 China
➤ Forerunner K2
• 1.78 m
• Rotary actuators up to 200 N·m

‣ Booster Robotics 🇨🇳 China
➤ T1
• About 1.20 m | 30 kg
• Up to 130 N·m joint torque

‣ PAL Robotics 🇪🇸 Spain
➤ TALOS
• 1.75 m | 95 kg
• 6 kg per arm at full extension

‣ ROBOTIS 🇰🇷 South Korea
➤ THORMANG3
• 1.375 m | 42 kg | 29 DoF
• ROS, open-source SDK and 3D CAD files

SERVICE AND EMBODIED AI

‣ AgiBot 🇨🇳 China
➤ X2
• 1.31 m | 35 kg | 25 DoF
• Up to 1.8 m/s movement speed

‣ Galbot 🇨🇳 China
➤ G1
• Up to 1.9 m horizontal reach
• Up to 10 kg payload | up to 8 hours of runtime

‣ RobotEra 🇨🇳 China
➤ STAR1
• 55 DoF
• 20 kg combined dual-arm payload

‣ MagicLab 🇨🇳 China
➤ MagicBot Gen1
• 1.74 m | about 70 kg | 42 DoF
• Up to 350 N·m joint torque

‣ Astribot 🇨🇳 China
➤ S1
• Two seven-degree-of-freedom arms
• Omnidirectional base and articulated torso

‣ NEURA Robotics 🇩🇪 Germany
➤ 4NE1 Gen 3.5
• Estimated €98,000 for 1–19 units
• ROS 2, Python and C++ interfaces

‣ Mentee Robotics 🇮🇱 Israel
➤ MenteeBot V3
• 1.75 m | 70 kg | 40 DoF
• Up to 25 kg carrying capacity

‣ Toyota 🇯🇵 Japan
➤ T-HR3
• 1.54 m | 75 kg
• 32 body axes and 10 articulated fingers

Which robot would you trust to complete an eight-hour shift with the fewest interventions?

[Unitree @UnitreeRobotics]

Unitree Sincerely Invites You to Join the UniBot World Challenge 🥳
The competition focuses on overcoming the real-world generalization challenges of embodied AI foundation models, bringing together leading teams from around the world to drive continuous advances in single-model, general-purpose multi-task capabilities.
https://t.co/954ZdfDxb7

[Massimo Penzo @PenzoM]

Unitree announces the “CMG 2026 Humanoid Robot Combat Competition,” pitting humanoid robots against each other in live combat trials.

A notable milestone in human-AI co-evolution. Worth monitoring.
#Robotics #AI #Unitree #TechInvesting

[Unitree @UnitreeRobotics]

Unitree Invites You to Witness the 2026 Humanoid Robot Combat Competition 🥳
Putting technology to the test through combat, and connecting the world through competition. The "CMG 2026 Humanoid Robot Combat Competition" invites you to witness a new chapter in the co-evolution of humans and AI. Stay tuned!

[Massimo Penzo @PenzoM]

Europe still has the rockets, the satellites, the brains. What it's missing is the market.

#SingleMarket #Innovation #Europe #Competitiveness

[Other Europe 🇪🇺 @other_europe]

United we can 🇪🇺

[Other Europe 🇪🇺 @other_europe]

Let's make it real, for a Federal Europe 🇪🇺

[Relai 🇨🇭 @relai_app]

5 Gründe, warum die Schweiz DAS Bitcoin-Land ist:

1. Keine Kapitalgewinnsteuer auf Bitcoin
2. Über 400 Shops und Restaurants akzeptieren bereits Bitcoin in Lugano
3. Kaufe deine Lebensmittel mit BTC in jedem SPAR-Supermarkt
4. In Zug kannst du Steuern mit Bitcoin bezahlen
5. Heimat von Bitcoin-only Unternehmen (wie Relai)

[David Scott Patterson @davidpattersonx]

According to sources, Tesla will begin mass production of the Optimus humanoid robot next month, ramping up to 1,000 units per week in September and 2,500 units per week by the end of the year.

That would be a run rate of more than 100,000 units per year from the Tesla Fremont factory, which is targeting one million units per year by the end of next year.

A dedicated Optimus factory is being built in Austin, Texas, and is expected to be completed next year, with a capacity of 10 million units per year.

[Ilir Aliu @IlirAliu_]

The robots are coming, and the people building them,
are all heading to one place...
San Francisco on July 16th:

Humanoids are making their first steps on factory floors, autonomous vehicles are hitting public roads, and agricultural robots are transforming how we grow food, as physical AI moves from lab demos to real-world deployment at a pace that keeps accelerating.

@autonomousevent.

Bringing 500 founders, engineers and investors in physical AI onto one stage, including founders and CEOs from @SkildAI, @RhodaAI, @DexterityAi, @foundation_robo, @carbonrobotics, @MachinaLabs_ and @BedrockRobotics, alongside investors from @khoslaventures, DCVC and Red Glass Ventures, and press from Forbes, Business Insider, The Information and WIRED.

With two stages and four content tracks running throughout the day, this is where the conversations that shape where this industry goes next will actually happen, all in one room.

This is the physical AI event of the year, so don't miss it.

Use code ILIR20 for 20% off your ticket → https://t.co/y7P5RU0pZU

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