Embodied AI gives models a physical body — arms, wheels, sensors. Follow the race to make LLMs act in the real world.
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MORPHI made its first systematic domestic appearance at WRC, showcasing its newly released embodied-intelligence model architecture, MoRA. The demonstration focused on how a robot’s embodied brain supports practical long-horizon tasks.
量子位 · 30d ago
Also, a micromobility startup spun out of Rivian, has raised $150 million in a Series D round at a valuation above $1 billion. Although it currently focuses on e-bikes, the company says its larger goal is developing small autonomous vehicles.
The Next Web (TNW) · 31d ago
A driverless Tesla Robotaxi in Austin repeatedly stopped near plastic barriers before ultimately crashing through them and continuing to drive. The incident has renewed scrutiny of Tesla’s path planning and decision-making after an executive described the service’s safety record as “impeccable.”
IT之家 · 31d ago
超維動力 KAI reportedly demonstrated the world’s first autonomous complete table-tennis match by a humanoid robot at the 2026 World Robot Conference. The appearance highlights KAI’s full-stack embodied-intelligence capabilities.
量子位 · 31d ago
A new embodied AI data foundation is now available for an introductory price of 5,100 yuan. The product aims to provide full-stack physical AI infrastructure for robot training.
量子位 · 31d ago
AI for Science is moving from computational assistance to physical experimentation as robots enter national-level laboratories. 源络科技 is presented as a company helping bring AI for Science into a more automated laboratory 3.0 stage.
量子位 · 31d ago
Tencent is reportedly reshaping its multimodal AI direction from content generation toward contextual understanding and action in the real world. The shift appears closer to Liang Wenfeng’s emphasis on reasoning and execution, and farther from Fei-Fei Li’s world-model-oriented research approach.
钛媒体 · 31d ago
Unitree, described as the world’s biggest humanoid robot maker, began trading shares on Shanghai’s Star Market on Wednesday. The debut marks a significant public-market milestone for the robotics company.
BBC Technology · 31d ago
Unitree Technology listed on Shanghai’s STAR Market with a valuation of about RMB 60.99 billion, becoming China’s first publicly traded humanoid-robot company. Its advantage comes from mass production, in-house components, and aggressive pricing, but embodied-AI models remain its biggest strategic uncertainty.
虎嗅 · 31d ago
Wang Xingxing, a millennial billionaire associated with China’s AI push, is expected to see his fortune rise through robot-dog growth. His company is facing US restrictions that prevent it from launching new robot models in the country.
Bloomberg Technology · 32d ago
Unitree introduced a new humanoid robot called Superman and claims it can reach 12.66 meters per second and jump 2 meters from a standing position. The company has not disclosed a detailed testing protocol covering payload, surface conditions, or repeatability.
TechNode · 32d ago
The article argues that Tesla’s strongest advantages in humanoid robots are supply-chain management and mass manufacturing, not simply transferring FSD software to Optimus. Although automotive and robotic systems share perception, decision, and control concepts, robots require distinct physical-interaction skills, richer data, and more complex manipulation algorithms.
虎嗅 · 32d ago
Serve Robotics CEO Ali Kashani explains the company’s shift toward DoorDash and Grubhub partnerships. He argues that AI-powered delivery robots can reduce last-mile costs and eventually expand beyond sidewalks into hospitals, logistics, and everyday robotics.
Bloomberg Technology · 33d ago
Unitree Robotics is scheduled to begin trading on Shanghai’s STAR Market on 19 August, following record demand for its listing. The move would make it the first general-purpose humanoid robot maker to go public on mainland China.
The Next Web (TNW) · 33d ago
Symbiosis Robotics unveiled a bipedal humanoid robot driving a go-kart on a closed track. The demo is designed as a full-body intelligence stress test combining perception, balance, hand-eye-foot coordination, and force control rather than as a commercial driving product.
雷峰网 · 33d ago
Embodied AI startup 共生知行 released a demo on August 17 showing its bipedal humanoid robot driving a go-kart. The company uses the challenging driving scenario to test the robot’s whole-body intelligence.
量子位 · 33d ago
AgiBot’s 2026 moves suggest that humanoid-robot competition is shifting from hardware construction toward embodied AI capabilities. Robot companies increasingly need to develop AI systems, data pipelines, and intelligent control alongside physical machines.
TechNode · 33d ago
Unitree Robotics unveiled a demo of a humanoid robot still under development. The prototype reportedly performed a 2-meter standing jump and reached a top speed of 12.66 meters per second, or 45.576 km/h.
ITmedia AI+ (日本) · 33d ago
The article examines a competition to define the operating-system layer for Physical AI and robotics. It argues that, unlike smartphones, robotics may not yet have an equivalent to Android serving as a universal platform.
钛媒体 · 33d ago
This research introduces an active-perception framework that helps robots resolve ambiguous targets by changing their viewpoint and gathering missing visual evidence. A vision-language model decides whether to keep observing, ask the user for clarification, or finalize the target selection, with the approach validated on real robots.
ArXiv AI · 33d ago
Digu Robotics’ closed-door DemoDay showcased ten early-stage projects spanning embodied AI, intelligent hardware, assistive robotics, and AI companions. The event highlighted products that are already testable or shipping, including an AI golf coach, a jumping robot, a knee exoskeleton, a following mini-truck, and home robots.
极客公园 · 33d ago
LG plans to unveil a bipedal humanoid robot in the first quarter of 2027. The robot will run on Nvidia’s Jetson Thor processor, Isaac GR00T foundation model, and Halos safety system.
The Next Web (TNW) · 35d ago
LG has set an early 2027 target for its humanoid robot program. The robot will use NVIDIA's Jetson Thor chip and Isaac GR00T model.
Digital Trends · 36d ago
Shenzhen-based X Square Robot sorted 1,816 parcels in one uninterrupted hour using simple grippers. That result exceeded its self-imposed target of 1,248 parcels—the sustained hourly average reported for Figure AI—by about 45%.
Pandaily · 36d ago
智元机器人披露了一套面向具身智能人才的组织管理方式：将高天赋、偏学术的人才与工程交付团队分开，分别负责从0到1的技术突破和产品落地。公司通过统一长期目标、充分授权和动态人员流动，在创新效率与商业交付之间取得平衡。
虎嗅 · 36d ago
德塔智能與舞肌科技宣布達成戰略合作，將共同規範全身協同靈巧操作的資料採集流程。合作有望為具身智慧與人形機器人研究建立更一致的資料基礎。
量子位 · 36d ago
Faraday Future reported $1.348 million in first-half 2026 revenue and a $74.885 million net loss, while announcing a shift toward a full-stack AI robotics ecosystem. The company also reduced debt, regained Nasdaq minimum-bid compliance, and raised its year-end robot shipment target to more than 2,000 units.
IT之家 · 37d ago
Hugging Face introduces a unified workflow that combines Strands Agents, LeRobot, and Hugging Face Storage Buckets. The workflow is designed to help practitioners record robotic data, train models, and deploy them from one place.
Hugging Face Blog · 37d ago
Huawei Ke CEO Zhu Xiaohui argues that tactile sensing will become the third major AI modality after vision and hearing, enabling robots to interact with the physical world. The company claims over 70% market share in electronic skins for dexterous hands and advocates an IDM model spanning equipment, materials, devices, and data.
虎嗅 · 37d ago
Unitree is moving toward a public listing while Zhiyuan Robotics has submitted its listing application, signaling accelerating capital-market activity in China’s robotics sector. The article frames the competitive question around whether intelligent software or agile robotic bodies will matter more.
钛媒体 · 37d ago