I'm getting Vietnam flashbacks to the launch of OpenAi. Where with every model, it just keeps getting better... but now with hunanoids. Unitree has claimed that their humanoids: - Can now run faster than Usain Bolt. - Can now jump higher than any human. And with their IPO tomorrow, it seems like China is leading the hardware race.

Humanoid robots like Abi, built by Andromeda to provide emotional companionship for dementia patients, are an early attempt to ease the elder care crisis. For more, watch Wall Street Week

Humanoid robots working on factory floors, AI models challenging global rivals and electric-vehicle plants churning out cars at breathtaking scale are drawing a new wave of foreign visitors to China

Humanoid ice cream maker, now on shift in Shanghai. Sharpa’s wheeled North is behind the counter at DQ on Wujiang Road. Open the cabinet, fit the ring, pull a paper cup, dispense, scoop Oreo, blend, flip it upside down. 55 steps, no cuts. Same machines, same cups…They didn’t rebuild the kitchen. Two Wave hands work the sequence the way a person would, left and right together. Even with gloves on, the tactile sensing stays precise enough to hold a soft cup through blending and the upside-down flip. CraftNet( VTLA)is what’s driving that. It’s still slow…6–7 minutes a cup; a good crew member does it in 2–3. But,I don’t mind that yet. What I’m watching is whether a long, messy sequence can stay together on hardware that was never designed for a robot. (Humanoid robots are gradually entering people's daily lives.)

Humanoid robot company Figure is launching a gig economy platform called Index to gather robot training data from human workers wearing cameras and sensors. Check out the full story to learn more: 📸: John Koetsier

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