The latest Tesla iOS app decompile shows clear signs that Tesla is actively building home robot support for Optimus. - The app will request explicit permission to collect video and spatial data while Optimus operates in the home - Users will be able to view and filter robot-related alerts - Tesla is also likely building a Bluetooth authentication system for Optimus

Reliability in unseen homes, with no special setup, is the real test of embodied general intelligence. Sunday Robotics has previewed ACT-2, its home-robot foundation model, with a headline result: 99.1% zero-shot laundry folding across diverse, unseen homes, with zero per-home adaptation (no home- or garment-specific data, no demos, no fine-tuning at deployment). 785 autonomous attempts across 9 garment types, folds graded 4.72/5 on average, median 2m13s each. The recipe: - Scaling pretraining (on a large, sensorized human dataset) closes the gap between in-house and real-world performance, so lab gains actually hold in the wild - With that base, a single demonstration can teach a new folding technique that generalizes to unseen garments (they claim a first for end-to-end robot models) - That unlocks a fast loop: fix failures with minimal in-house data, and the fix generalizes Laundry is just the starting point: the AI is built to generalize to any household task, and the model is already learning vacuuming, tidying, and coffee making. The robot is called Memo. The Redwood City, CA based startup will begin beta deployments to families this fall.

We went to Wuji's Shenzhen office to get a grip on their dexterous hand design. Each finger joint is driven directly by a tiny motor paired with a worm gear that redirects the axis of rotation. We spoke with a senior team member there to get more insights. @dolylupec @XRoboHub Thanks @wuji_global for the tour!

Weave Robotics has opened pre-orders for Isaac 1, a home robot built from the ground up in San Francisco. - A wheeled humanoid with a collapsible torso that extends to 5'9" then folds away when idle - Weave built its own actuators and safety systems Current chores: - Laundry pickup and folding - Tidying the rooms - 8 hours of battery, 2 hours to recharge Chores are done autonomously, but tele-operation assistance is available when needed to complete the tasks. Price: $8k upfront or $449/month subscription Deliveries begin for California residents in fall of 2026.

We visited Paxini in Shenzhen, a company focused on the sense of touch for robots. We got hands-on with their dual-modal Dexter Hands (cameras + tactile sensors) and their Tora Double One humanoid. Humanoid robots will need this touch layer to get truly dexterous. @dolylupec @XRoboHub

That's a wrap on an amazing 17-day journey across China. I didn't do this alone. My friend @dolylupec came along for the whole ride. She's got a background in AI and robotics investing, and I'm grateful she chronicled the tours on her account and pitched in on my channel. @XRoboHub is one of the most resourceful people I know. He understands the humanoid space well and helped us schedule most of the important visits, then came along too. And a shout-out to @Robo_Tuo, who encouraged me to do this trip and supported us all along. It was my first time in China, and the trip was packed so tight with tours, we didn’t get to do much touristy stuff. Can't complain. It was a hell of a ride. 4 cities on the mainland. 18 humanoid makers. Warm, welcoming people everywhere. We had the privilege of chatting with founders, senior engineers, researchers, and marketing and strategy leads, a lot of whom said yes on very short notice. Grateful for that. The energy is extraordinary. It's the trifecta: engineering talent, a deep supply chain, and breakneck adoption of new tech. There's intense competition, but underneath it, a real spirit of sharing and collaboration. I've got a series of tour videos lined up, dropping over the coming days. And something tells me this won't be my last trip. Robotics and embodied AI are just getting started. The next ten years are going to reshape how we think about physical work. We ended on the Great Wall, a 2,000 year old marvel of engineering, after two weeks staring at the next one. The robots are coming. I just went to meet them first.

During the AGIBOT tour in Shanghai, we saw an autonomous demo in a controlled setting. The next day, AGIBOT started a 100-hour live stream of the same task on the actual assembly line. Multiple G2 robots are autonomously operating in real tablet production. Today is the day-5 of the live stream.

- Figure started from absolute scratch just four years ago today - Rapidly iterated vertically integrated platforms for hardware and AI - This wouldn't happen without a high level of grit and relentless engineering Next four years are gonna be crazy interesting to watch.

Atlas hauling a 50 lb mini-fridge - Practiced the maneuver for millions of hours in a virtual environment. - Focused the training policy on full-body engagement rather than just hand-grasping, allowing the robot to leverage its entire frame for the lift.

Figure 03 comes with a specialized charging stand. It anchors the robot so the motors can relax and stop using power to balance, while charging it inductively at 2 kW through the soles of its feet. Robots can do 4 to 5 hours of work after 1 hour of charging.