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Month: November 2024

Tesla Optimus Plays Catch with New Gen 3 Hand in New Demo

November 2, 2025November 29, 2024 by Mike Kalil
Tesla Optimum Humanoid Robot with New Gen 3 Hand Attached

Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot is going viral for its cool new hand.

Future of War: The 2005 Box Office Bomb That Inspired Anduril’s Palmer Luckey

November 4, 2025November 28, 2024 by Mike Kalil
Illustration of Fictional Palmer Luckey Watching TV in 2005

Stealth revolves around a top-secret U.S. Navy program to develop an AI-powered autonomous fighter jet called EDI (Extreme Deep Invader). When the jet becomes sentient, a team of elite pilots must confront it.

FDA Approves Neuralink’s Study Merging Minds with Machines

November 2, 2025November 25, 2024 by Mike Kalil
Tesla Optimus + Neuralink

Elon Musk’s Neuralink is working on a mind-controlled robotic arm as it ramps up production of its brain computer interfaces.

The Pacific Island Nation Creating a Digital Twin as It Faces Existential Crisis

November 2, 2025November 25, 2024 by Mike Kalil
Illustration of a Digital Twin of a Small Pacific Island

Tuvalu aims to become the first digital nation as it faces an existential crisis as rising sea levels threaten its survival.

Year of the Humanoid Robot: Top AI Robots to Watch in 2025

November 2, 2025November 24, 2024 by Mike Kalil
2024: The Year of the Humanoid Robot

As humanoids inch closer to mass deployment, let’s take a look at the robots making the biggest impact today.

China’s Konka-1: World’s ‘Lightest Full Humanoid’?

May 25, 2026November 23, 2024 by Mike Kalil
Konka-1 Humanoid Robot Screengrab

China calls the Konka-1 the “world’s lightest complete humanoid robot.”

Astribot Autonomously Makes Coffee with Physical Intelligence’s New AI Training Model

November 2, 2025November 21, 2024 by Mike Kalil
Illustration of autonomous coffee making by a humanoid robot

The Astribot S1 humanoid robot can make coffee autonomously with training from Physical Intelligence’s buzzy AI model that helps robots see, understand, and act.

Zhenya AKA The Plumber: Russia’s Emotionally Intelligent Humanoid Robot

November 2, 2025November 20, 2024 by Mike Kalil
Illustration of The Plumber humanoid robot

Zhenya, nicknamed The Plumber, is a Russian humanoid robot that reportedly analyze and respond to human emotions in real-time.

Omniverse Blueprint: NVIDIA’s Next-Gen Digital Twins Accelerate Design 1,200x

November 2, 2025November 19, 2024 by Mike Kalil
Illustration of concept of next-generation digital twin technology

NVIDIA says its next-generation digital twin technology can speed up product design by up to 1,200 times, cutting timelines from weeks or months down to seconds.

Figure 02 Autonomous Fleet Showcased Ahead of BMW Plant Deployment

November 2, 2025November 19, 2024 by Mike Kalil
Autonomous Fleet of Figure 02 AI-Powered Humanoid Robots at BMW Spartanburg

Figure AI says it’s ready to send millions of its humanoid robots into the world.

Reliance Industries-backed Addverb Reveals Humanoid Robot Plans

November 1, 2025November 19, 2024 by Mike Kalil
Illustration of futuristic Made in India humanoid robot

The richest man in Asia, Mukesh Ambani, is officially entering the humanoid robotics arena.

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