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NVIDIA creates powerful chips and AI tools that drive gaming, robotics, data centers, and the future of technology.

Can 100,000 NVIDIA GPUs Make Robots Think Like Humans?

September 5, 2026 by Mike Kalil
Figure AI datacenter concept

Figure AI is planning an unprecedented datacenter buildout that could bring frontier AI supercomputer scale to humanoid robotics for the first time.

People Are Obsessed with Microduck. Will It Last?

September 2, 2026September 2, 2026 by Mike Kalil
4 Microducks

Hugging Face reported more than 10,000 Microduck preorders in the first week, which amounts to over $4 million in revenue. The launch was unusually strong by consumer robot standards.

Booster Robotics Launches Its Most Powerful Humanoid Yet

July 13, 2026 by Mike Kalil
Booster Robotics' T2 humanoid robot

Beijing-based Booster Robotics just launched its most grownup humanoid robot yet, the T2, after raising around $140 million in fresh funding.

South Korea’s New AI Robot Might Be Unitree’s Worst Nightmare

June 20, 2026 by Mike Kalil
AI Sapiens K0 humanoid robot vs. Unitree G1

South Korea’s newest AI robot is emerging as one of the country’s most credible threats to China’s viral Unitree G1 humanoid.

Unitree’s Rise Increases Likelihood of US Chinese Robot Ban

June 6, 2026 by Mike Kalil
Will USA Ban Unitree Robots?

Chinese robotics leader Unitree is heading into what looks like a blockbuster summer, but it comes with growing risks that could stall its momentum.

NVIDIA Picked Unitree First. But Which US Humanoid Company Is Next?

June 3, 2026 by Mike Kalil
Unitree H2 Plus robot teleoperation

Which US robotics company is working with NVIDIA on humanoid research platforms?

Sharpa’s North Humanoid Assembles PC with Precision at NVIDIA GTC 2026

March 17, 2026 by Mike Kalil
Sharpa Robotics' North humanoid robot assembles a PC autonomously

Sharpa Robotics’ humanoid robot North demonstrated the ability to assemble a PC autonomously with submillimeter precision at NVIDIA’s GTC 2026 conference.

Noble Machines Emerges from Stealth with Very Strong Industrial Humanoid

March 7, 2026 by Mike Kalil
Noble Machines

Silicon Valley’s latest humanoid is exceptionally strong and it’s already doing real factory work.

BMW Pilots Hexagon’s AEON Humanoid for EV Assembly

March 1, 2026February 27, 2026 by Mike Kalil
Hexagon AB's AEON humanoid robot working for BMW

BMW Group has deployed Hexagon AB’s flagship humanoid robots in its Leipzig, Germany plant to help assemble electric vehicles.

Kawasaki’s Next-Gen Robots and the Future of Everything

January 21, 2026 by Mike Kalil
Kawasaki Next Generation Robotics

Kawasaki Heavy Industries has no intent to slow down as it seeks to lead the robot-run future that experts call inevitable.

Chinese Humanoids Fall off CES 2026 Stage, Dominate Showroom

January 9, 2026 by Mike Kalil
NVIDIA 2026 keynote robots

Chinese humanoid robots dominated the showroom floor at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, but their presence was noticeably underwhelming on the mainstage.

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