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Tesla Optimus

Tesla Optimus, AKA Tesla Bot, is a humanoid robot designed to handle tasks in factories and beyond, showing Tesla’s vision for AI and robotics.

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.

Unitree G1 Surgeons, NEO’s Crazy Hand, and the Truth Behind the AI Hype

July 12, 2026 by Mike Kalil
Illustration: Robot Surgeons

Humanoid robots performing surgery, handling delicate objects, and showing off hands that look humanlike on the surface and alien the closer you examine. The claims surrounding them are even bigger. But the reality behind them is more complicated.

Ex-Tesla Engineer Launches Matrix-3 Humanoid Robot for Mass Production

May 19, 2026 by Mike Kalil
Matrix-3 humanoid robot launch in Shanghai

The Matrix-3 is covered in 3D woven biomimetic skin with embedded tactile sensors that’s sensitive to pressures as light as a gentle fingertip touch.

Neuralink Advances Mind-Controllable Robots

April 25, 2026 by Mike Kalil
Neuralink patients control robot with thoughts

Elon Musk’s brain computer interface company says two of its patients have successfully controlled an assistive robotic arm via signals from its brain implants.

US Humanoids Stuck in Promise Mode as Reality Lags Hype

April 23, 2026 by Mike Kalil
Illustration: Optimus Delayed Again

Two of the leading US humanoid robot companies are stalling in plain sight.

The Obsession with Faster Robots Is Getting Out of Control

April 15, 2026 by Mike Kalil
Illustration: Usain Bolt vs. Unitree H1 humanoid robot

In the past two years, the fastest humanoid robots have more than tripled their speed. Now the focus is shifting to endurance as more than humanlike machines are put through the ringer for the second annual Beijing Humanoid Robot Half Marathon.

Figure 03 Makes Historic Appearance at White House Summit

March 26, 2026March 25, 2026 by Mike Kalil
Figure 03 humanoid robot visits White House

Silicon Valley’s $39 billion humanoid robot just made an historic visit to the White House.

Figure AI Gets Elon Musk’s Attention with Living Room Tidying Demo

March 10, 2026 by Mike Kalil
Figure 03 humanoid robot tidies living room

One of Tesla’s biggest rivals in the humanoid race just got the attention of Elon Musk with its latest demo.

Tesla Optimus Gen 3 vs. Figure 03: US Humanoid Heavy Hitters Go Big

April 5, 2026January 30, 2026 by Mike Kalil
Tesla Optimus vs. Figure 03

Two of the US humanoid sector’s heavyweights are swinging for the fences as they race to send their autonomous machines into the real world at scale.

Tesla’s First Cars Are Being Replaced by Robots

February 7, 2026January 29, 2026 by Mike Kalil
Illustration: Tesla S Model and Optimus

Tesla plans to wind down production of its Model S and Model X vehicles at its Fremont factory to make space to mass produce Optimus humanoid robots.

Optimus vs. Atlas: Labor Resistance to the Humanoid Revolution Grows

January 24, 2026 by Mike Kalil
Illustration: Elon Musk vs Boston Dynamics' Atlas humanoid robot

If it weren’t for the political noise swirling around Davos 2026, the real story would’ve been unmissable: Robots are coming for the jobs, and workers are starting to push back.

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