Inspiration
People, moments and images from the wider world of robotics and engineering that are worth remembering.
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Another humanoid robot you can buy today: 1X NEO from Norway
This one is targeted specifically for home use, light duty, covered in fabric to make it look friendly and safe. I had a moment of excitement as several of people I follow in X have been boosting their order confirmation messages, in excitement. It’s happening. Starting with early adopters, as usual. 1X NEO launch promo…
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Figure 03 introduced (VIDEO)
Very impressive progress. The jump from 02 to 03 is bigger than the name suggests — Figure redesigned the robot from the ground up rather than iterating on it. The headline changes: The deeper change is who it is built for. Figure 02 was there to prove a humanoid could do real factory work. Figure…
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Xpeng Iron humanoid robot at Auto Shanghai 2025
Car makers keep turning up in this field, and it is not a coincidence. Xpeng already builds electric drivetrains, battery packs and vision systems at scale — a humanoid is largely those same components in a different arrangement. Iron is still a show-floor robot rather than a working one. But the companies most likely to…
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Figure 02 dispatch
We are going to see a lot more of this going forward. Right now a machine like this still stops you mid-scroll. In a few years it should be as unremarkable as a forklift in a warehouse or a dishwasher in a kitchen. That ordinariness is the real milestone, not the demo. Worth starting to…
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Inspirational photo: A future founder of DJI, Frank Wang with HKUST professor Zexiang Li in 2009 during the first unmanned flight to the top of the mount Everest.
Source: HKUST Unmanned Helicopter Makes World’s First Autonomous Flight to Mount Everest
