Search results：Robot

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Under $400, you can train it yourself! Hugging Face launches the Microduck, a mini open-source bipedal robot

Hugging Face's Pollen Robotics open-sourced Microduck, a 25cm, ~800g mini bipedal robot powered by Rockchip RK3566, controlling 15 servos at 50Hz. It combines RL, Sim2Real and real-time control as an embodied AI dev platform with practical skills.....

16 hr ago9.9K

Anthropic Launches MHS Hardware Standard, Making Its Strong Entry into the Physical AI Arena

On Aug 27, Anthropic launched the Model Hardware Standard (MHS) as a research preview, seen as its first public move into embodied AI. Like MCP, it offers unified control and communication, giving AI a 'body' to operate autonomous vehicles, robotic arms, perceive, act, and learn.....

3 days ago19.3K

Open-Source Robot That Can Roller Skate: Hugging Face Launches Microduck to Accelerate Embodied Intelligence

Hugging Face released open-source duck robot Microduck on Aug 27, 2026, priced $399, 25cm tall, shipping before Christmas, marking physical AI and world models' popularization. It waddles, grasps up to 800g, self-recovers from falls, squats, roller skates; includes camera, LiDAR, two IMUs.....

3 days ago15.2K

Xiaopeng Robotaxi Begins Unmanned Road Testing, Equipped with Second-Generation VLA Has Completed Over 2000 Internal Tests

On Aug 27, XPeng announced its Robotaxi with the second-gen VLA model started fully driverless road tests after receiving Guangzhou remote testing qualification. Since June employee beta, 2,000+ orders were completed in two months, validating booking, pickup, and trip services.....

4 days ago14.1K

FF Launches Two Robots: Next Futurist and Next Aegis, Robot Factory to Start Operation within the Year

FF held an EAI robot launch in LA, unveiling a three-phase roadmap, humanoid Next Futurist and quadruped Next Aegis, marking its shift from autos to embodied AI. Robot plant opens this year; first unit due Feb 2027; more products and EAI education ecosystem coming Sept 19.....

4 days ago13.4K

Bill Gates Writes About AI: Suggests Imposing a Robot Tax and Creating Human-Only Jobs to Buffer the Impact of Unemployment

Bill Gates urges considering a robot tax to buffer AI-driven job displacement. He says the industry letter urging a slowdown of frontier AI is useful for policymakers but doubts self-regulation. Current taxes favor machines: employers pay payroll tax on workers, not robots.....

4 days ago14.7K

Robot Startup Generalist Completes New Round of Financing, Valued at $3 Billion

Robotics startup Generalist raised nearly $200M in new funding led by 8VC, valuing it at $3B. This extends its $400M Series B led by Radical Ventures at a $2B valuation in June, bringing total Series B to $600M. Founded in 2024 by ex-DeepMind researchers Pete Florence, Andy Zeng and ex-Boston Dynamics engineer Andrew Barry.....

5 days ago12.2K

Global First Cooking AI Foundation Model Trained on Real Data Released, Cooking Robots Enter a New Era of Embodied Intelligence

On Aug 23, Oak Deer Robotics launched CookingMuse, the world's first multimodal cooking AI foundation model trained on real kitchen data, shifting cooking AI from command execution to deep understanding and real-world use. It also unveiled a 3K vision AI stir-fry robot and embodied cooking robot, covering the full cooking process.....

08-2418.7K

The Surge of Embodied Intelligence Capital Returns, Xiaopeng Robot's First Round Valuation Exceeds $6.3 Billion

Xpeng Robotics raised over $900M in its first round, reaching a $6.3B valuation, a record for China's embodied AI private funding. Led by IDG Capital, with Gaorong Ventures, Tencent and Alibaba; Xpeng Group stays controlling. Investors rank it among the largest embodied AI deals.....

08-2415.6K

Musk Likes! Honor Humanoid Robot Runs 400 Meters in 39.45 Seconds, Setting a New World Record

On Aug 23, at the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games, Honor's self-developed robot "Lightning" ran 400m in 39.45s, beating the human world record of 43.03s by Wayde van Niekerk, who praised it. In prelims, it ran 100m in 9.32s (peak 14.5m/s), surpassing Bolt.....

08-2413.1K

2nd World Humanoid Robot Sports Meet Opens: 2056 Steel Soldiers Compete in the Ice Ribbon for Supremacy

On Aug 22 evening, the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games opened at Beijing's National Speed Skating Oval, co-hosted by Beijing Municipal Government and China Media Group, attracting 666 teams and 2,056 robots from 16 countries across six continents. Teams rose 138% and robots quadrupled, highlighting booming embodied AI.....

08-2413.0K