UBTECH spent years refining full-size humanoids for factory floors and warehouse aisles. Those machines learned to move with care around people, handle precise assembly steps, and stay safe in busy production lines at places like NIO and FAW-Volkswagen plants. Now the same engineering team has turned that foundation toward regular homes through a new consumer brand called UWORLD and its first offering, the U1 series.
Engineering physics students at the University of British Columbia finished a capstone project that produced something unusual in robotics. Their air hockey robot learned every move inside a computer simulation and then stepped onto real hardware ready to face human opponents with no further adjustments. The approach bypassed the usual slow and risky process of training directly on physical equipment.
Deep Robotics just released a video showcasing the enhanced skills of their DR02 humanoid in public. The machine is seen darting across an uneven field of grass, leaping over minor obstructions, bounding up massive concrete steps with little loss of steam, and even standing upright while carrying a fire extinguisher behind it.
Warehouse teams just gained a robot that responds to normal conversation instead of rigid commands. Amazon unveiled their next-gen Proteus this week during its Delivering the Future event near London. The machine still looks much like the original model from 2022, a low, rounded platform built to slide across warehouse floors and push big carts filled with goods.
Yufei Wu, also known as Flying Bug, dominated the America’s Got Talent stage from the start of season 21, which aired on June 2. At just 26 years old, he began with a solo dance to Lady Gaga’s Abracadabra, a high-energy song to dance to.
Jensen Huang introduced the new reference design during NVIDIA’s GTC event in Taipei on May 31. The package combines a full humanoid body, onboard computing hardware, and a complete set of software tools under the Isaac GR00T name. Research groups now receive one integrated starting point instead of piecing together separate parts from different suppliers.
Humanoid robots have spent years hovering just out of reach for most places that could use them. LimX Dynamics built Luna to change that equation. The machine stands 160 centimeters (5’2″) tall, weighs 54 kilograms (119 pounds) with its battery installed, and carries a full-size frame wrapped in premium textile finishes that give it a calmer, less industrial presence than many earlier designs.
Engineers at Duke University built a family of robots around one steady goal. They wanted machines that could act with the same strength and quickness no matter which way the body pointed. The clearest working example carries twenty legs that reach outward from a central core. Each leg shortens or lengthens through a cable-driven mechanism. The legs sit in a pattern based on a twelve-sided geometric form, so they spread evenly around the machine. White rounded caps sit at the outer ends of many legs, and small depth cameras look outward from the tips. The finished shape looks rounded and bristling, not unlike a sea urchin resting on the ground.
Hugging Face has shared complete plans for a bipedal robot platform that costs roughly $2,500 in parts and relies mostly on 3D-printed pieces plus common actuators and electronics. Builders start with 75 printable files that form the torso along with left and right legs. The design breaks into modular sections including hip mechanisms, thighs, knees, shins, ankles, and feet. A public Onshape CAD model lets anyone inspect or adapt the geometry before printing.
Hyundai’s latest footage depicts Atlas, Boston Dynamics’ humanoid robot, standing in front of a big screen. It features video from prior World Cup matches. Atlas pays close attention to the players in motion before heading to the practice area once each segment is completed. The robot replicates the gestures it has just watched. Atlas is depicted in a single sequence shifting its weight and swinging a leg forward. When the ball makes contact with the floor, it glides cleanly over it. Basic drills are performed in quick succession, eventually strengthening coordination.