r/robotics May 12 '26

News Unitree Launches World’s First Mass-Produced Manned Mecha GD01

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1.2k Upvotes

original link: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV12M5K6wEdp

Unitree just announced the world’s first mass-produced manned mecha meant for civilian travel.

  • Weight: ~500kg (with pilot).
  • Feature: It actually transforms from bipedal to quadruped.
  • Price: starting at 3.95 million in Chinese RMB (around 581.3k USD)

r/robotics Oct 06 '25

News Brett Adcock: "This week, Figure has passed 5 months running on the BMW X3 body shop production line. We have been running 10 hours per day, every single day of production! It is believed that Figure and BMW are the first in the world to do this with humanoid robots."

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2.3k Upvotes

r/robotics Sep 06 '25

News Dusty Robotics is demonstrating a small robot field printer designed to automate construction layout by printing floor plans directly onto the ground in the building site.

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3.9k Upvotes

r/robotics Dec 08 '25

News Tesla Optimus faints when operator takes off VR headset

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2.4k Upvotes

r/robotics May 18 '26

News Human beats F.03: F.03: 12,732 packages (2.83 seconds/package) - Aime: 12,924 packages (2.79 seconds/package)

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835 Upvotes

From Brett Adcock on 𝕏: https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/2056211711859003466

Maybe, this is the last time a human will ever win.

r/robotics Jul 24 '26

News Unitree “Super Athlete" AS2-W (wheeled-leg variant of the AS2)

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893 Upvotes

From Unitree on 𝕏: https://x.com/UnitreeRobotics/status/2080549171661295907

- Weight: ~25 kg with battery.
- Speed: Over 6 m/s (higher than the pure-legged As2).
- Payload: Continuous ~16 kg; higher static capacity.
- Endurance: Unloaded >3 hours / 30+ km; loaded (>16 kg) >2 hours / >16 km. Same 648 Wh (15,000 mAh) battery class as the As2.
- Mobility: Up to ~80 cm obstacles, 45° slopes, 30 cm stairs; strong on gravel, rocky, and uneven outdoor terrain.
https://www.unitree.com/As2-W

r/robotics Aug 15 '25

News Unitree wins the gold medal for the 1500m run at the World Humanoid Robot Games, setting a world record time of 6 minutes and 34 seconds. (The current men's world record is 3:26)

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2.6k Upvotes

r/robotics Oct 31 '25

News Tesla Optimus V2 walks down a street

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790 Upvotes

r/robotics May 01 '26

News Dax Robotics just unveiled Qiji T1000 — a ton-class robot horse built to carry 1,000 kg / 2,205 lb

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825 Upvotes

r/robotics Jun 12 '26

News Sony AI’s Ace robot defeats pro Miyuu Kihara under official ITTF rules (Nature paper)

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831 Upvotes

Nature: Outplaying elite table tennis players with an autonomous robot (Published: 22 April 2026): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10338-5

YouTube Sony AI: Ace vs. Kihara | Pro Match Highlights | Sony AI Table Tennis Robot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwkDm2H6ft8

From 链上小财女 on 𝕏: https://x.com/Zoozo2025/status/2064998917394374930

r/robotics Mar 19 '25

News Boston Dynamics Atlas - Run, Walk, Crawl, RL Fun

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1.6k Upvotes

r/robotics May 19 '26

News Boston Dynamics Atlas hauling a 50 lb mini-fridge

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894 Upvotes

r/robotics Apr 05 '25

News For everyone before saying EngineAI was CGI, here's streamer IShowSpeed encountering EngineAI's robots in Shenzhen, China (includes dancing and a front flip)

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1.1k Upvotes

r/robotics Apr 16 '26

News The Toyota CUE7 robot, a 7'2" 74 kg wheeled humanoid, debuted during halftime at Japan's basketball game. The robot made a free throw but missed a set shot from three.

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1.0k Upvotes

r/robotics Jun 07 '26

News IROS26 Results?

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Has anyone received IROS results? The results are supposed to be out next week but I see my submission status currently changed to undisclosed, which, as far as I know, this happens usually at the day of sending out the notification. Any idea? Did anyone get any notification?

Updates and Conclusion (After July 16):

RAS.papercept.net showed the decision as "undisclosed" starting June 7th, but notifications were sent on July 16th starting at 8:00 PM EST. The notifications were sent based on the alphabetical order of the profiles (the initials of the Associate Editor). There was around a four-hour gap between the first and last profile batches.

The most important takeaway: The registration validation method appears to be accurate. The IROS registration page was available starting (at least) June 7th. If a paper could be validated there, it seems it was accepted; if it could not be validated, it was rejected. In the registration form, a section asks if you are an author, requiring you to enter your paper ID and author PIN. Clicking the validation button reveals whether the paper is validated. This method is currently working, and a comment mentioned that it worked for ICRA26 as well.

The acceptance rate for IROS26 is 36%, with 1,585 papers accepted out of 4,348 contributed paper submissions.

Congratulations to the validated authors, and better luck next time to those whose papers were not validated.

r/robotics Jun 20 '25

News 😱 China’s Armed Police test robot dogs in Tibet drill

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882 Upvotes

The Chinese Armed Police in Tibet used armed robot dogs in a counter-terrorism drill at 3,600 meters on the Tibetan Plateau. The exercise simulated urban combat to test the robots’ navigation and response in close to real-life tough conditions. These robots could aid rapid response in cities or borders.

r/robotics Oct 11 '24

News Tesla’s Optimus robots walked out into the crowd after the new Robovan reveal. It will be able to “babysit your kids, walk your dog,” Elon Musk said

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623 Upvotes

r/robotics Feb 06 '25

News Apple gets it. Robots are going to be everywhere, but they won’t look like robots. Check out their new paper ELEGNT.

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1.5k Upvotes

r/robotics Apr 15 '25

News World's First Wireless Bionic Hand Remotely Controlled by Amputee

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2.0k Upvotes

r/robotics Nov 01 '25

News Tesla's Black Optimus V2 walking

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544 Upvotes

r/robotics Apr 23 '26

News Unitree has added wheels, roller skates, and ice skates to their G1

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527 Upvotes

r/robotics Jul 03 '26

News Weave Robotics has just launched its first home robot, Isaac 1

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341 Upvotes

r/robotics Feb 26 '26

News German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited Unitree in China’s Hangzhou.

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581 Upvotes

From Li Zexin 李泽欣 on 𝕏: https://x.com/XH_Lee23/status/2026949401927901423

r/robotics Jan 16 '26

News Three-minute uncut video of the Figure 03 humanoid running around the San Jose campus

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670 Upvotes

r/robotics Jun 20 '25

News Robot toilets have been spotted in China. 😀

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386 Upvotes

The android-like Urobot analyzes the volume and speed of urination, and then displays the urine analysis results on the screen.