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Chronicles of Optimus, and Other Humanoid Robots: Technology, Business, and Social Dynamics

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Compete for a $560,000 Prize Pool at IROS 2025 AgiBot World Challenge! 💰 The AgiBot World Challenge – Manipulation Track is LIVE! Hosted by @AgiBot and OpenDriveLab at #IROS2025. 🚀 Challenge: Tackle 10 complex Sim2Real manipulation tasks. 🛠️ Resources: Access a unique

Compete for a $560,000 Prize Pool at IROS 2025 AgiBot World Challenge! đź’°
The AgiBot World Challenge – Manipulation Track is LIVE! Hosted by @AgiBot and <a href="/OpenDriveLab/">OpenDriveLab</a> at #IROS2025.
🚀 Challenge: Tackle 10 complex Sim2Real manipulation tasks.
🛠️ Resources: Access a unique
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Tesla has paused Optimus production to revise its design – the redesign could take around two months, according, per Chinese outlet LatePost Auto. Musk's mass production goal for this year is basically out of reach. According to sources in China’s supply chain, Tesla is making

Tesla has paused Optimus production to revise its design – the redesign could take around two months, according, per Chinese outlet LatePost Auto.

Musk's mass production goal for this year is basically out of reach.

According to sources in China’s supply chain, Tesla is making
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“Low payload capacity for dexterous hands.” “Tesla is still testing samples from multiple dexterous hand suppliers, trying at least three different technical approaches” Quite significant if true. Gen3 hand was unveiled 9 months ago but still hasn’t been shown doing any tasks.

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Changing course to fix things doesn’t mean the Optimus program is falling apart. Elon pivoted hard from the hyper-automated Model 3 hell and built tents. He removed most of Starlink’s top management in 2018. Bumps in the road, but it all panned out.

Changing course to fix things doesn’t mean the Optimus program is falling apart.

Elon pivoted hard from the hyper-automated Model 3 hell and built tents. He removed most of Starlink’s top management in 2018. Bumps in the road, but it all panned out.
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Adam robot by PNDbotics performing some office assistant tasks. There’s no claim of autonomy - it's likely being teleoperated.

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Chinese humanoid robot startup Robot Era has secured ~$70M (500M yuan) in Series A financing. The company has sold over 200 units of various products, including the STAR1 humanoid and XHAND1 hand, half of which were sold to clients outside China.