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The evolution of Digit: Agility Robotics’ journey from Cassie to Digit 5
From Cassie, to five different versions of Digit, Agility Robotics has adapted its technology to fit industrial tasks.
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Bipedal robots and the companies building them.
Humanoids are the most visible bet in robotics right now: bipedal machines designed to work where people work, using the same tools, doors, and stairs.
Progress is measured in hours of autonomy and rate of human intervention, not demo reels.
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Agility’s new humanoid robot will stop, squat to avoid harming human coworkers
Robots can start working outside physical cages and without safety barriers.
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Digit 5 May Be the First Humanoid Robot Worker That’s Truly Safe
Despite the recent deluge of videos of humanoid robots doing backflips and kung-fu, the actual pace of progress towards humanoids that can do economically viable jobs at scale has at times seemed a bit plodding. There are some good reasons for this: a humanoid robot needs to be powerful enough to do useful work, safe enough for humans to walk past, and have enough battery life to limit how much…
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Agility Robotics says its new Digit 5 robot can work next to people without safety fences
Agility Robotics has unveiled Digit 5, the next version of its humanoid robot for warehouses and factories. The article Agility Robotics says its new Digit 5 robot can work next to people without safety fences appeared first on The Decoder.
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Agility’s Digit 5 humanoid has new legs, batteries, and safety upgrades
The latest version of Digit includes new knees, upgraded batteries, and more comprehensive safety architecture.
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Founder’s cost-cutting obsession drove Unitree lead in cheap humanoid robots
Wang Xingxing micromanaged Unitree to success—will his leadership style scale?
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UBTECH starts 10,000-unit robot factory that can build humanoid every 10 minutes
China has taken a major step toward commercial humanoid robot production after UBTECH began operations...
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911 for humanoids: Japan debuts first-ever ‘robot ambulance’ to provide on-site repairs
Japanese tech giant GMO Internet Group (GMO Air) has just unveiled what has been dubbed...
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7 humanoid robot makers taking over real-world factories
Humanoid robots are steadily moving out of research laboratories and into factories, warehouses, customer-service centers,...
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Why building a human-like robotic hand is so incredibly difficult
A humanoid robot can run, jump, dance, and even perform a backflip, yet ask it...
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Video Friday: Humanoid Robot Takes On Monkey Bars
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Humanoids Summit Seoul: 22–23 September 2026, SEOUL IROS 2026: 27 September–1 October 2026, PITTSBURGH CoRL 2026: 9–12 November 2026, AUSTIN Enjoy today’s…
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Humanoid robot learns to sprint and perform spin kicks using AI trained on human motion data
Humanoid robots, robotic systems with body shapes and limbs resembling those of humans, could potentially assist people with manual tasks in various real-world settings. So far, however, most of these robots can reliably perform only a limited set of movements.
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AGIBOT to explain how to scale humanoids from the lab to the real world at RoboBusiness
AGIBOT plans to give attendees actionable insights on identifying high-value robotics use cases and building sustainable developer ecosystems.
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AI controller translates VR, video and language commands into humanoid robot actions
Humanoid robots, robotic systems with limbs and body structures that resemble those of humans, could tackle various manual tasks in homes, workspaces and other settings. Yet teaching these robots to reliably perform different humanlike movements is typically challenging and time-consuming.
Read as Demo footage is a best take unless stated otherwise — the questions are teleoperation, cuts, retries, and speed.
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AI can’t outrun a humanoid’s hardware
The remarkable progress in AI has brought robotics closer to machines capable of determining what they should do. The next major advance may depend on whether their physical systems can execute those decisions efficiently, precisely and safely.
