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Optimus
Tesla
Tesla describes Optimus as a general purpose, bi-pedal, autonomous humanoid robot designed to perform unsafe, repetitive or boring tasks.
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Robotics is where AI models, physical systems, sensors, autonomy and engineering converge. This desk follows the machines taking shape in factories, homes, skies and streets, and the models that drive them.
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Humanoid robotsGeneral-purpose machines built on the human templateIndustrial automationArms, cells and cobots: the robots that build thingsWarehouse & logisticsPicking, packing and moving goods at fleet scaleHome & care robotsMachines for households, assistance and care workAutonomous vehiclesRobotaxis, trucks and the software stacks that drive themDrones & aerial systemsUncrewed aircraft for inspection, delivery and defenceDefence & security roboticsUncrewed systems on land, at sea and in the airRobot foundation modelsThe models that let one brain drive many machinesSensors & machine visionHow robots see, feel and place themselves in the worldSafety, regulation & labourStandards, rules and what automation means for work
Featured systems
Updated 27 Jul 2026Capability lines quote only what each maker publishes. Every card carries the date we last verified it against the maker's own material.
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Figure calls Figure 03 a general purpose humanoid robot for every day, powered by its Helix AI, and has demonstrated it performing a logistics workflow at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg.
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Atlas (electric)
Boston Dynamics
Boston Dynamics presents the all-electric Atlas as the start of its journey to a commercial humanoid for material handling, able to navigate to charging stations and swap its own battery, with skills that transfer across fleets.
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Spot
Boston Dynamics
Boston Dynamics describes Spot as an agile robot for automated sensing and inspection that can operate without interventions, self-charge and carry 14 kg of payload, with over 1,500 robots in customer hands.
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Digit
Agility Robotics
Agility Robotics calls Digit a commercially deployed humanoid robot bringing advanced automation to facility floors, run by its Arc cloud platform, with named customers including Schaeffler, GXO and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada.
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G1
Unitree
Unitree markets the G1 as a humanoid agent AI avatar with 23 to 43 joint motors, driven by imitation and reinforcement learning, with an optional force-control dexterous hand, priced from US$13,500.
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NEO
1X
1X presents NEO as a home robot built for full autonomy that takes on household chores, with a voice interface, self-charging and a companion app; orders are open with a $200 deposit under an Early Access programme.
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Apollo (Apollo 2)
Apptronik
Apptronik describes Apollo as combining humanoid form, dexterous manipulation and real-world mobility in bipedal and wheeled configurations, with swappable batteries enabling 7x22 operation; data-collection workflows are deployed at customers including Mercedes-Benz and GXO.
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Vulcan
Amazon (Amazon Robotics)
Amazon calls Vulcan its first robot with a sense of touch, picking and stowing items in fulfilment centres; Amazon says it can handle approximately 75% of item types and is operating in Spokane, Washington and Hamburg, Germany, with wider rollout planned.
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Platform 2 (P2)
Zipline
Zipline's Platform 2 pairs an autonomous Zip aircraft with a tethered delivery droid for precise home delivery; Zipline says its fleet has flown more than 135 million autonomous miles and makes a delivery every 20 seconds somewhere in the world.