Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2024

02 humanoid is already at work at a Figure AI customer site. Source: Brett Adcock via LinkedIn Humanoid robots are starting to move from development and trials to commercial use. Figure AI Inc. this month announced that it has delivered its Figure 02 systems to a customer.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 4, 2025

Hyundai Motor Group plans to implement Boston Dynamics’ robot line, including its Atlas humanoid, Spot quadruped, and Stretch trailer-unloading robots. Hyundai said it is already deploying Spot robots for industrial inspection and predictive maintenance at its facilities. Source: Boston Dynamics Boston Dynamics Inc.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 17, 2025

Concept renders showing different jobs for Persona AI’s humanoids. Source: Persona AI Persona AI Inc., a humanoid robot and embodied artificial intelligence developer, this week said it has closed an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round, raising $27 million. ” Now accepting session submissions!

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 1, 2025

A series of humanoid robot announcements at the end of the month dominated our top 10 stories in December 2024. Here are the 10 most popular stories on The Robot Report in the past month. Microbot Medical submits LIBERTY surgical robot to FDA for approval Microbot Medical has submitted a 510(k) premarket notification to the U.S.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2025

In this conversation, Chris Savoia discusses the advancements in robotics, focusing on the value proposition of connecting robots, the enhancements brought by MotionPlus, and the importance of cybersecurity in connected systems. Notably, BMW had also previously evaluated Figure AI’s earlier model, Figure 01.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Figure AI Inc. Initiated with a single prompt from a human, the robots in the company’s video above visually evaluate the scene and then cooperate to identify each object and move the object to a proper location in the kitchen. This was one of the first times that we’ve seen two humanoids working collaboratively.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2025

The company said this design is suitable for powering compact, precision motors in humanoid robots, such as those used for wrist, finger, and toe movements. For higher-current requirements, such as elbow and knee motors in humanoid robots, EPC offers the EPC9176 board in the same family. 2024 was a big year for humanoids.

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