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Articles on Humanoid Robots
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Tesla Will Rent Out Optimus, Not Sell It. IBM Once Did the Same.
Tesla reportedly plans to lease Optimus rather than sell it. Why makers rent out young machines, what happened when IBM was forced to sell in 1956, and why making robots and owning them are different businesses.
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Humanoid Robot IPOs Stall on One Question: Who Pays for the Work?
Why China slowed humanoid robot IPOs after Unitree's swing and why a Boston Dynamics listing is unlikely next year, read as one test: paid work, documented, for customers outside the maker's own circle.
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Inside the Unitree G1, and Who Fixes It When It Breaks
Munro & Associates' teardown of the Unitree G1 (planetary actuators, heat pipes on the stator, billet parts, an exposed joint) and GMO's humanoid ambulance, read as what they mean for the maintenance budget of anyone who owns working robots.
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A Car-Parts Maker Built Europe's First Humanoid Factory
Minth Group and AgiBot opened Europe's first humanoid mass-production line in Šabac, Serbia, then announced TÜV Rheinland certification and a European distributor at IFA Berlin. What that changes for anyone who wants to own robots in Europe.
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The Car Industry Is Quietly Becoming the Robot Industry
XPeng's robotics unit raised over 900 million dollars at a 6.3 billion valuation. Why carmakers are becoming robot manufacturers, and what that changes for anyone who wants to own the machines.
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What a Dancing Robot Actually Proves
A Booster T2 humanoid dances on video. What the demo proves technically, why dancing is not billable work, and what separates an impressive robot from a profitable one.
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Robots Are Getting Cheap, and Europe Is Finally Buying In
NEURA Robotics raised up to 1.4 billion dollars while average humanoid prices fell from 85,000 to 25,000 dollars in two years. What both curves mean for robots as an asset.
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Robots Are Going Public. Owning Them Is Another Matter.
A humanoid robot maker is heading to the stock market at a 2.5 billion dollar valuation. What robot shares buy you, and what owning the robots themselves buys instead.
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Elon Musk Says Money Will Disappear by 2036. He Is Partly Right — and Partly Dangerously Wrong.
Elon Musk says paid work will become optional and money obsolete by 2036. Where he is right, where he is dangerously wrong — and the third answer: owning the robots.
