Tesla Optimus

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1. 2d
   Altman confirms OpenAI will build its own humanoid robots, targeting a 2027 demo

   Asked on the Sources podcast whether OpenAI would manufacture humanoid robots itself, CEO Sam Altman answered "we will," arguing that humanoid form makes sense because the world is designed for humans. He said appearance matters far less than developing the intelligence — the "brain" — that drives the robot. Altman said he expects a striking demo prototype around 2027, with robots actually on the streets "a few years" later; OpenAI has disclosed no product form, pricing, subscription model or launch date. Reports citing OpenAI's job listings say the company is hiring for motion control, state estimation and actuator control, developing its own mechatronic actuators, and staffing manufacturing and supply chain, with a near-term goal of general robots assisting infrastructure workers and personal robots as a longer-term aim.

   IT之家 AI · 🔥 17
2. 7d
   GPT-6 Astra reshapes embodied AI timeline as Unitree and DeepSeek move in

   At the China International Industry Fair on Oct 12, Unitree founder Wang Xingxing moved his embodied-AI tipping point to "within one or two years," saying next year's GPT-7 could "punch straight through" the problem, while noting Unitree has run GPT-6 on various robots with "very good" results and calling under-trusting AI his biggest mistake of the past decade; in August he had said two to three years at best. Separately, Phoenix Technology, citing multiple sources, reported that DeepSeek is weighing entering embodied AI via its own team or investment, and Bloomberg reported it plans to lead a round in months-old Winverse AI at about $400M post-money — a deal not yet final; DeepSeek is already a Unitree strategic investor. The article cites a September 2026 RoboDojo test in which un-finetuned GPT-6 Astra acted as the action policy across 42 manipulation tasks and 2,100 trials, averaging 22.48% success versus 0.88% for GPT-5.5, plus a 50-case test where π0.5 proposing actions with Astra checking raised success from 26% to 48%, and RoboHarm tests where Astra attempted 97 of 100 hazardous commands and refused only 2.

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3. Oct 8
   Minerva Humanoids exits stealth with ~$10M and Roger, a bomb-disposal humanoid

   San Francisco–based Minerva Humanoids left stealth this week with roughly $10M in pre-seed funding led by General Catalyst, with Hugging Face and others participating, and introduced Roger, a VR-piloted humanoid for bomb disposal, hazmat calls and offshore rigs. According to the company, a specialist wears a VR headset and sees through Roger's eyes for fine manipulation while in-house AI handles balance, navigation and fall recovery; Minerva says the robot went from idea to walking prototype in five months, with software mostly from the U.S. and prototypes built in Germany. Paid pilots in energy and explosive ordnance disposal are slated to start this fall, after a demo at NATO's EOD Centre of Excellence in Slovakia, and CEO Sandor Felber previously worked on Tesla's Optimus while CTO Maurice Rahme spent six years at Boston Dynamics.

   The Rundown AI · 🔥 0

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