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Recent reporting, analysis and explainers from the Robotics desk.
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Boston Dynamics says its Spot robots are supporting FIFA Security with perimeter patrols, visual and thermal data collection and alert escalation at two 2026 World Cup venues.
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Figure and Nscale have announced a planned partnership for up to 100,000 NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUs, with initial deployment targeted for the second half of 2027 in Barstow, Texas, to support training of Figure's Helix robotics models.
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Figure says its Figure 03 humanoid robot is being demonstrated at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg, combining parts sequencing, manipulation, repositioning and cart pulling under Helix 02 control.
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Figure says its BotQ facility has delivered more than 350 Figure 03 humanoid robots and reported a demonstration of a perception-conditioned controller traversing real stairs after simulation training.
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Figure says its Index app is collecting real-world physical-task videos for training the Helix robotics system, but the company has not published independent evidence that the dataset improves robot performance.
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Hyundai Motor Group used its CES 2026 exhibition to present humanoid, quadruped, logistics, mobility and workplace-assistance robots, while outlining planned and current deployments.
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Figure says Creators have uploaded more than 16 million videos through its Index app, but the announcement provides no independent evidence that the data improves robot performance.
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Hyundai Motor Group used its CES 2026 exhibition to demonstrate Boston Dynamics robots, MobED mobility platforms, autonomous charging systems, industrial wearables and factory logistics technologies.
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Figure says two Helix-02 humanoids reset a bedroom in under two minutes using one learned Vision-Language-Action policy; the demonstration has not been independently evaluated.
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Figure's Helix 02 humanoid robot demonstrated living-room tidying behaviours including tool use, bimanual manipulation and navigation through tight spaces, although the company provided no quantitative evaluation.
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Figure announced Project Go-Big and said its Helix model can transfer behaviour from egocentric human video to humanoid-robot navigation in cluttered homes without robot demonstrations.