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September 25 ·
What moved humanoid robotics this week.
AgiBot hits 20,000 robots. Atlas starts training inside Hyundai’s factory. Cognex buys RealSense for $500M. ↓
06. @SkildAI trains a humanoid through 140 years of simulated self-play.
The company used accumulated simulated soccer experience to post-train its S1 foundation model before transferring the resulting policy to a physical robot.
140 years of simulated self-play, transferred to a real humanoid.
@SkildAI trained its S1 foundation model against increasingly capable versions of itself, developing behaviors including dribbling, shielding, tackling and recovering from falls.
Then it brought the policy into the real world.
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Japan is preparing to study humanoid robots for use by its Self-Defense Forces.
The government is considering Physical AI systems for base security and transporting supplies, with future applications potentially extending to reconnaissance and rescue.
Direct combat deployment is not currently planned.
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Cognex is acquiring @RealSenseai for approx $500 million in cash.
RealSense expects $80M–$90M in 2026 revenue, up more than 50% YoY, with its 3D perception technology already used across humanoids, AMRs, quadrupeds and robotic arms.
The deal is expected to close in Q4.
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Unitree has launched a new five-finger dexterous hand.
The Dex5-S packs 22 degrees of freedom into a human-sized hand, with all 22 joints backdrivable and individual impact-torque protection.
Price starts at RMB 39,900 ($5,600).
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We finally have a global benchmark for humanoid robot sales.
Around 7,000 humanoids were sold worldwide in 2025 for industrial and professional service use, according to the International Federation of Robotics.
And many still weren’t doing productive work.
The IFR says a large share went to research institutions and companies collecting data to train AI models, while automakers are typically testing only single or double-digit fleets.
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SoftBank has agreed to acquire the Robotics & AI Institute, the research lab founded by Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert.
The institute was launched with more than $400 million from Hyundai and Boston Dynamics to work on cognitive AI, robot learning, athletic intelligence and new hardware.
The transaction is now under CFIUS review.
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Figure has released Helix 2.5, demonstrating its humanoid working autonomously across 30 homes it had never seen before.
The robots arrived with no training or adaptation to each home, then made beds, folded towels and tidied rooms.
@Figure_robot says Index pretraining increased zero-shot task success from 9% to 56%.
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06. @UBTECHRobotics begins deliveries of its U1 humanoid companion robots.
The milestone follows more than 13,000 orders previously reported for the platform.