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title: "AlphaSignal Robotics: Humanoid News"
url: "https://alphasignal.ai/topic/robotics/humanoid"
description: "Latest AI and machine learning news about Humanoid (Robotics) on AlphaSignal."
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# AlphaSignal Robotics: Humanoid News

Latest AI and machine learning news about Humanoid (Robotics) on AlphaSignal.

## Articles

- [USC and NVIDIA's BCG Trains Humanoid Robots to Run and Fight Without Falls](https://alphasignal.ai/news/usc-and-nvidia-s-bcg-trains-humanoid-robots-to-run-and-fight-without-falls.md) (2026-09-25)
- [Tsinghua's TactileStep Teaches Humanoid Robots to Land 48% Softer](https://alphasignal.ai/news/tsinghua-s-tactilestep-teaches-humanoid-robots-to-land-48-softer.md) (2026-09-24)
- [Boston Dynamics Opens Atlas Training Facility Inside Hyundai's Georgia Factory](https://alphasignal.ai/news/boston-dynamics-opens-atlas-training-facility-inside-hyundai-s-georgia-factory.md) (2026-09-21)
- [Figure's Helix 2.5 Cleans 30 Strangers' Homes It Has Never Seen](https://alphasignal.ai/news/figure-s-helix-2-5-cleans-30-strangers-homes-it-has-never-seen.md) (2026-09-17)
- [Engineer Rebuilds Pollen Robotics' Microduck From Simulator Files Alone](https://alphasignal.ai/news/engineer-rebuilds-pollen-robotics-microduck-from-simulator-files-alone.md) (2026-09-15)
- [Kevin Zakka's mjbatch Runs 4,096 MuJoCo Worlds on CPU Threads at Once](https://alphasignal.ai/news/kevin-zakka-s-mjbatch-runs-4-096-mujoco-worlds-on-cpu-threads-at-once.md) (2026-09-14)
- [Unitree's UnifoLM-WLA-1.0 Runs 64 Robot Tasks From One Set of Weights](https://alphasignal.ai/news/unitree-s-unifolm-wla-1-0-runs-64-robot-tasks-from-one-set-of-weights.md) (2026-09-10)
- [AI-FanGe's Microduck Lets You 3D Print a Walking Robot for Under $400](https://alphasignal.ai/news/ai-fange-s-microduck-lets-you-3d-print-a-walking-robot-for-under-400.md) (2026-09-08)
- [Unitree's UnifoLM-X2-1.0 Lets Humanoid Robots Fight With No Human Control](https://alphasignal.ai/news/unitree-s-unifolm-x2-1-0-lets-humanoid-robots-fight-with-no-human-control.md) (2026-09-07)
- [Pollen Robotics Open-Sources Microduck, a Palm-Sized Robot That Walks and Self-Recovers](https://alphasignal.ai/news/pollen-robotics-open-sources-microduck-a-palm-sized-robot-that-walks-and-self.md) (2026-09-01)
- [kimodo.cpp Brings NVIDIA's Kimodo Motion AI to Any GPU Without CUDA](https://alphasignal.ai/news/kimodo-cpp-brings-nvidia-s-kimodo-motion-ai-to-any-gpu-without-cuda.md) (2026-08-28)
- [Figure's Index App Pays 44,000 People to Train Its Humanoid Robots](https://alphasignal.ai/news/figure-s-index-app-pays-44-000-people-to-train-its-humanoid-robots.md) (2026-08-25)
- [AIST Survey Exposes the Hidden Work Behind Robot Foundation Models](https://alphasignal.ai/news/aist-survey-exposes-the-hidden-work-behind-robot-foundation-models.md) (2026-08-19)
- [UCLA's FetchMan Trains Humanoid Robots to Fetch Objects With 73% Real-World Success](https://alphasignal.ai/news/ucla-s-fetchman-trains-humanoid-robots-to-fetch-objects-with-73-real-world.md) (2026-08-17)
- [Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 Gives Humanoids Full-Body AI Control](https://alphasignal.ai/news/google-deepmind-s-gemini-robotics-2-gives-humanoids-full-body-ai-control.md) (2026-07-30)
- [Apptronik Builds a 90,000-Square-Foot Data Factory to Train Apollo 2 Humanoids](https://alphasignal.ai/news/apptronik-builds-a-90-000-square-foot-data-factory-to-train-apollo-2-humanoids.md) (2026-07-06)
- [RoboParty's ROBOTO_ORIGIN Lets Anyone Build a Running Humanoid for $7,000](https://alphasignal.ai/news/roboparty-s-roboto-origin-lets-anyone-build-a-running-humanoid-for-7-000.md) (2026-07-02)
- [DimOS Lets Developers Skip ROS and Command Robots in Plain Python](https://alphasignal.ai/news/dimos-lets-developers-skip-ros-and-command-robots-in-plain-python.md) (2026-07-01)
- [NVIDIA's ProtoMotions 3 Trains Humanoid Robots on 142K Motions in 12 Hours](https://alphasignal.ai/news/nvidia-s-protomotions-3-trains-humanoid-robots-on-142k-motions-in-12-hours.md) (2026-07-01)
- [Figure AI's Figure 03 Robot Starts Real BMW Factory Work With 99% Accuracy](https://alphasignal.ai/news/figure-ai-s-figure-03-robot-starts-real-bmw-factory-work-with-99-accuracy.md) (2026-06-30)
- [Disney, Google DeepMind, and NVIDIA's Newton Brings GPU-Powered Robot Simulation to Open Source](https://alphasignal.ai/news/disney-google-deepmind-and-nvidia-s-newton-brings-gpu-powered-robot-simulation.md) (2026-06-26)
- [Boston Dynamics Bets $100M on a 323,000-Square-Foot Atlas Factory](https://alphasignal.ai/news/boston-dynamics-bets-100m-on-a-323-000-square-foot-atlas-factory.md) (2026-06-24)
- [Google DeepMind Launches Equity-Free Robotics Accelerator Backed by Gemini Robotics](https://alphasignal.ai/news/google-deepmind-launches-equity-free-robotics-accelerator-backed-by-gemini.md) (2026-06-12)
- [NVIDIA's GRAIL Trains Humanoid Robots With 20,000 Fully Virtual Demos](https://alphasignal.ai/news/nvidia-s-grail-trains-humanoid-robots-with-20-000-fully-virtual-demos.md) (2026-06-03)
- [Humanoid-GPT Trains on 2B Frames to Make Robots Move Like Humans](https://alphasignal.ai/news/humanoid-gpt-trains-on-2b-frames-to-make-robots-move-like-humans.md) (2026-06-02)
- [Meta's AI4AnimationPy Cuts Motion Capture Processing from Hours to Minutes](https://alphasignal.ai/news/meta-s-ai4animationpy-cuts-motion-capture-processing-from-hours-to-minutes.md) (2026-06-01)
- [NVIDIA and Unitree's Isaac GR00T Gives Any Lab a Full Humanoid Research Stack](https://alphasignal.ai/news/nvidia-and-unitree-s-isaac-gr00t-gives-any-lab-a-full-humanoid-research-stack.md) (2026-06-01)
- [Alibaba's Qwen-VLA Controls Ten Robot Bodies by Swapping a Text Prompt](https://alphasignal.ai/news/alibaba-s-qwen-vla-controls-ten-robot-bodies-by-swapping-a-text-prompt.md) (2026-05-29)
- [Figure AI's Figure 03 Robots Sort 250,000 Packages for JCPenney's Parent](https://alphasignal.ai/news/figure-ai-s-figure-03-robots-sort-250-000-packages-for-jcpenney-s-parent.md) (2026-05-26)
- [Figure AI's Helix-02 Robots Sort 238,000 Packages Over 191 Autonomous Hours](https://alphasignal.ai/news/figure-ai-s-helix-02-robots-sort-238-000-packages-over-191-autonomous-hours.md) (2026-05-21)
- [Pollen Robotics Opens Reachy Mini SDK so AI Agents Can Code Your Robot](https://alphasignal.ai/news/pollen-robotics-opens-reachy-mini-sdk-so-ai-agents-can-code-your-robot.md) (2026-05-09)
- [Google DeepMind's MuJoCo Menagerie Gives Robotics Researchers 40+ Ready-to-Simulate Robots](https://alphasignal.ai/news/google-deepmind-s-mujoco-menagerie-gives-robotics-researchers-40-ready-to.md) (2026-05-07)
- [RoboVerse Unifies 9 Robot Simulators and 10M Transitions in One Open-Source Framework](https://alphasignal.ai/news/roboverse-unifies-9-robot-simulators-and-10m-transitions-in-one-open-source.md) (2026-05-07)
- [Berkeley's mjlab Ditches Omniverse to Make Robot Training Lightweight](https://alphasignal.ai/news/berkeley-s-mjlab-ditches-omniverse-to-make-robot-training-lightweight.md) (2026-05-07)
- [DeepMimic's Creator Ships MimicKit to Fix Motion AI's Reproducibility Crisis](https://alphasignal.ai/news/deepmimic-s-creator-ships-mimickit-to-fix-motion-ai-s-reproducibility-crisis.md) (2026-05-05)
- [Google DeepMind Rebuilds MuJoCo 3.9.0 to Speed Up Robot Simulation](https://alphasignal.ai/news/google-deepmind-rebuilds-mujoco-3-9-0-to-speed-up-robot-simulation.md) (2026-05-02)
- [Rice Student's XLeRobot Builds a $660 Dual-Arm Robot in 4 Hours](https://alphasignal.ai/news/rice-student-s-xlerobot-builds-a-660-dual-arm-robot-in-4-hours.md) (2026-04-29)
- [Researchers Build a Four-Level Scale to Measure When AI Lies About Being Human](https://alphasignal.ai/news/researchers-build-a-four-level-scale-to-measure-when-ai-lies-about-being-human.md) (2026-04-16)
- [JAIST Explains Why Passive Robot Walkers Stay Stable Without any Control](https://alphasignal.ai/news/jaist-explains-why-passive-robot-walkers-stay-stable-without-any-control.md) (2026-04-15)
- [ETH Zurich's PAINT Teaches Robots to Co-Carry Heavy Loads Without Force Sensors](https://alphasignal.ai/news/eth-zurich-s-paint-teaches-robots-to-co-carry-heavy-loads-without-force-sensors.md) (2026-04-14)
- [Purdue's McVAMP Plans Humanoid Robot Motion 1000x Faster on a CPU](https://alphasignal.ai/news/purdue-s-mcvamp-plans-humanoid-robot-motion-1000x-faster-on-a-cpu.md) (2026-04-14)
- [Datawhale's Every-Embodied Lets Python Beginners Build and Train Real Robot AI](https://alphasignal.ai/news/datawhale-s-every-embodied-lets-python-beginners-build-and-train-real-robot-ai.md) (2026-04-13)
- [JAIST's VCRW Robot Walker Lets a Passive Wheel Ride an Active One](https://alphasignal.ai/news/jaist-s-vcrw-robot-walker-lets-a-passive-wheel-ride-an-active-one.md) (2026-04-13)
- [NYU Abu Dhabi Builds a Safety Layer That Stops Humanoids From Hitting You](https://alphasignal.ai/news/nyu-abu-dhabi-builds-a-safety-layer-that-stops-humanoids-from-hitting-you.md) (2026-04-13)
- [CMU and MIT's Marble Solves Robot Contact Problems 400x Faster Than Rivals](https://alphasignal.ai/news/cmu-and-mit-s-marble-solves-robot-contact-problems-400x-faster-than-rivals.md) (2026-04-13)
- [KIT Maps 90 Deep Learning Methods That Predict Human Actions Before They Happen](https://alphasignal.ai/news/kit-maps-90-deep-learning-methods-that-predict-human-actions-before-they-happen.md) (2026-04-12)
- [KTH's MicroVRide Lets Researchers Test 4 Electric Vehicles on one VR Rig](https://alphasignal.ai/news/kth-s-microvride-lets-researchers-test-4-electric-vehicles-on-one-vr-rig.md) (2026-04-12)
- [NVIDIA, Google DeepMind, and Disney's Newton Simulates Robots 475x Faster](https://alphasignal.ai/news/nvidia-google-deepmind-and-disney-s-newton-simulates-robots-475x-faster.md) (2026-03-20)
- [UC Santa Barbara Finds Simple Arrows Beat Minimaps in VR Navigation](https://alphasignal.ai/news/uc-santa-barbara-finds-simple-arrows-beat-minimaps-in-vr-navigation.md) (2026-03-18)
- [CSIC-UPC's ACXON Cuts Robot Plan Explanations by 70% in Plain English](https://alphasignal.ai/news/csic-upc-s-acxon-cuts-robot-plan-explanations-by-70-in-plain-english.md) (2026-03-17)