The robots are still coming!

And still they come. This week Sanctuary AI have announced the latest iteration (v7) of their Phoenix robot. Alongside this, Tesla continue to develop Optimus and Figure AI continue developing apace. Here’s an overview of where each of these are at. Let’s dive in…

This weekends newsletter will be primarily visual. The launch of Gen7 from Sanctuary AI looks like huge strides have been made in many facets of both the build and the software. The improvements over Gen6 - released only 11 months ago - are startling. Take a look for yourself:

The other main players vying for the humanoid ‘build to scale’ robot crown are Tesla, Figure AI and Boston Dynamics, the long time king of the robotics space. Their models to date, have not been designed to be deployed in the millions, but the recent release of their Atlas 2 model may change that.

Tesla’s Optimus, version 2 was released 4 months ago, seems like it has made similarly huge strides since first launch only 2 years ago. The video below charts the journey:

Flying under the radar until a huge investment from OpenAI, Figure AI have burst onto the scene with Figure 01. This seems to be the only speech to speech humanoid robot currently doing the rounds but i don’t expect that advantage to last. Here’s the current demonstration video:

Boston Dynamics, owned by Hyundai, have long held the mantle of the King of Robotics with many of their robots seeing service in various fields of operations around the world. They have however, never really been configured for mass manufacture - until now. Their first electric robot, the Atlas 2, comes with the promise of eventual mass production. See their latest demo video below charting their journey:

Finally, just to show that robotics isn’t only a north american game, here’s the latest release of Astribot from China.

No matter which way you cut it, humanoid robotics, manufactured in the millions and costing less than the price of small car, are well on their way to a very mass market. Expect to see them in households - maybe even yours - and places of work, very soon.