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Feb 10, 2026BREAKING

Figure AI Raises $1.5B Series C at $6.7B Valuation as Figure 03 Enters Mass Production

Figure AI closes $1.5B Series C at a $6.7B valuation, the largest single raise in humanoid history, as Figure 03 enters mass production.

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Feb 8, 2026DEEP DIVE

How Tesla's Optimus Hit 8,000 Units: Inside the Giga Texas Production Ramp

Tesla's 8,000-unit Optimus fleet is the world's largest humanoid deployment. Here's how they built it — and what it means for everyone else.

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Feb 5, 2026MARKET

Humanoid Robotics Funding Hits $4.2B in 2025, Doubling 2024's Record

Full-year 2025 humanoid funding totaled $4.2B across 34 rounds — double 2024's $2.1B record — with US and China splitting the capital roughly evenly.

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Jan 28, 2026RESEARCH

Physical Intelligence's π0.2 VLA Model Achieves 94% Zero-Shot Task Success Across 12 Robot Platforms

Physical Intelligence's π0.2 model achieves 94% zero-shot task success across 12 heterogeneous robot platforms, redefining deployment cost assumptions.

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Jan 22, 2026BREAKING

Apptronik Apollo Secures 500-Unit Contract with Global Automotive Supplier

Apptronik announces a 500-unit Apollo deployment contract with an unnamed global Tier-1 automotive supplier — the largest single humanoid contract outside of Amazon.

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Jan 15, 2026DEEP DIVE

Tendon-Driven vs. Harmonic Drive: The Actuator Battle Defining Humanoid Dexterity

The choice of actuator architecture is the most consequential hardware decision in humanoid design. Here's a rigorous comparison of the leading approaches.

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Jan 10, 2026POLICY

OSHA Issues First Humanoid Robot Workplace Safety Framework — What Manufacturers Need to Know

OSHA's first humanoid-specific workplace safety guidance extends ISO/TS 15066 collaborative robot standards to bipedal platforms, with significant compliance implications.

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Jan 5, 2026MARKET

Goldman Sachs Revises Humanoid TAM to $74B by 2035 as Enterprise Adoption Accelerates

Goldman Sachs raises its humanoid robotics TAM estimate to $74B by 2035, nearly doubling its prior $38B projection, citing accelerating enterprise validation data.

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