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March 10, 2026

Issue #012 — Figure AI BMW Expansion, Sanctuary $250M, and the New VLA Benchmarks

This week: Figure AI extends its BMW manufacturing partnership to five plants, Sanctuary AI closes a monster Series C, and new benchmarks show VLA models are improving 3× year-over-year.

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March 3, 2026

Issue #011 — Tesla Optimus Q1 Update, EU Regulatory Preview, and Boston Dynamics' Atlas HD

Tesla confirms 8,000 Optimus units in Q1. The EU drafts its first humanoid robot regulatory framework. And we review Boston Dynamics' new all-electric Atlas platform.

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February 24, 2026

Issue #010 — China Deployment Wave, 1X NEO Beta Delay, and the Manipulation Research Surge

Unitree crosses 10,000 units. 1X pushes NEO Beta to Q3. And a wave of new manipulation research papers emerges from CMU, Berkeley, and Stanford.

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February 17, 2026

Issue #009 — NVIDIA Isaac Lab 2.0, Apptronik's Mercedes Deal, and the WBC Frontier

NVIDIA releases Isaac Lab 2.0 with 10× faster sim throughput. Apptronik deepens its Mercedes-Benz collaboration. And we break down whole-body control advances.

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February 10, 2026

Issue #008 — humanoidintel.ai State of Humanoids 2026 Special Report

Our annual deep-dive: 47 humanoid platforms tracked, $4.2B raised YTD, and the key technical milestones that will define the next 12 months.

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February 3, 2026

Issue #007 — Agility Digit V5 Deployment, Research Roundup, and Policy Watch

Digit V5 goes live in more Amazon facilities. Our monthly research roundup covers 12 papers from ICRA. And we analyze the latest US and EU policy signals.

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