27 May 2026
Why Tesla’s Lens Cleaning Patent Matters For Optimus, Robotaxi - Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA)
Tesla's Newest Patent A new patent from Tesla targets the company's robotaxis and the Optimus Humanoid Bot.
27 May 2026
Humanoid Robots, Drones And Green Energy: The 30 Under 30 Asia 2026 Entrepreneurs Innovating In Industry, Manufacturing & Energy
From Chinese makers of humanoid robots to India’s new generation of drones and innovations in green energy–meet this year’s entrepreneurs making strides in Industry, Manufacturing & Energy.
27 May 2026
Tesla’s dedicated Optimus factory construction officially underway at Giga Texas
Tesla’s dedicated factory for building up to ten million Optimus units is officially under construction at Gigafactory Texas.
27 May 2026
Forbes Daily: Micron Technology Is The Latest $1 Trillion Chipmaker
Eric Wu cofounded Opendoor in 2014 to automate purchasing homes with cash. Now, he’s targeting a different side of the real estate equation: construction. His new startup, NavigateAI, aims to build what Wu describes as an AI coach for construction workers and has raised $25 million in seed funding at a $225 million valuation.
27 May 2026
Tesla (TSLA) and SpaceX merger would be Musk’s 4th billion-dollar self-deal
Elon Musk is reportedly floating the idea of merging Tesla (TSLA) and SpaceX, just weeks before SpaceX’s massive IPO on the Nasdaq. If it happens, this would literally be the fourth time Musk has orchestrated a billion-dollar transaction between companies he controls.
27 May 2026
China is giving all humanoid robots unique ID numbers to monitor safety risks
China is planning to roll out unique digital identity numbers for all its humanoid robots to track them better throughout their lifecycle, according to state broadcaster CCTV.
27 May 2026
Figure Humanoid Robots Get Jobs With JCPenney, Aéropostale, Brooks Brothers
Figure 03 humanoid robot. Screenshot from a Brett Adcock tweet. John Koetsier Figure got a job at dad’s company. Not literally, of course, because humanoid robots don’t have dads. Or moms. But figuratively (sorry) because a key investor in Figure’s series C investment round just decided to bring in Junior to help with distribution and logistics.
27 May 2026
Silicon Valley VC Backs Startup That Gathers AI Datasets From Head-Mounted Cameras on Workers in India
A video went viral in India about a month ago appearing to show a vast number of garment workers wearing tiny, head-mounted cameras while they worked in a dreary-looking factory.
26 May 2026
3D-printable humanoid legs let robotics experiments run wild
A $2,500 pair of humanoid robot legs built from 3D-printed parts and off-the-shelf components is not going to win marathons just yet. But such relatively inexpensive hardware could enable researchers to more easily test and train AI-powered robotics software in a physical body during real-world experiments.
