Robotica Guide covers humanoid robots, embodied AI and large language models, with a focus on what companies have actually shipped, demonstrated or disclosed. Every article links its primary sources and labels company claims, demos, pilots and deployments for what they are. Edited by Brandon Cook.
Guides and Explainers
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Humanoid Robot Readiness Levels: How to Tell a Demo From a Real Deployment
A six-step scale for humanoid robot claims, from render and demo to pilot, commercial deployment and open orders, with where Optimus, Atlas, Figure 03, Digit, NEO and Unitree G1 sit in October 2026.
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The Hugo Robot From Boston Dynamics’ Ex-Strategy Chief Has 43 Actuators. A Human Is Still Driving It
Dynamic Creatures' Hugo, a furry 43-actuator character robot from Boston Dynamics' former strategy chief, went viral on X. The launch video was teleoperated, its AI is still in development,…
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Policy and Safety
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China Publishes Its First Humanoid Robot Standards. The Safety Rules Come Later
China's market regulator has issued six national humanoid robot standards, GB/T 48317.1-.5 and GB/T 48316, effective April 1, 2027. Unitree, UBTECH, XPENG and Xiaomi helped draft them. They're…
AI Models
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Liquid’s d1-ultra Price Is $0.042 — Same as Microsoft-Decision-1 — and Leads the Decision Index at 65.2. It Knows When Not to Guess
Liquid d1-ultra launched Oct 15 at $0.042 per 1M input tokens (output free) — the same rate as Microsoft-Decision-1. It leads Artificial Analysis Decision Index at 65.2; the published gap to…
