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World Models, $6B, and the Math That Doesn't Close

The industry is telling two stories. Neither adds up.

Jun 23, 2026

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The Patent Tesla Abandoned in Three Days

Plus: three distressed German suppliers reach for the same robotics bet

Jun 16, 2026

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Modular Humanoids and the Numbers Nobody Checked

In this week's Uncanny Intel: the "just use a specialized tool" argument is losing ground as modular platforms like the LimX TRON 2 reshape the economics of general-purpose robotics. And in the same week, Fraunhofer IPA and NIST both confirmed what nobody wanted in writing: no agreed standard for measuring humanoid performance has existed since 2015.

Jun 9, 2026

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Demo As A Distraction: Boston Dynamics, China's Robot Cops, and What Everyone Missed

Boston Dynamics showed a working demo of their Atlas robot. And the industry immediately stripped out the caveats. Meanwhile in Hangzhou, 15 traffic robots issued nearly 12,000 warnings in three days while everyone reported the yellow plastic shell and missed the data pipeline underneath. Two stories, one pattern: the hardware is the decoy.

Jun 2, 2026

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A Human Beat Figure's Robot by 0.04 Seconds. CEO Says It Won't Last.

A human intern beat Figure AI's robots at warehouse sorting by 192 packages. But the human got mandated breaks and the robots took none. The gap is closing.

May 26, 2026

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