New robots, new capabilities. Tracking what's coming for the workforce.
Robotics Beijing is hosting 100+ robot teams in a half-marathon this Saturday, and Unitree's H1 just hit 10 m/s on a track — 96% of Usain Bolt's world record pace. Your morning jog just became a competitive sport against machines.
Robotics It took Agibot nearly two years to build its first 1,000 humanoid robots. It took three months to build the last 5,000. The exponential curve just showed up for work, and it did not bring snacks.
Robotics Amazon activated its first fully autonomous fulfillment center in Dallas this week. The warehouse runs 22 hours a day, ships 1.6x more packages, and employs 41 people. It used to employ 1,451.
Robotics Unitree's new H2 construction humanoid completed a 3,000 sq ft drywall job on a Shenzhen job site in 9 hours. A three-person crew would have taken three days. The general contractor has already ordered twelve more.
Robotics Figure 02 can pick, pack, and stack for 20 hours straight. HR didn't ask for references.
Robotics 800 locations. Zero human cooks. Customer ratings went up. The woks are automated now, and they don't burn the rice.