Gill Pratt Says Humanoid Breakthrough Is About the Brain, Not the Body
Toyota Research Institute CEO Gill Pratt, architect of the DARPA Robotics Challenge, shares his unvarnished take on the humanoid hype bubble and why AI—not hardware—is driving the real revolution.
Neurobot: Scientists Build Living Robots With Functional Nervous Systems
Tufts University researchers have created 'neurobots'—living machines made from real biological cells that organize into self-directed systems with functional neural circuits, blurring the line between biology and robotics.
Roadrunner: The 15kg Bipedal Robot That Runs on Wheels and Legs
The Robotics and AI Institute unveils Roadrunner, a lightweight bipedal wheeled robot that seamlessly switches between wheeled and stepping locomotion using a single learned control policy.
Robotics Weekly Digest — April 2026
This week in robotics: Unitree's latest humanoid, Tesla Optimus progress, and new AI-powered research breakthroughs.
Robotics Daily Brief — April 4, 2026: China's Mass Production Sprint, Amazon's Robotics Spree, and the $450M Bet on Video-Trained Robots
March 2026 was the month the humanoid robot industry split into two parallel realities: while Chinese companies are shipping hardware atindustrial sca...
TongTong 3.0: World's First General Intelligent Person Unveiled at Zhongguancun Forum 2026
**Source:** Sina Finance | **Category:** AI & Robotics | **Date:** March 30, 2026