Mike Kalil
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covering the ride of the machines https://www.youtube.com/mikekalil
Israeli startup Mentee Robotics just shared an uncut 18-minute video with two of its flagship humanoid robots working together as autonomous warehouse workers.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Israeli startup Mentee Robotics just shared an uncut 18-minute video with two of its flagship humanoid robots working together as autonomous warehouse workers.
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Kyber Labs’ Super-Fast Robot Hand Grabs Attention mikekalil.com/blog/kyber-l...
November 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Kyber Labs’ Super-Fast Robot Hand Grabs Attention mikekalil.com/blog/kyber-l...
Google’s Robotics Revival Looks Big, But Haven’t We Seen This Before? mikekalil.com/blog/google-...
Google’s Robotics Revival: Is It for Real this Time?
Google, riding high on buzz surrounding its latest AI model, is pushing hard into robotics as it hopes to leapfrog rivals like OpenAI, Meta, and Amazon.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Google’s Robotics Revival Looks Big, But Haven’t We Seen This Before? mikekalil.com/blog/google-...
Did China Just Build the World's Most Powerful AI-Powered Humanoid Robot?
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Did China Just Build the World's Most Powerful AI-Powered Humanoid Robot?
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November 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Did China Just Build the World's Most Powerful AI-Powered Humanoid Robot?
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‘Skull-Cracking Force’: Lawsuit Claims Figure AI Hid Extreme Robot Dangers in Push for Home Market mikekalil.com/blog/figure-...
Lawsuit: Figure AI Hid ‘Skull-Cracking’ Robot Danger
Figure AI’s former lead product safety engineer accuses humanoid robotics startup of ignoring the danger its humanoid robots pose in its rush to households.
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November 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
‘Skull-Cracking Force’: Lawsuit Claims Figure AI Hid Extreme Robot Dangers in Push for Home Market mikekalil.com/blog/figure-...
Russian Humanoid Robot Towers Over Putin in High-Stakes Debut mikekalil.com/blog/russian...
November 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Russian Humanoid Robot Towers Over Putin in High-Stakes Debut mikekalil.com/blog/russian...
The 2026 Humanoid Robot War: China vs the US Just Exploded (Chinese Manufacturing vs US AI Software)
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November 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The 2026 Humanoid Robot War: China vs the US Just Exploded (Chinese Manufacturing vs US AI Software)
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Meet Memo, the Humanoid Helper from Sunday Robotics: mikekalil.com/blog/sunday-...
Sunday Robotics Memo Humanoid Robot for Home
Days after emerging from stealth, the buzzy Silicon Valley startup Sunday Robotics has unveiled its autonomous humanoid helper for homes.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Meet Memo, the Humanoid Helper from Sunday Robotics: mikekalil.com/blog/sunday-...
Germany's Agile Robots Enters Humanoid Robotics Race with Agile ONE Industrial Biped mikekalil.com/blog/agile-o...
Agile ONE Industrial Humanoid Robot by Agile Robots
Agile Robots, a German industrial automation leader with thousands of global deployments, is throwing itself into the humanoid race.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Germany's Agile Robots Enters Humanoid Robotics Race with Agile ONE Industrial Biped mikekalil.com/blog/agile-o...
Boston Dynamics: ‘Thousands’ of Atlas Humanoids Deployed 2035 mikekalil.com/blog/thousan...
Boston Dynamics Plans ‘Thousands’ of Atlas Robots
Boston Dynamics just made an uncharacteristically bold prediction about the future of its flagship humanoid robot Atlas.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Boston Dynamics: ‘Thousands’ of Atlas Humanoids Deployed 2035 mikekalil.com/blog/thousan...
Tangible Joins the Wave of Startups That Think They’ve Solved Home Robotics mikekalil.com/blog/tangibl...
Tangible Joins the Wave of Startups That Think They’ve Solved Home Robotics
Yet another startup is claiming it’s built a home robot that might actually be useful. This time it’s Tangible Robots and its home assistant named Eggie.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Tangible Joins the Wave of Startups That Think They’ve Solved Home Robotics mikekalil.com/blog/tangibl...
EngineAI Takes Aim at Unitree with Heavy-Duty, Firearm-Ready Robodog mikekalil.com/blog/engine-...
EngineAI JS01 Quadruped Challenges Unitree Dominance
EngineAI is entering the crowding robodog market dominated by Unitree Robotics with its new industrial quadruped.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM
EngineAI Takes Aim at Unitree with Heavy-Duty, Firearm-Ready Robodog mikekalil.com/blog/engine-...
Vietnam’s VinMotion Eyes US Expansion for Humanoid Robot Development mikekalil.com/blog/vietnam...
November 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Vietnam’s VinMotion Eyes US Expansion for Humanoid Robot Development mikekalil.com/blog/vietnam...
Brett Adcock vs. Everyone: Figure AI Founder’s Cyberwarfare on Humanoid Rivals mikekalil.com/blog/brett-a...
Brett Adcock vs. Everyone: Figure CEO Targets Rivals
Figure founder Brett Adcock makes no effort to treat other robotics firms as peers. He casts the humanoid race as winner-takes-all.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Brett Adcock vs. Everyone: Figure AI Founder’s Cyberwarfare on Humanoid Rivals mikekalil.com/blog/brett-a...
AI Robots for Home: Is the ChatGPT Moment for Humanoid Robots Finally Here?
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AI Robots for Home: Is the ChatGPT Moment for Humanoid Robots Finally Here?
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November 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
AI Robots for Home: Is the ChatGPT Moment for Humanoid Robots Finally Here?
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Sunday Robotics Teases ‘Cat-Level Intelligence’ Breakthrough mikekalil.com/blog/sunday-...
November 16, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Sunday Robotics Teases ‘Cat-Level Intelligence’ Breakthrough mikekalil.com/blog/sunday-...
MindOn Autonomous Home Humanoid Robot Demo Has Major Implications mikekalil.com/blog/mindon-...
November 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
MindOn Autonomous Home Humanoid Robot Demo Has Major Implications mikekalil.com/blog/mindon-...
Russia and China's AI Robots Go VIRAL for Very Different Reasons
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Russia and China's AI Robots Go VIRAL for Very Different Reasons
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November 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Russia and China's AI Robots Go VIRAL for Very Different Reasons
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1st Russian General-Purpose Humanoid Stumbles into Public View mikekalil.com/blog/aidol-r...
November 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
1st Russian General-Purpose Humanoid Stumbles into Public View mikekalil.com/blog/aidol-r...
Tesla Optimus vs. Xpeng Iron: Next-Gen AI ROBOTS Face Off as Humanoid Race Goes Crazy
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Tesla Optimus vs. Xpeng Iron: Next-Gen AI ROBOTS Face Off as Humanoid Race Goes Crazy
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November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Tesla Optimus vs. Xpeng Iron: Next-Gen AI ROBOTS Face Off as Humanoid Race Goes Crazy
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For a few months this year, Cathy Tie and Dr. He Jiankui were biotech’s most controversial couple.
Now, both are pursuing new gene-editing ventures on opposite sides of the world.
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Now, both are pursuing new gene-editing ventures on opposite sides of the world.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
For a few months this year, Cathy Tie and Dr. He Jiankui were biotech’s most controversial couple.
Now, both are pursuing new gene-editing ventures on opposite sides of the world.
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Now, both are pursuing new gene-editing ventures on opposite sides of the world.
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$1,000 Robot Dogs? China's AI-Powered Quadrupedal Robots Are About to Change Everything
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$1,000 Robot Dogs? China's AI-Powered Quadrupedal Robots Are About to Change Everything
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November 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
$1,000 Robot Dogs? China's AI-Powered Quadrupedal Robots Are About to Change Everything
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Figure AI and Agility Robotics Cross Swords as US Humanoid Race Heats Up mikekalil.com/blog/figure-...
November 8, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Figure AI and Agility Robotics Cross Swords as US Humanoid Race Heats Up mikekalil.com/blog/figure-...
Former K-Scale Engineers Launch ‘Unitree for America’ Startup mikekalil.com/blog/gradien...
Former K-Scale Team Launches ‘Unitree for America’
A day after news broke that the Palo Alto humanoid startup K-Scale Labs was shutting down, a new startup launched by its core engineering team emerged from stealth.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Former K-Scale Engineers Launch ‘Unitree for America’ Startup mikekalil.com/blog/gradien...
XPeng Takes Dramatic Steps to Counter Iron Humanoid Conspiracy Theories mikekalil.com/blog/xpeng-i...
November 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
XPeng Takes Dramatic Steps to Counter Iron Humanoid Conspiracy Theories mikekalil.com/blog/xpeng-i...