Tag: Sim to real transfer

OpenAI launches in-house robotics division with custom actuator design team

OpenAI announced on May 31, 2026, the launch of an internal robotics division led by DALL-E creator Aditya Ramesh. The company is hiring for 11 specialized hardware roles and plans to design custom actuators, collect physical interaction data, and build robots from the ground up.

NVIDIA Isaac GR00T: open humanoid platform set for October 2026

NVIDIA and Sharpa unveiled a joint humanoid reference platform at GTC Taipei. The system integrates a Unitree H2 Plus chassis, Sharpa Wave tactile hands, and a Jetson AGX Thor T5000 module into a single research-ready environment. General availability is set for October 2026.

LeRobot Humanoid: a $2,500 bipedal robot for open AI research

Hugging Face released LeRobot Humanoid — a mostly 3D-printed, bipedal robot for approximately $2,500, packaged with a full open-source ecosystem for training locomotion policies.

Figure scales to one robot per hour at BotQ: the Figure 03 production breakthrough

Figure has scaled Figure 03 production 24x in 120 days, from one robot per day to one per hour at its BotQ facility. Over 350 units have been produced, and the new System 0 AI model enables zero-shot stair traversal via vision-conditioned whole-body control.

Ace — autonomiczny robot, który pokonuje zawodników tenisa stołowego na żywo