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Uncanny Intel: First Home Humanoid Goes Mass-Market  (Issue 6 | Oct 27 - Nov 02, 2025)

Nov 3, 2025

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Uncanny Intel: First Home Humanoid Goes Mass-Market (Issue 6 | Oct 27 - Nov 02, 2025)

Two home humanoid launches this week on the opposite sides of the price spectrum.

boston dynamics

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Why do humanoids dance?

Oct 30, 2025

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Why do humanoids dance?

It's not a coincidence that so many companies take a musical approach to demonstrate their humanoid capabilities. In this article we analyse why and do a deep dive on different marketing strategies from the dance demos.

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Uncanny Intel: Robot dance and the $6 billion question  (Issue 5 | Oct 20 - Oct 26, 2025)

Oct 27, 2025

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Uncanny Intel: Robot dance and the $6 billion question (Issue 5 | Oct 20 - Oct 26, 2025)

Another week, another dancing robot making the headlines.

UBTECH

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Why You Should Know: Walker S2 from UBTECH ROBOTICS

Oct 20, 2025

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6 min read

Why You Should Know: Walker S2 from UBTECH ROBOTICS

Walker S2 is a full-size industrial humanoid robot developed by UBTECH with a target role in intelligent manufacturing, logistics and other industrial tasks. It stands at roughly 1.62 m to 1.76 m tall and weighs about 43 kg.What makes it stand out is the claim of a fully autonomous battery-swapping system, enabling near-continuous operation.

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Uncanny Intel: Humanoids hit speed-and-scale (Issue 4 | Oct 13 - Oct 19, 2025)

Oct 20, 2025

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Uncanny Intel: Humanoids hit speed-and-scale (Issue 4 | Oct 13 - Oct 19, 2025)

The “human-sized robot” concept is coming to reality and the market is willing to pay for humanoids in constrained settings. A toddler-sized humanoid reminds us there’s still a big dream (and risk) in the home-robot space.

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Uncanny Intel: New drops steal the week (Issue 3 | Oct 06–Oct 12, 2025)

Oct 13, 2025

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Uncanny Intel: New drops steal the week (Issue 3 | Oct 06–Oct 12, 2025)

Figure AI and DEEP Robotics had bold humanoid launches, researchers argued for body and control co-design, and AgiBot teed up a big IPO pitch.

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Uncanny Intel: Robots and Retail (Issue 2 | Sep 29–Oct 5, 2025)

Oct 8, 2025

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5 min read

Uncanny Intel: Robots and Retail (Issue 2 | Sep 29–Oct 5, 2025)

Humanoids about to hit the aisles, critics strike back, and robots start learning from humans again.

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Four key takeaways from podcast "Move Aside, Chatbots: AI Humanoids Are Here"

Sep 24, 2025

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Four key takeaways from podcast "Move Aside, Chatbots: AI Humanoids Are Here"

This post breaks down four major insights from the recent WIRED podcast “Move Aside, Chatbots: AI Humanoids Are Here” — from who’s funding humanoid robotics, to where real progress is happening, and where the promises risk outpacing reality.

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Uncanny Intel: Project Go-Big (Issue 1 | Sep 14–Sep 21, 2025)

Sep 21, 2025

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5 min read

Uncanny Intel: Project Go-Big (Issue 1 | Sep 14–Sep 21, 2025)

Big money, big datasets — and a serious security wake-up call

We are a newsletter and community for anyone curious about humanoid robots — the hardware, the headlines, and the hard questions that come with letting machines into our lives. We’re not making academic papers or glossy press releases. We’re making space for honest, readable conversations.

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