Agility and FORT Robotics partner on humanoid safety
The partnership centers on safe operation of Digit in environments shared with people—an unglamorous but necessary step toward scaled work.
Company announcementRead source
Independent watch · Robotics in the real world
A clear-eyed field guide to the robots moving from impressive demos into factories, warehouses, and everyday life.
Read the latest signal05Companies watched
06Sourced signals
03Work settings
2026Deployment year
01 / The wire
Signals worth your time
LATEST UPDATE · 03 OCT 2026
Each signal links to its source
Each signal links to its source
Figure retires its F.02 development platform
A useful reminder that robot progress is iterative: new hardware and learned behaviors arrive through test cycles, not one finished reveal.
F.02 decommission noteRead source
Digit 5 is built around cooperative work
The latest Digit generation puts safe collaboration and deployment at scale at the center of its product story.
Digit 5 announcementRead source
Figure is building a larger real-world robotics dataset
Its Index initiative targets a gap that matters across the field: physical training data cannot be scraped from the open web.
Index announcementRead source
Unitree announces H2 Plus for academic research
The company positions the platform as an NVIDIA Isaac GR00T reference humanoid, bringing research tooling into the hardware conversation.
Unitree news centerRead source
Atlas moves from research icon toward factory work
Boston Dynamics unveiled a production version and said 2026 deployments were scheduled with Hyundai and Google DeepMind.
Official product announcementRead source
02 / The watchlist
Who is building what
Public evidence reviewed · 04 Oct 2026
01 / DEMOCapability shownControlled demonstration; task scope may be limited.
02 / PILOTTested on siteTrial in a customer workflow, usually with close support.
03 / DEPLOYMENTDoing paid workOperating in a real customer environment.
04 / SCALERepeated across sitesMultiple robots or locations, with sustained operations.
Stage labels describe the strongest public evidence for the named model, not an independent performance audit.
Tesla
OPTIMUSProduction-line ambitions meet the practical questions of reliability, pace, and deployment.
Pre-production · line planned
Company filing · Jan 2026Evidence
Figure
FIGURE 03 · HELIXFigure 03 was shown at BMW’s Spartanburg plant for a factory logistics workflow.
Customer-site demonstration
Company update · Jun 2026Evidence
Agility Robotics
DIGIT 5Digit 4 has commercial operating hours; Digit 5 is the newly introduced next generation.
Commercial operations · Digit 4
Company update · Sep 2026Evidence
Boston Dynamics
ATLASProduct manufacturing announced, with initial 2026 fleets named for Hyundai and Google DeepMind.
Customer fleets announced · 2026
Company release · Jan 2026Evidence
Unitree
G1 · H2 PLUSG1 is listed as a purchasable humanoid platform, with research and education configurations.
Commercial product listed
Official product pageEvidence
Every stage links to the source and its publication date where available.Company-reported · not independently audited
03 / The footage log
Watch the machines work
Official company demos · select a frame to watch
Boston Dynamics · Atlas
Meet the all-electric Atlas
Official video ↗Agility Robotics · Digit 5
Cooperatively safe work at scale
Official video ↗Unitree Robotics · G1
A humanoid robot in action
Official video ↗Figure · Helix 02
Full-body autonomy in a real environment
Figure source ↗04 / Mission log
From prototype to workplace
Selected public milestones · chronological, not exhaustive
Atlas product version unveiled
Boston Dynamics introduces its production-intent electric humanoid and names initial 2026 deployment partners. Source
Figure introduces Helix 02
A unified neural system is presented controlling locomotion and manipulation through an end-to-end kitchen task. Source
Figure reports BotQ production progress
The company says it has built more than 350 Figure 03 robots and demonstrated a one-per-hour cycle time. Source
Unitree announces H2 Plus
The company introduces a reference humanoid platform for academic research using NVIDIA Isaac GR00T. Source
Agility unveils Digit 5
The new generation foregrounds safe cooperation and scale in real work environments. Source
Safety partnership announced for Digit
Agility and FORT Robotics announce a partnership focused on safety for humanoid deployments. Source
05 / The machine
A spec sheet with context
Only published figures; gaps are left blank, not guessed
| Platform | Published detail | What it tells us | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas · Boston Dynamics | 1.9 m tall · repeated 30 kg lifts | Designed around industrial handling; not a general-purpose performance score. | Company |
| Figure 03 · Figure | 350+ units built; 1/hour cycle demonstrated | A manufacturing milestone reported by Figure, not verified shipment totals. | Company |
| Optimus · Tesla | 1 million/year eventual capacity target | Long-term planned capacity; first production line timing is a target. | Filing |
| Digit 5 · Agility | Safety and cooperative work emphasized | Company announcement; use-case and fleet deployment matter more than demo speed. | Company |
Figures are not directly comparable across companies: definitions, test conditions, and reporting methods differ.
06 / The thesis
Three things that matter next
A practical lens for separating progress from spectacle
01 / REPEATABILITYCan it do the task again?
Look for sustained cycles across days and shifts, not a single successful clip.
02 / INTERVENTIONHow often does a person step in?
Autonomy is meaningful when exceptions, recovery, and supervision are described.
03 / ECONOMICSDoes the workflow pay for the robot?
Deployment counts only when it solves a real job at a credible operating cost.
07 / Community
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