Field notes
Jul 2026
What the first year with a home humanoid actually looks like
Twelve months, one family, one Figure 02. What worked, what didn't, and what surprised us most.
Insights
Field notes from the frontier.
Written by the people who show up at the deployment. No hot takes, no vendor talking points — just what actually happened.
Benchmark
Jun 2026
The 2026 humanoid platform benchmark
How today's ten leading humanoids compare on mobility, manipulation, safety, and total cost of ownership.
Briefing
May 2026
Tesla Optimus: what we've seen up close
An independent readout from six months inside the Optimus advisory program.
Field notes
Apr 2026
Humanoid-augmented manufacturing: three lessons from Bavaria
A senior automotive tier-one integrated six mobile humanoids into a Kuka line. Here's what changed.
Perspective
Mar 2026
Why we're not building our own robot
Independence isn't a marketing line. It's the reason our advice is worth paying for.
Briefing
Feb 2026
The safety envelope: what regulators keep missing
A practitioner's view of what the emerging humanoid safety standards get right and wrong.
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