Promised the Year of Physical AI: Humanoid Robots Are Behind Schedule
Distinct-Question-16 · reddit · 2026-10-31
A progress check on the "2026 is the year of physical AI/humanoids" promise, now that November has arrived:
- 1X: 10,000 preorders reportedly delayed by about a year
- Tesla Optimus 3: no updates beyond a phone video showing torso rotation while talking
- Unitree and Honor showed speed and stunts at a robot olympics, no home chores
- UBTECH and AgiBot demo in factories
- Figure AI showed results on highly controlled home chores after massive dataset training, plus package sorting
Overall: controlled demos and stunts abound; the home-robot promise is clearly slipping.
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