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How does a robot think?

Every robot runs the same loop, many times a second. It senses the world with cameras and sensors, an AI model decides what to do next, and motors carry it out. Then it checks what happened and goes again.

What is new is the middle step. Instead of hand-written rules, robots now use one large model that can see, understand an instruction like “put the cup in the sink”, and turn it into movement.

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The simple version

A robot senses, thinks and acts, again and again

  1. Meet a helper robot.Someone asks it to put the cup in the sink. To do that, it runs the same three steps over and over.
  2. Sense.Its cameras look around and spot the things that matter here: the cup and the sink.
  3. Think.An AI model inside works out a plan: pick up the cup, carry it over, put it down gently.
  4. Act.Motors move the arm and hand to follow the plan, a little bit at a time.
  5. Check, then go again.It looks again to see if it worked. Robots repeat sense, think, act many times every second.
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Key players

Who is building it

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HumanoidsUSFigure AI

General-purpose humanoid robots for work and the home.

LATEST NEWS → HumanoidsUSTesla

Optimus humanoid and the robotaxi service in Austin.

PROFILE → HumanoidsUSBoston Dynamics

Maker of the Atlas humanoid and the Spot robot dog.

LATEST NEWS → WarehouseUSAgility Robotics

Digit, a humanoid built to move totes in warehouses.

LATEST NEWS → HumanoidsChinaUnitree

Low-cost robot dogs and humanoids.

LATEST NEWS → Self-drivingUSWaymo

Driverless robotaxi service from Alphabet.

LATEST NEWS → HealthcareUSIntuitive Surgical

The da Vinci surgical robot.

LATEST NEWS → DronesUSZipline

Drone delivery for medical supplies and retail.

LATEST NEWS → Robot brainsUSPhysical Intelligence

Foundation models that let robots learn new tasks.

LATEST NEWS → Robot brainsUSNVIDIA

Robot chips, simulation tools and the GR00T models.

PROFILE → WarehouseUSAmazon

Runs one of the largest fleets of warehouse robots.

PROFILE → Robot brainsUSGoogle DeepMind

The Gemini Robotics models for robot control.

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Robot brains

Models that move things

Gemini RoboticsGoogle DeepMind
GR00TNVIDIA
π0Physical Intelligence
HelixFigure AI
Hardware

The chips inside the robot

NVIDIA · Robot computerJetson ThorNVIDIA’s computer for humanoids and other robots.All AI chipsSilicon tracker →
By country

Where robots are being built

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Milestones

From factory arms to humanoids

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1961Unimate goes to work on GM’s assembly line1972Shakey becomes the first robot that can reason2000Honda unveils the ASIMO humanoid robot2005Stanley wins the DARPA Grand Challenge2020Waymo opens driverless rides to the public2026Unitree’s IPO values the humanoid maker near $66bn
Words you’ll see

Robotics glossary

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Embodied AIAI that has a body and learns by acting in the world.
VLA modelVision-language-action: one model that sees, reads an instruction and outputs movement.
Sim-to-realTraining a robot in simulation, then moving the skill to a real machine.
TeleoperationA person controlling a robot remotely, often to collect training data.

Robots, in plain words.

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