So humanoid research led to a useful non-humanoid robot.” Some startups aiming for humanlike machines focused on improving the dexterity of robotic fingers before trying to get their robots to walk.

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Budget Bot Want a humanoid, open source robot for just $3,000? Hugging Face is on it. The HopeJR will compete with Unitree's G1 and other early offerings.

The numbers seem particularly ambitious considering the startup only debuted its humanoid robot, Phantom, earlier this year. Foundation only last August raised $11 million in a pre-seed funding ...