Robotics | AI TrackerTwo questions: can robots do physical work on their own yet, and how fast can we build them and at what cost?https://www.justaparrot.com/enAI TrackerTesla planned about 10,000 Optimus robots in 2025; a year on, Musk said they did only basic taskshttps://www.justaparrot.com/e/tesla-optimus-targets-vs-reality/https://www.justaparrot.com/e/tesla-optimus-targets-vs-reality/Musk later said the robots did only basic tasks, and outside sales slipped to about the end of 2027. Tesla hasn't said how many it built.Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTroboticsAbout 22,000–25,000 humanoid robots shipped in the first half of 2026, more than in all of 2025https://www.justaparrot.com/e/humanoid-shipments-2025-2026/https://www.justaparrot.com/e/humanoid-shipments-2025-2026/Shipments were 13,000–18,000 in all of 2025. Chinese firms built over 95%, and most went to labs and shows, not factory work.Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTroboticsadoptionHumanoids at work are still small trials: 90,000 car parts loaded at BMW, 100,000 crates movedhttps://www.justaparrot.com/e/humanoid-deployments-reality/https://www.justaparrot.com/e/humanoid-deployments-reality/Humanoid jobs are still narrow trials, with figures from the makers. Agility, a top US maker, sold $1.8M in 2025 and lost $138M.Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTroboticsadoptionHype check: “Humanoid robots in demos and viral videos act on their own”https://www.justaparrot.com/e/myth-humanoid-demos-autonomous/https://www.justaparrot.com/e/myth-humanoid-demos-autonomous/Some do, but often a person steers them remotely without saying so. About 60% of robots in a 2026 Beijing race were remote-controlled.Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTroboticsmythsRobots finish about half of everyday chores in makers' own tests, and 12% in an independent onehttps://www.justaparrot.com/e/robot-household-task-success/https://www.justaparrot.com/e/robot-household-task-success/Figure and Physical Intelligence report about half of chores fully done in their own tests. In an independent challenge, the best got 12%.Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTroboticsbenchmarksGeneral robot AI: first releases in 2024, controlling whole humanoid bodies by 2026, makers sayhttps://www.justaparrot.com/e/robot-foundation-models/https://www.justaparrot.com/e/robot-foundation-models/AI that turns camera images and instructions into robot movement has improved every few months. Nearly all results come from the makers.Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTroboticsUnitree's cheapest humanoid fell from about $90,000 to $4,400 in three years, but it's child-sizehttps://www.justaparrot.com/e/humanoid-robot-price/https://www.justaparrot.com/e/humanoid-robot-price/The cheapest are small robots for research and teaching. A robot sold for home chores still costs $20,000 and relies on remote human help.Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTrobotics1X says it pre-sold 10,000 home robots in five days; a year later, no deliveries were announcedhttps://www.justaparrot.com/e/1x-neo-preorders-deliveries/https://www.justaparrot.com/e/1x-neo-preorders-deliveries/A year after 10,000 pre-orders at a refundable $200 each, we found no announced delivery of the $20,000 robot to a paying customer.Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTroboticsadoptionWinning robot half-marathon time: 2 h 40 min in 2025, 50 min in 2026, under the human recordhttps://www.justaparrot.com/e/robot-half-marathon-2026/https://www.justaparrot.com/e/robot-half-marathon-2026/The 2026 winner finished in 50:26, under the men's world record of 57:20. But about 60% of the 2026 robots were remote-controlled.Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTroboticsfunWalking robots had only draft safety rules in 2026, as robots at shows in China hurt peoplehttps://www.justaparrot.com/e/humanoid-safety-standards-incidents/https://www.justaparrot.com/e/humanoid-safety-standards-incidents/Safety rules assume robots can't fall over; one for walking robots is still a draft. Robots at Chinese shows hurt a spectator and a child.Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTrobotics