On July 9, 2026, 1X Technologies held a product launch not for a robot, but for a hand. A 25-degree-of-freedom, tendon-driven hand designed to match human dexterity - and it reveals the boldest bet in robotics. While Tesla, Figure, and Agility chase the factory floor, 1X is betting on the Americ…
On May 31, 2026, OpenAI quietly started hiring engineers to build its own robots. After shutting its robotics team back in 2021, the company behind ChatGPT is reaching into the physical world. Most people will read this as a hiring story. I read it as a signal: intelligence has spent three years…
