CMU and Bosch's Touch Dreaming boosts humanoid dexterity by 90.9%, and Unitree unveils the world's first mass-produced manned mecha GD01 — the week's standout humanoid robot stories
Carnegie Mellon University and the Bosch Center for AI developed HTD (Humanoid Transformer with Touch Dreaming), which trains robots to anticipate future tactile signals. Across five dexterous real-world tasks, HTD achieved 90.9% higher success rates over vision-only baselines.
Chinese robotics company Unitree has unveiled the GD01, the world's first mass-produced manned mecha. A human pilot can board and operate the large-scale robotic suit - the first time the science fiction concept has crossed into commercial mass production.