Industry & robots
Economy · entries: 10
events
- In its Q3 2026 report, Tesla says that Optimus production has begun on high-volume lines in Fremont and that these are the first robots of series-production qualityIndustry & robots · Business & markets · Work & jobs · Humanoid robots · assets-ir.tesla.com ↗
- Elon Musk on Tesla's Q3 earnings call: to collect training data, Tesla needs to build on the order of 10,000–20,000 Optimus robots, which will train at an “Optimus Academy”; customer deliveries will likely begin toward the end of 2027Industry & robots · Work & jobs · Humanoid robots · fool.com ↗
- The FCC adds foreign power inverters and robots (humanoid, quadruped, mobile) to its “Covered List”: new models will not be authorized for sale in the USGeopolitics & defense · Industry & robots · Laws & regulation · Humanoid robots · docs.fcc.gov ↗
- SEMI: in 2025 China bought $49.3 billion of chipmaking equipment out of $135.1 billion worldwideBusiness & markets · Industry & robots · Compute export controls · semi.org ↗
- Huawei announces a plan to release Ascend chips once a year, doubling compute each time, and acknowledges that the Chinese mainland will lag behind in process nodes for a relatively long timeBusiness & markets · Industry & robots · Compute export controls · huawei.com ↗
- China introduces export controls on 7 medium and heavy rare earth metals, including magnetsGeopolitics & defense · Industry & robots · Compute export controls · mofcom.gov.cn ↗
- China bans in principle the export of gallium, germanium, antimony and superhard materials to the USGeopolitics & defense · Industry & robots · Compute export controls · cn.chinadaily.com.cn ↗
- China introduces export controls on gallium and germanium from 1 August 2023Geopolitics & defense · Industry & robots · Compute export controls · mofcom.gov.cn ↗
- The Roomba robot vacuum: the first mass-market home robotHome & family · Industry & robots · Home robots · en.wikipedia.org ↗
- Honda unveils the humanoid robot ASIMOIndustry & robots · Science · Humanoid robots · en.wikipedia.org ↗