Updated continuously · Last updated August 20, 2026
Four pillars of the RobotWale library - from humanoids to the AI stack underneath.
Tesla Optimus, Figure 02, Unitree H1, Apptronik Apollo and more.
Explore →VLA models, imitation learning and the robotics foundation models.
Explore →Robot vacuums, cooking bots and the robots already living in Indian homes.
Explore →DJI Agras, Garuda Aerospace, ideaForge and India's drone wave.
Explore →Fresh from the library.

A hardware-first breakdown of commercial tactile sensing technologies, grading GelSight, BioTac, and capacitive touch arrays by shipping status, deployment readiness, and India availability with landed cost estimates.

A grounded assessment of solid-state LiDAR, time-of-flight, and stereo depth sensors currently shipping for humanoid robotics, with deployment realities, compute requirements, and India availability.

A grounded assessment of Pi, RT-2, GR00T, and the current state of embodied AI. Shipping hardware leads, pilot deployments follow, announcements trail. India availability and cost realities.

An engineering-focused assessment of simulation-to-reality pipelines for humanoid robots, evaluating NVIDIA Isaac Sim and DeepMind MuJoCo against verified deployment data, hardware pairing, and India market availability.

A measured assessment of reinforcement learning applied to robotic locomotion and manipulation, prioritizing deployed hardware and pilot deployments over lab simulations. Covers real-world control frameworks, manufacturer specifications, and India market availability.

A grounded analysis of imitation learning in humanoid robotics, examining teleoperation data collection, behavior cloning architectures, real-world deployment status, and India market availability.

A technical assessment of the emerging VLA architecture, evaluating RT-2, Octo, and OpenVLA against shipping hardware, pilot deployments, and public announcements. Includes deployment considerations, compute requirements, and India market context.

A factual assessment of DRDO’s robotics R&D centres, graded by hardware status, with notes on commercial availability and pricing for the Indian market.

A grounded assessment of humanoid robotics research across IIT Madras, IIT Bombay, IISc Bangalore, and partner institutes. Covers hardware milestones, testing protocols, funding structures, and the current gap between academic prototypes and commercial deployment.
Humanoid launches, deployments, funding and India-focused coverage - in one place.






Humanoid robotics is one of the most exciting fields in tech - and also one of the noisiest. We cover what is shipping, what it costs, and how it actually behaves in the real world. Especially in India.
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