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The Race for a General Policy: Grading Robotics Foundation Models

A grounded assessment of robotics foundation models, evaluating Pi, RT-2, and Groot against shipping hardware, pilot deployments, and public announcements. Includes India market context and pricing realities.

Nexa Robotics Secures Series A to Scale Indian-Made Humanoid Platform

Indian humanoid robotics startup Nexa Robotics closes $45M Series A led by Sequoia Capital India, targeting industrial automation with a domestically manufactured humanoid robot priced at ₹18 lakh.

Sim-to-Real Robotics: Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, and the Measured Path Across the Reality Gap

A grounded evaluation of sim-to-real transfer in humanoid robotics, examining Isaac Sim and MuJoCo for physics fidelity, deployment readiness, and India availability. Claims are graded by shipping hardware first, pilot deployments second, and announcements last.

Reinforcement Learning for Humanoid Locomotion and Manipulation: Shipping Hardware, Pilots, and Real-World Limits

An evidence-based review of how reinforcement learning powers humanoid robot movement and dexterous manipulation. Claims are graded by shipping hardware, pilot deployments, and public announcements, with specific notes on India availability and landed cost estimates.

Imitation Learning in Humanoid Robotics: From Teleoperation to Behaviour Cloning

A grounded technical review of imitation learning pipelines in humanoid robotics, covering teleoperation data collection, demonstration standardisation, behaviour cloning architectures, deployment maturity, and India market availability.

Vision-Language-Action Models: Grounding AI in Physical Hardware

An evidence-based assessment of the VLA paradigm, evaluating RT-2, Octo, and OpenVLA against real hardware deployments, manufacturer specifications, and India market availability.