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Machines outnumber humans at a humanoid maker

development2026-06-20

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At Figure, machines now outnumber humans, while Hyundai is buying out SoftBank to take full control of Boston Dynamics for $325 million as Atlas humanoids head to a Georgia factory by 2028.

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Reporting date: 2026-06-20 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to June 20, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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A model runs robodog tasks twenty times faster than the best humans

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Machines outnumber humans at a humanoid maker
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Reporting date: 2026-06-20
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-06-20-machines-outnumber-humans-at-a-robot-maker
Claim: At Figure, machines now outnumber humans, while Hyundai is buying out SoftBank to take full control of Boston Dynamics for $325 million as Atlas humanoids head to a Georgia factory by 2028.
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- Welcome to June 20, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-june-20-2026
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