experiment · 12 · robotics frontier

Humanoid Robotics Frontier

The signal layer for the humanoid + general-purpose robotics race. 18 hand-picked YouTube channels grouped by role — the labs shipping the hardware, the commentators metabolizing the capability deltas, and the research feeds explaining the papers underneath. Subscriber + upload stats refresh nightly through the same pipeline that runs the HiFi trends dashboard.

10 labs · 6 commentators · 2 research · seeded 2026-05-26

First-party humanoid + robotics builders. The source.

Boston Dynamics

@bostondynamics

Atlas. Spot. Stretch. The canonical humanoid + quadruped lab.

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3,430,000
videos
180
views
877,784,883
open channel latest · 2026-05-25

Tesla

@Tesla

Optimus drops first-party. AI Day, factory clips.

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2,930,000
videos
515
views
373,022,666
open channel latest · 2026-05-21

Unitree Robotics

@UNITREEROBOTICS

G1, H1, Go2. The price-disruptor out of Hangzhou.

subs
1,850,000
videos
84
views
294,833,301
open channel latest · 2026-05-25

Figure

@figureai

BMW production-floor humanoid. Figure 02, Helix VLA.

subs
243,000
videos
43
views
17,043,482
open channel latest · 2026-05-23

Sophia · Hanson Robotics

@SophiaTheRobot

Conversational humanoid. The press-cycle benchmark.

subs
73,300
videos
138
views
9,158,735
open channel latest · 2026-04-16

Agility Robotics

@AgilityRobotics

Digit. Bipedal logistics at Amazon, GXO.

subs
65,900
videos
138
views
9,821,907
open channel latest · 2026-05-11

Sanctuary AI

@SanctuaryAi

Phoenix. Carbon human cognition stack. Vancouver.

subs
10,300
videos
71
views
640,910
open channel latest · 2026-04-01

1X Technologies

@1Xtech

NEO Gamma. Soft-skin home humanoid. OpenAI-backed.

subs
2
videos
1
views
25
open channel latest · 2022-12-09

Apptronik

@apptronik

Apollo. Mercedes manufacturing pilot. Austin-based.

subs
1
videos
views

Ameca · Engineered Arts

@AmecaRobot

The expressive face of robotics. Falmouth, UK.

subs
videos
2
views
5
open channel latest · 2023-03-14

Aggregators and weekly roundups. Capability-delta watchers.

ColdFusion

@ColdFusion

Long-form tech explainers. Robotics covered with context.

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5,200,000
videos
568
views
563,440,866
open channel latest · 2026-05-25

AI Search

@theaisearch

Curated AI demo reels. Lean editorial voice.

subs
678,000
videos
450
views
58,824,458
open channel latest · 2026-05-24

AI Revolution

@airevolutionx

Weekly humanoid + AI roundup. Bias toward demo clips.

subs
547,000
videos
843
views
71,621,703
open channel latest · 2026-05-25

The Tesla Space

@TheTeslaSpace

Tesla + Optimus beat. Daily, biased-bullish.

subs
527,000
videos
628
views
103,911,275
open channel latest · 2026-05-21

The AI GRID

@TheAIGRID

Daily model + robotics drops. High-volume scanner.

subs
393,000
videos
937
views
66,670,146
open channel latest · 2026-05-20

Wes Roth

@WesRoth

Frontier-AI news cadence. Sharp on capability deltas.

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319,000
videos
814
views
53,683,010
open channel latest · 2026-05-26

Paper digests and institutional engineering coverage.

Two Minute Papers

@TwoMinutePapers

Karoly Zsolnai-Feher. Vision/robotics paper digests.

subs
1,810,000
videos
1062
views
165,889,996
open channel latest · 2026-05-25

IEEE Spectrum

@IEEESpectrum

Institutional robotics & engineering coverage.

subs
155,000
videos
1209
views
78,241,214
open channel latest · 2026-05-04

This vertical is in the lab. The production version — cross-referenced against citations, scoring, and momentum signals — will surface on the MadCool network's research surface when the dataset matures.

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