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Archon Robotics

Shanghai embodied-AI startup founded by HKU assistant professor Hongyang Li; it builds whole-body foundation models and controllers for humanoid robots.

2 articlesLast covered Nov 5, 2026

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Nov 5, 2026ResearchArchon's Anchor 1 controller lifts humanoid teleoperation from 9 to 43 good demos an hour on a Unitree G1

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Nov 5, 2026

Embodied AI & Foundation Models

Archon's Anchor 1 controller lifts humanoid teleoperation from 9 to 43 good demos an hour on a Unitree G1

Shanghai startup Archon Robotics released Anchor 1, a whole-body controller that tracks five body points and cut real-robot wrist error by 28% against the best baseline. Its biggest gain is in collecting training data, not yet in autonomous work.

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Nov 4, 2026

Embodied AI & Foundation Models

Apple's HALO trains a Unitree G1 in 1,000 simulated homes and hits 91% in six real ones it never saw

Apple researchers trained a humanoid's home skills on simulated data, with no teleoperation, and report 91% success across 360 real trials. The paper's own numbers show the next limit is skill design, not data.

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