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# The Materiality of Intelligence: Vertical Slice of Dexterous Manipulation Dexterous manipulation—the ability of robots to handle objects with varying shapes, compliances, and fragilities—has historically been the long pole in the tent of general-purpose robotics. While bipedal mobility dominates the headlines, the utility of a robot is ultimately
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Published 2026-08-11 · Updated 2026-08-18 By Ken ZHANG (Maze Intelligence) | Theme: VERTICAL SLICE — Humanoid Robotics If 2023 was the year of the "humanoid concept" and 2024 was the year of the "prototype video," 2026 is the year of the logistics pivot. For eighteen
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Published 2026-08-04 · Updated 2026-08-16 By Ken ZHANG (Maze Intelligence) If you want to understand the maturity of the robotics sector, stop looking at the bipeds dancing in Twitter videos and start looking at the rebar. The consumer humanoid narrative is dominated by "platform wars"
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Published 2026-07-28 · Updated 2026-08-16 Date: July 28, 2026 (updated per FinBrain 2026-08-18) Author: Ken ZHANG (Maze Intelligence) The hype cycle of 2023—fueled by generative AI demos and viral videos of humanoid robots folding shirts—is officially over. In its place, a colder, harder
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Published 2026-07-21 · Updated 2026-08-17 Issue #011 — Vertical Slice | By Ken ZHANG (Maze Intelligence) | Theme: Humanoid Robotics & Embodied AI Infrastructure If 2023 was the year of the "concept video" and 2024 was the year of the "factory pilot," 2026 is shaping up