Learning sprint · current to Nov 11, 2026

Humanoids
in seven days.

An hour a day, from actuators to foundation models to unit economics. Every claim is sourced and tagged by evidence quality. Built on top of your humanoidz research repo.

Begin Day 1 →Open spec explorer
Q3 2026 shipments
0
+347% YoY · SAG
2026 forecast
~54k
units ≈ $1.9B
Best real-plant score
96%
Gemini Robotics 2.5 × Apollo 2 @ Mercedes
Cheapest humanoid
$4.9k
Unitree R1 Air

The course map

How to use this

Read, then quiz. Each day ends with 5 questions. Your score is saved in this browser, and a day counts as complete at 4/5.
Play with the tools. Each day has interactive pieces: a torque sizer, a data-cost model, a control-frequency stack and an ROI calculator.
Mind the tags. verified company-claimed inferred rumor: treat them differently.
Tool

Spec explorer

18 humanoids on one chart. Choose any two axes, filter by region, and click a column to sort. Empty cells mean the spec isn't published, which tells you something too.

Specs come from vendor pages and the repo's matrix (data/matrix.csv, technical/*). Most are company-claimed. Prices are list or announced, in USD, with currency conversions approximate inferred. Optimus figures are pre-release estimates rumor.

Tool

Timeline, 2022 → 2028

Filled dots mark turning points. Dashed dots are dated promises still to come. Click a year to jump to it.

Tool

Glossary

Origin

What your repo already knew

Bibliography

Sources

Numbered citations used across the course. Accessed Nov 10–11, 2026.