At Humanoids Summit Tokyo 2026 (held in Tokyo on May 28–29, 2026), Hanya Huang, Operation Partner at High Torque Robotics, presented Mini Pi and Mini Pi+, the company’s compact bipedal and full-body humanoid platforms. Her central argument was that humanoid development will not scale through better AI models alone: developers also need affordable, modular hardware, stable control infrastructure, simulator-compatible software, and accessible documentation. During the live demo

Introduction: The Rising Titan of Physical AI Infrastructure In the rapidly accelerating race to develop physical AI and humanoids, a massive data bottleneck has emerged. While the industry has historically focused on building better hardware, the true battleground has shifted to the underlying data and evaluation infrastructure. Leading this paradigm shift is Lightwheel, a Physical AI simulation and data-infrastructure startup founded three years ago, which secured approxima

While the digital revolution has transformed online spaces and office workflows over the past few decades, its economic footprint remains concentrated. Generative AI tools and large language models (LLMs) operate primarily in the digital realm. In its market framing, Archetype AI positions roughly 85% of global economic activity as rooted in the physical world (spanning manufacturing, construction, energy, and transportation), compared with approximately 15% in primarily digi