Robot & Company Reviews
One machine, one vendor, one honest verdict: real prices, real runtimes, and the limitations the demo reel leaves out.
- 01
Unitree G1 Review: The Cheap Humanoid's Expensive Catch
Why the entry-price G1 cannot be programmed, why Basic can never become EDU, the real two-hour runtime, and the unpatched wormable BLE exploit.
- 02
Boston Dynamics Spot Review: The Price Everyone Quotes Is Wrong
Spot's launch price is years stale and it is quote-only now. What configured units really cost, the annual subscription nobody budgets, and the 90-minute reality.
- 03
Unitree Go2 Review: Which Tier Actually Does What You Want
Four Go2 tiers, and only the top one gives SDK and ROS 2. Real runtimes, what Air gives up, and two separate security problems worth isolating the robot for.
- 04
Universal Robots Review: The Lineup Is Two Ladders, Not One
Why UR model numbers do not rank cleanly, what the rated payload actually has to cover, and why the arm is roughly half of what the project costs.
- 05
Franka Research 3 Review: The Lab Default, and Its Corporate Asterisk
Why the FR3's 1 kHz torque interface made it the research default, why 3 kg rules out production, and the insolvency and patent dispute behind the brand.
- 06
Tesla Optimus Review: The Scorecard, Not the Demo Reel
What Optimus has actually shipped against its own targets, which demos were teleoperated, and the line from Tesla's own earnings call that settles the question.
- 07
Figure 03 Review: The First Humanoid With a Published Hourly Cost
Figure 03 at BMW Spartanburg: a published cost per robot-operating-hour, 99%+ placement accuracy, Helix 02 whole-body control, and what those numbers omit.
