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Latest, from November 7, 2026: Unitree Hangzhou factory tour and IPO filings show humanoids and robot dogs mostly hand-assembled, with $1.7 million of machinery for almost 32,000 robots.

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• CompaniesNovember 7, 2026
  Unitree Hangzhou factory tour and IPO filings show humanoids and robot dogs mostly hand-assembled, with $1.7 million of machinery for almost 32,000 robots

  A tour of Unitree's Hangzhou plant and its IPO filings show mostly manual assembly: $1.7M of machinery for almost 32,000 robots made in 2025.

• HumanoidsNovember 7, 2026
  Elon Musk tells Ron Baron Tesla will probably rent Optimus humanoid robots rather than sell them, with build cost near a car's at first

  Musk told Ron Baron Tesla will "probably rent" Optimus humanoids, not sell them, and agreed build cost starts near $30,000 and falls toward $20,000.