Upcoming in AI
Upcoming AI products, devices & robotics.
Devices, platforms and robots on the way — from OpenAI's first hardware to home humanoids.
Boston Dynamics Atlas — commercial launch
Boston Dynamics (Hyundai) · Robotics
Reported Commercial window reported 2026-2028
The all-electric Atlas is in Hyundai pilots; aggregator trackers put commercial availability in a 2026-2028 window with an initial fleet serving Hyundai plants. No dated commitment from Boston Dynamics itself.
Figures as reported — see sources.
Why this label: Aggregator trackers only; Boston Dynamics has made no dated commitment.
Sources: OptimusK tracker
Checked Oct 14, 2026
OpenAI's first hardware device — public reveal
OpenAI · Device
Teased Second half of 2026
OpenAI's chief global affairs officer told Axios at Davos the company is 'on track' for an unveiling in the latter part of 2026.
The form factor is officially undisclosed; court filings in the iyO case say only that it is not an in-ear device or a wearable, and the name 'io' will not be used.
Why this label: Exec statement to Axios at Davos; no firm date, form factor undisclosed.
Sources: MacRumors · 9to5Mac
Checked Oct 14, 2026
1X NEO home robot deliveries
1X Technologies · Robotics
Reported First US deliveries late 2026 (reported)
NEO, a consumer home humanoid, is on pre-order at a reported $20,000 or $499/mo, with first deliveries reported to begin late 2026 — which would make it the first humanoid sold for the home.
Figures as reported — see sources.
Why this label: Single-aggregator sourcing so far — flagged in the research pack itself.
Single-aggregator sourcing so far; re-verify against 1X's own site before featuring prominently.
Sources: OptimusK tracker
Checked Oct 14, 2026
OpenAI device — customer shipments
OpenAI · Device
Announced Not before end of Feb 2027
In a sworn court filing (Feb 2026), OpenAI's VP/GM Peter Welinder stated the first device will not ship to customers before the end of February 2027, and that no packaging or marketing materials exist yet — the firmest date in the device story, because it is a legal filing.
Why this label: Sworn court filing by OpenAI's VP/GM Peter Welinder, Feb 2026.
Sources: MacRumors
Checked Oct 14, 2026
Tesla Optimus — public sales
Tesla · Robotics
Reported End of 2027 (conditional)
Musk told BlackRock's Larry Fink at Davos (Jan 2026) Tesla expects to sell Optimus to the public by end of 2027, only when confident in very high reliability and safety — his words make the date conditional. Internal factory deployment through 2026 is the nearer milestone.
Figures as reported — see sources.
Why this label: Musk's Davos statement as reported; the date is explicitly quality-gated.
Sources: TechRepublic · Morningstar / MarketWatch
Checked Oct 14, 2026
Figure 03 / BotQ scale-up
Figure AI · Robotics
Announced 100,000 units over 4 years (by ~2029) — company target
Figure's BotQ factory reached 1 robot/hour in Apr 2026 with 350+ Figure 03 units delivered; the company's stated trajectory is 12,000 units/yr on the first line scaling to 100,000 robots over four years, sold largely as Robotics-as-a-Service.
Why this label: Company-stated production trajectory; targets are projections, labelled as such.
Production targets are company projections, not commitments.
Sources: Inside BotQ (ai2.work) · NextBigFuture
Checked Oct 14, 2026
Project Genie — wider availability
Google DeepMind · Platform
Teased Expansion planned; no date No date given
Project Genie (the Genie 3 world-model prototype) launched 29 Jan 2026 to US AI Ultra subscribers only. DeepMind says it intends to expand access and keep improving the prototype; no wider-availability date has been given.
Why this label: DeepMind has confirmed the intent to expand access; no date given.
Sources: Quantum Zeitgeist
Checked Oct 14, 2026
