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Westlake Robotics' WR1 Brain Has Two Humanoids Fold Trousers With Dexterous Hands

October 11

Westlake Robotics, the Hangzhou robotics company spun out of Westlake University, has released WR1, which it calls a general brain for humanoid robots.

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