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$1,688 humanoid robot made in San Francisco, humanoids pitched for US border patrol, robot traffic cops in China, and a massive surge of venture capital into physical AI.Humanoid Daily 16, John Koetsier looks at Nori A3, a surprisingly affordable wheeled humanoid that can handle basic household tasks and ships this fall. We also dig into Foundation Future Industries’ push to sell humanoid robots to US national-security agencies — including DHS — and the company’s connection to investor and chief strategy adviser Eric Trump.Plus: China is already putting humanoid robots to work alongside traffic police.And our number of the day is $47.4 billion: the amount venture investors poured into physical AI companies in just the first half of 2026, according to Crunchbase.Humanoid robots are getting cheaper, moving into real-world jobs, attracting enormous amounts of capital, and increasingly intersecting with government and national security.Subscribe for daily news and analysis on humanoid robots, physical AI, robotics, and embodied intelligence. More at HumanoidMegaHub.com!