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The design page says that across its 29 joints the team set performance requirements per task. The Alex specifications page lists height 179 cm, weight 85 kg, speed 1.5+ m/s, battery 2+ hrs, and payload (cont.) 15+ kg. The design page names development funding from the Office of Naval Research, the Army Research Laboratory, and the Army Data Analysis Center. Cap: institute-stated hardware pages, not an independent measurement."},{"label":"xTechHumanoid winner (Army-stated, Sep 2026)","value":"Army-stated ([Army-stated](https://pit.army.mil/update/xtechhumanoid-winners-advance-military-exploration-of-emerging-humanoid-capabilities/); also [army.mil](https://www.army.mil/article/295812/robotics_competition_winners_advance_military_exploration_of_humanoid_capabilities)): on Sep 11 2026 the U.S. Army named the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition one of five xTechHumanoid winners for Alex, \"a humanoid robot featuring impact-resilient actuators, ballistic protection, and hybrid autonomy combining artificial intelligence and human control for complex and dangerous missions.\" IHMC Robotics ([LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7506431365924700162)) says that prize was first place in the Baseline Humanoid System category. Cap: prize-competition selection, not a fielded Army program or a procurement contract. 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