PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic included three NHL goaltenders in its squad for the Cortina Milan Winter Olympics on Tuesday.
They were Lukas Dostal of the Anaheim Ducks, Karel Vejmelka of the Utah Mammoth and Daniel Vladar of the Philadelphia Flyers.
Colorado Avalanche center Martin Necas, Boston Bruins right winger David Pastrnak and Vegas Golden Knights center Tomas Hertl were among 12 NHL players on the team which is missing Vancouver Canucks forward Filip Chytil, who has not recovered from concussion.
Pastrnak teammate Pavel Zacha, Ondrej Palat of the New Jersey Devils and Radek Faksa of the Dallas Stars were other forwards in the squad.
Only two defensemen play in the NHL — Radim Gudas from Anaheim and Filip Hronek from Vancouver — showing a decline in Czech players in North America in recent years.
Nineteen of the 25-man squad helped the Czechs win the world championship two years ago in Prague.
The Czechs open the Olympic tournament against Canada on Feb. 12. France and Switzerland are also in Group A.
AP Olympic coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics
Colorado Avalanche's Martin Necas watches the puck during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker)
PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 7, 2026--
QwikOS officially launches today, introducing a universal mobile application that connects open-SDK humanoid robots and provides a single, consistent interface for accessing each robot’s available commands and community features. QwikOS is designed to complement manufacturer software, firmware, and control systems by providing developers with a universal way to integrate new features they create, while making it easier for everyday robot owners to discover and use them without needing robotics or software-development expertise.
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Available Now on iOS and Android
QwikOS is accessible to consumers via the Apple App Store and Google Play, representing the first hardware-agnostic humanoid operating system and app ecosystem available to end users. This release delivers secure infrastructure for the global humanoid development community to deploy, test, and scale applications across varied hardware.
Industry’s First Universal Humanoid App Store
The QwikOS App Store delivers the industry’s first and largest catalog of third-party features and actions built for humanoid robots. QwikOS addresses the prior limitation of requiring developers to commit to a single proprietary platform. Capabilities developed on QwikOS can be published and deployed across any open-SDK humanoid hardware.
Universal Humanoid Hardware
QwikOS integrates with any humanoid robot hardware offering an open-source software developer kit (SDK), standardizing the user experience while underlying robot behavior remains implemented by each device’s SDK. QwikOS has completed production validation on the Unitree Robotics G1 EDU models and is the only third-party operating system supporting the Unitree G1 series. QwikOS brings compatibility to open-source humanoid hardware available now and coming soon (including Pollen Robotics, Booster Robotics, Agibot Tech, MagicLabs Robotics, EngineAI, and LimX Dynamics).
Developer Console & Monetization
QwikOS provides a centralized developer console that enables developers to submit features across multiple humanoid hardware platforms. The platform also enables developers to earn from feature development through the QwikOS App Store, including optional paid features, licensing models, and commercial distribution opportunities where supported. These mechanisms are intended to help developers maintain, improve, and support higher-quality features over time, aligned with real adoption and usage.
Integrations
QwikOS supports integrations with third-party platforms, enabling organizations and developers to extend humanoid capabilities by integrating existing technologies—such as LLMs like ChatGPT and external hardware ecosystems like Meta Quest VR headsets—while presenting these integrations to end users within a single, unified interface for streamlined configuration and control.
Learn More
A detailed whitepaper providing an overview of the platform is available on the QwikOS website. It is designed to help developers, integration partners, and corporate stakeholders understand QwikOS core technology, including how the platform enables standardized application deployment for humanoid robots and integrates with manufacturer SDKs.
QwikOS Debuts World's First Universal Humanoid Operating System and App Store
