General-purpose robots remain rare not for a lack of hardware but because we still can’t give machines the physical intuition ...

Many leaders of those companies would like to temper those expectations. For all the recent advances in the field, humanoid robots, they say, have been overhyped and face daunting technical challenges ...

Two autonomous robots combine walking, flying, and rolling in rescue missions that would be too risky for humans.

Humanoid robots are all over social media, doing everything from dancing to serving drinks. But are they really going to show ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. In an Indian town, workers fold towels while wearing cameras, providing data to teach AI robots how to move and ...

What can a humanoid robot actually do in the real world? If you’ve seen videos online of the Boston Dynamics Atlas robot or Tesla’s Optimus bot, you might have assumed that these machines are just ...

A Chinese humanoid robot has just delivered one of the most surreal tech demos of the year, flooring its own chief executive in a staged fight that looks more like a movie stunt than a lab test. In ...

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Robot companies are racing toward a breakout year, but they'll have to confront some fundamental problems before making ...

Robot makers want us all to believe we’re on the brink of an autonomous humanoid robot revolution. But that’s just not true. Call it 'faith-based innovation.' A Silicon Valley company called 1X this ...

Shanghai — A Chinese robot has stepped into the Guinness World Records after completing a three-day, 66-mile trek, the longest reported distance ever walked by a humanoid machine. The AgiBot A2, which ...