One of the ways to illustrate how good a robot can be is to have it engage in fighting. Fighting requires the robot to ...

The latest humanoid robot on the market can purportedly run across a grassy lawn, do cartwheels and even fist-fight – and it costs less than $6,000. In a promotional video from China’s Unitree ...

A DARPA-sponsored initiative to build soft-bodied robots has led to some pretty impressive breakthroughs in robotics research, ranging from being able to access previously unreachable areas to ...

A panda-shaped robot moved through tai chi routines as machines designed after the terra-cotta warriors marched in step. Mechanical versions of Chinese pop culture icons such as the Monkey King and ...

There's an app for everything. And everything has an App Store. Including, now, humanoid robots, courtesy of Unitree.

The price tag is orders of magnitude cheaper than most robots in its class, which can run into tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. Now China’s Unitree Robotics, best known for its nimble ...

No matter how you feel about humanoid robots, they currently all have a technical limitation due to their form factor. Unless the robot is tethered to a power supply, it needs a battery, and unless ...

Scientists unveil penny-sized microrobots that swim, sense temperature, and run for months using light-powered brains.

Cell-sized robots can sense temperature, make decisions, and move autonomously using nanowatts of power—no external control ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the research laboratories at the University of Chicago and the scholars who are tackling some ...