Amid all of io9’s lists looking back at the year’s best books, movies, TV shows, and more, there’s always one melancholy ...

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A quiet economic subsector is emerging around humanoid robots, and it's already experiencing a variety of cybersecurity challenges. Joseph Rooke, director of risk insights at Recorded Future's Insikt ...

In honor of the Wicked movie, online creator Ricky Downes III has released a new parody video of The Muppets singing the iconic musical. In a new video on YouTube, The Muppets perform their own ...

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 ...

Memo may not be the world’s fastest barista, but it is impressive—for a robot. I recently watched as Memo, a new home robot from a company called Sunday Robotics, made coffee in an open-plan kitchen ...

Elon Musk, already the world’s richest man, is now on the path to becoming its first trillionaire. Tesla’s shareholders recently approved a massive pay package for the CEO, including some $1 trillion ...

A highly anticipated Russian humanoid robot's debut fell flat when the machine face-planted during a live presentation in Moscow this week. On Tuesday, Nov. 11, the robot, named AIDOL, made its ...

Russia’s first humanoid robot was showcased to the world Wednesday with the unveiling dramatically cut short after it tripped within moments of stepping onto a Moscow stage. Video of the spectacular ...

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The video is slapstick perfection: a humanoid called AIdol staggers onto a Moscow stage to the Rocky theme, wobbles, waves—and promptly face-plants as handlers rush in with a black sheet. The clip ...