It stands 5 feet, 6 inches tall, weighs about as much as a golden retriever and costs near the price of a brand-new budget ...

Think of actuators as the robot’s muscles —the technology that enables humanoids to move. Actuators come in three types: ...

In a historic fusion of athletic tradition and cutting-edge technology, humanoid robots and human runners took to the same half marathon course in Beijing on Saturday - marking the world's first event ...

For more complicated tasks, 1X Technologies' Neo home robot switches to 'expert mode,' which involves a company employee ...

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more. China just turned a pair of Olympic venues ...

Researchers tested an LLM-powered robot's ability to fetch butter. The result? Today’s models still struggle at basic ...

California-based Figure AI has already shared its plan to test its humanoid robot in home environments. Its proprietary AI platform, called Helix, is able to process vision, language, and action to ...

A robot rehearses the 100m race before the opening ceremony of The World Humanoid Robot Games held in Beijing, China, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Humanoid robots danced hip-hop, ...

The Agibot G2 fuses industrial strength with AI intelligence, and a world-first cross-shaped wrist arm that moves with ...

Get this. You walk up to a robot-run convenience store, place your order on an app, and robotic arms quickly grab your items and deliver them to a secure window, all without any human employees.

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In the latest episode of What the Future, we run down the best highlights and fails from the first World Humanoid Robot Games held last week in China. Jesse Orrall (he/him/his) is a Senior Video ...