This dual cross-linking design lets the muscle switch stiffness on demand. In lab tests, its stiffness jumps from about 213 kilopascals — soft, like rubber — to 292 megapascals, hundreds of times ...

China’s dominance of the rare earth metals business—with a chokehold on Western militaries and key industries—has become a key geopolitical issue. Chinese companies make most of the parts that go into ...

Humanoid robot training is booming around the world. Tech companies are rushing to build the robots for a market projected to ...

Owners of the NEO butler-bot from 1X will have to schedule a time for remote operators to plug in and complete tasks.

The company says Neo is intended for household tasks such as folding laundry, organizing shelves, fetching items and watering ...

How advanced actuators, compliance control, and real-time planning create capable, safe humanoid collaborators.

State Street Pizza Pub, 322 W. State St., is located inside a historic, 140-year-old building, but what’s happening on the inside feels futuristic. The narrow space is adorned with 17 large ...

This week, the world's largest tech company, NVIDIA, brought its AI summit to the nation’s capital. The conference location ...

Neo is a friendly-looking humanoid robot from a California startup called 1X, and it hopes to come into your home as early as next year.

Enter NEO, a humanoid robot created by 1X, an artificial intelligence and robotics company based in Palo Alto, California.

Are you sick of doing your own cleaning? Well, you can now order a robot cleaner to do it all for you for the small price of ...