CES 2026 was awash in walking, lifting, interacting machines. But robots that actually look human aren't necessary in industrial settings. The focus is shifting from humanoid appearance to ...

For decades, humanoid robots have lived behind safety cages in factories or deep inside research labs. Fauna Robotics, a New York-based robotics startup, says that era is ending. The company has ...

Elon Musk has repeatedly touted the Optimus humanoid robot as Tesla’s (NYSE: TSLA) most significant long-term value driver, suggesting it could eventually propel the company’s market cap to $25 ...

Last year, 21 humanoid robots squared up against each other in the World Humanoid Robot Games’ half marathon race in Beijing in an unintentionally hilarious debauchery of broken limbs, face plants — ...

SUZHOU, China—Elon Musk has been telling investors for months that Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot will revolutionize the world and create a new mega-industry. But most of it could belong to China, he ...

Automakers are prioritizing long-term automation gains over current productivity limits of humanoid robots. Tesla and Hyundai are among the leaders pushing humanoid robots into factories within the ...

Faraday Future may have technically built a small handful of EVs that can somehow legally be driven on public roads, but it's still not a real car company. What exactly is going on behind the scenes ...

The Chinese humanoid robot called IRON made its first public appearance in Southern China on Saturday.VCG/VCG via Getty Images After drawing cheers from a crowd at its debut in China, a humanoid robot ...

Xpeng Motors CEO He Xiaopeng yesterday played down concerns after the company’s humanoid robot, IRON, fell during its first public appearance at a shopping mall in Shenzhen, calling the incident a ...

Just how big is the market for humanoid robots? Big enough to soak up a whopping ~75 GWh of solid-state battery capacity between now and 2035 – nearly 1500x growth! Party-loving Tesla CEO Elon Musk ...

What happens when artificial intelligence (AI) moves from painting portraits to designing homes? That question is no longer theoretical. At the Utzon Center in Denmark, Ai-Da Robot, the world's first ...

In a nutshell: China's ambitious drive to automate its factories is running up against the physical and computational limits of current humanoid robots. Shenzhen-based UBTech Robotics, one of the ...