Tesla’s Optimus robot just took a giant leap forward, literally. In a pair of newly released videos, Elon Musk reveals Optimus performing complex dance moves, now entirely untethered and autonomous.

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LAS VEGAS, Jan. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AGIBOT, a leading robotics company specializing in embodied intelligence, today introduced Genie Sim 3.0 at CES 2026, a next-generation robot simulation ...

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The nervous system does an astonishing job of tracking sensory information, and does so using signals that would drive many computer scientists insane: a noisy stream of activity spikes that may be ...

Billions of dollars are flowing into humanoid robot startups, as investors bet that the industry will soon put humanlike machines in warehouses, factories and our living rooms. Many leaders of those ...

AI powered robots are slowly making their way into our world, from delivery bots on wheels to caregiver bots for the planet’s growing elderly population. Nothing has captured the imagination of ...

Midea has officially unveiled its next-generation humanoid robot, Miro U, at an event in Guangzhou, China. The robot is the world’s first to feature a six-arm wheel-leg design, and it is built for ...

There are few proven uses for humanoid robots, but that hasn’t stopped investment pouring in. There are few proven uses for humanoid robots, but that hasn’t stopped investment pouring in. is a ...

During Tesla’s third-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, CEO Elon Musk once again threatened investors that he would walk away if they didn’t agree to award him an astonishing $1 trillion payout. The ...

Russian state-backed hackers are using fake “I am not a robot” CAPTCHA pages to deliver new strains of espionage malware, according to Google Cloud’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), marking a fresh ...