The World Robot Conference 2022, held in Beijing, wrapped up last Sunday, or so the robots would like us to think. But it would be remiss to just skip past this terrifying update on the ever-advancing ...

The price tag is orders of magnitude cheaper than most robots in its class, which can run into tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. Now China’s Unitree Robotics, best known for its nimble ...

Robot developers keep making it seem like housebots are imminent when they’re decades away, argue Dr Carl Strathearn and Dr Dimitra Gkatzia from Edinburgh Napier University. As much as this might ...

Pepper, the humanoid robot, was born in 2014. It enjoyed a brief wave of hype, including a visit to the Financial Times to meet the editor. “This is a robot that behaves autonomously, powered by love, ...

Over the next several years, humanoid robots will change the nature of work. Or at least, that’s what humanoid robotics companies have been consistently promising, enabling them to raise hundreds of ...

Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing today, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21km course. The robots from ...

A humanoid robot has insisted it has no plans to "replace" humans, after it unveiled a new portrait of Britain's King Charles this week. Artist Ai-Da is one of the most advanced robots in the world, ...

In Heilongjiang, China, on September 27, 2025, a robot dog collided with a humanoid runner during a marathon event at the ...

Robotics specialist Unitree has released another video showing its G1 humanoid robot recovering quickly and easily after being knocked to the ground. “Unitree G1 has learned the ‘Anti-Gravity’ mode,” ...

The funding will be used to advance the start-up’s development of cognitive and humanoid robots. Germany-based Neura Robotics yesterday (15 January) announced it has raised €120m in a Series B funding ...