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, ...

Robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks warns $39B humanoid robot investments chase impossible goals while practical wheeled ...

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 ...

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, ...

Beijing hosted the inaugural World Humanoid Robot Games, drawing hundreds of robotics teams from 16 countries to compete in diverse events, from athletics to practical tasks. China, aiming to lead the ...

Watch Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot doing training routines, or the latest humanoids from Figure loading a washing machine, and it’s easy to believe the robot revolution is here. From the outside, it ...

First ever World Humanoid Robot Games kicks off in Beijing Hundreds of humanoid robots have been brought together in Beijing, China, for the inaugural World Humanoid Robot Games. The three-day event ...

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 ...

This is the surreal moment a human-shaped robot participating in a race ploughs into a staff member and keeps running like nothing happened, leaving him lying on the track in pain.The scene was ...

Robot's founder wouldn't go near today's robots with a 10-foot pole Source: x.com/cb_doge Rodney Brooks describes the ...

Remotely operated by their human teams, the robots will be tested for agility and skill competing in 26 events like football, martial arts, gymnastics, and track and field events like running and a ...

The first-ever World Humanoid Robot Olympics has wrapped up in Beijing, China, and one particular robot shone in the track events. Built by Chinese firm Unitree Robotics, the H1 humanoid robot helped ...