“Figure 03 is a general-purpose humanoid robot for every day,” the California startup said. In a video, it showed off the new ...

While Optimus is not yet the American humanoid robot poster boy (Atlas still holds that title), it can certainly stir a pot, sweep, and vacuum. It can now open and close cabinets and curtains, tear a ...

Deep Robotics has unveiled the world’s first weatherproof humanoid robot, designed to operate in rain, heat, and extreme ...

Diligent Robotics co-founder Vivian Chu said her "minimum viable humanoid" robots are already helping hospital staff save time.

In a lab tucked away in Poland, a group of engineers is quietly redefining what it means to build a robot. Not with circuits or gears, but with synthetic muscles, ligaments and something they’re ...

Figure AI said it had raised more than $1 billion in a funding round that valued the company at $39 billion, making it one of ...

In his emailed note to investors, the investment banking expert Adam Jonas rated Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot program as being key to the long-term growth of the company, which is best known as an ...

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As the race to bring humanoid robots into the workplace and the home heats up, manufacturers are often keen to show off newly learned skills and accomplishments. But none so far rock as hard as keytar ...

A couple of weeks ago, we watched in awe as Figure’s humanoid robot grabbed clothes from a laundry basket before deftly depositing them in a washer. It was all very impressive. In a follow-up that ...