It's been a goal for as long as humanoids have been a subject of popular imagination—a general-purpose robot that can do rote ...

Just days ago, Beijing’s National Speed Skating Oval – the same gleaming arena that once hosted Olympic champions – was home to a very different kind of athlete. There were no human sprinters, ...

Investors are pouring billions into companies pitching humanoid robots, but functional versions are decades away.

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Robots have long been the backbone of manufacturing—welding car frames, assembling ...

SALEM, Ore. — In an office park opposite an Amazon warehouse, the robots are at work. A trio of six-foot-tall machines with ostrichlike legs and two jointed arms work in shifts, walking off a charging ...

“Futuristic humanoids working in homes, businesses, and public spaces fuel people's interest," says Takayuki Ito, President of the International Federation of Robotics. “Since our environment is ...

With jerky determination, robots played soccer, wowed children with shadow-boxing skills and shot arrows on Monday at the birthplace of the Olympic Games. As they shuffled and occasionally froze for a ...

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 ...

Meta's chief technology officer Andrew Bosworth said robotics software could be an 'AR-sized bet,' following the company ...