Tech companies are collectively spending billions to turn the age old sci-fi trope of humanoid, general-purpose robots into ...

Humanoid robots spent 2025 straddling a strange line between breakthrough and blooper reel. They poured lattes, posed in fashion campaigns and even stepped into kickboxing rings, only to trip, ...

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 ...

Footage circulating this week from the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen shows a humanoid robot walking alongside uniformed ...

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 ...

UBTech rolls out its 1,000th Walker S2 robot, marking the shift from prototypes to large-scale, real-world humanoid ...

I spent my childhood longing for him to bring me fun drinks on his little tray while I reclined on the sofa, glued to back-to ...

Humanoid robots have drawn renewed attention this year as companies such as Agility Robotics, Tesla, and Figure AI showcase machines walking, running, and handling warehouse tasks ...

If you accidentally put your hand on a hot object, you'll naturally pull it away fast, before you have to think about it.

Probably the most famous mechanical chess player is the chess playing Turk by Wolfgang von Kempelen, unveiled in 1769 (see ...