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

From overenthusiastic chatbots to robots with questionable balance, here are some of the year’s most memorable tech bloopers.

What do you get when you combine billion dollar hype, demo videos, and the ability to build robots which can’t even dust the shelf without neonatal care from humanbeings? A dump of regrets, and at ...

Humanoid robots have come on leaps and bounds in recent times, and much is expected of the advanced machines in the coming ...

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 ...

Chinese EV company XPENG unveiled its next-gen humanoid robot IRON during its AI Day event in Guangzhou, having it walk onto the stage in a stilted yet strangely lifelike saunter. The reveal swiftly ...

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Robots may be one of the greatest 21st-century inventions, but up until Oct. 28, you couldn’t purchase one to help out with daily household tasks, such as emptying the dishwasher or vacuuming your ...

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One of the biggest hurdles in developing humanoid robots is the sheer amount of training data required. Teaching machines to act like humans demands massive video datasets. Collecting that data is ...

Robot makers want us all to believe we’re on the brink of an autonomous humanoid robot revolution. But that’s just not true. Call it 'faith-based innovation.' A Silicon Valley company called 1X this ...