General-purpose robots remain rare not for a lack of hardware but because we still can’t give machines the physical intuition ...

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created the world’s smallest fully programmable ...

See new human-shaped robots, including MIMA’s skill-glove training for dishes and laundry, so you can gauge real home-ready ...

Now that artificial intelligence has mastered almost everything we do online, it needs help learning how we physically move around in the real world. A growing global army of trainers is helping it ...

Dressed in sensible Nordic knitwear, Bernt Bornich’s robotic manservant is more stylish than practical. Ask it to fetch a can of Coca-Cola from another room, and more often than not, something will ...

At the ATEC2025 Real-World Extreme Challenge, held at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), competing robots faced a ...

BEIJING — They aren’t the most graceful athletes, or the fastest. But they’re learning. From Friday to Sunday, human handlers from 16 countries put about 500 bipedal robots through various motions to ...

Robots now see the world with an ease that once belonged only to science fiction. They can recognize objects, navigate ...

BEIJING—Humanlike robots are great for entertainment. Menial labor? Not so much. At the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing this weekend, more than 500 humanoid robots competed in both sporting ...

Discover 2026’s biggest shifts in AI, robots, blockchain, agents, and ethics. Thirteen bold predictions reveal how technology ...

Factory floors used to be loud with human voices. Not anymore. Instead, more and more factories have a monotonous, almost hypnotic hum. It’s the sound of a million arms that never tire. We’re talking, ...