A Year of Unprecedented Advancements. Wow, 2024 was a wild ride for robots, wasn’t it? It feels like just yesterday we were ...

A new video released by California-based tech firm Figure AI shows its humanoid robot out for a run with workers from the ...

Critics worry Lego’s new Smart Bricks will dull children’s imaginations by replacing free play with lights and sounds. That ...

LAS VEGAS – CES 2026 offered a glimpse of a future that feels straight out of a sci-fi movie: bendable screens, paper-thin ...

For years, Boston Dynamics’ Atlas was the internet’s favorite gymnast. It did backflips, ran parkour courses, and danced to ...

Scientists achieve major robotics milestone as robot learns 1,000 different physical tasks in single day, potentially ...

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Billions of dollars are flowing into humanoid robot startups, as investors bet that the industry will soon put humanlike machines in warehouses, factories and our living rooms. Many leaders of those ...

Humanoid robots, once confined to science fiction, are transitioning into viable commercial entities due to advances in engineering and economic factors. They're beginning to address practical issues ...

A high-profile robotics expert thinks Elon Musk's AI ambitions are a pipe dream, according to Fortune. Rodney Brooks was the co-founder of iRobot, the creator of the home robot vacuum Roomba. He ...

Oversonic Robotics, an Italian company specializing in cognitive humanoid machines, has signed an agreement with STMicroelectronics N.V. (NYSE: STM) to integrate custom-built humanoid robots into the ...

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