For years, the Achilles’ heel of general-purpose humanoid robots has been their inability to move quickly. Companies that ...

At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2025, a remarkable breakthrough in portable robotics was unveiled by Realbotix. The company introduced Melody, a full-sized humanoid robot priced at $150,000.

A simulation-trained DoorMan system helps a Unitree G1 outperform human operators in door opening speed and reliability.

Humanoid robots are stepping into the spotlight, performing live with human musicians, in an interesting study done by researchers. The robotic band, which included Oscar, a Robotis-OP3 who played the ...

XPENG’s humanoid robot, Iron, is not your typical factory machine. Standing 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighing 154 pounds, Iron combines advanced artificial intelligence with human-like movement and ...

Robot dogs are already a bit creepy. But slap on a hyper-realistic image of a tech billionaire’s face and have them literally ...

The presence of robots in schools is no longer surprising. How do elementary school children treat humanoid robots? Are they ...

A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, ...

There is no avoiding robots. With increasing autonomy, satellites span the skies; vacuums vroom underfoot; and bots conduct surgery, deliver packages and explore the solar system. Robot expert Sooyeon ...

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