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

No basketball. No volleyball, long jump, or steeplechase. Instead, the robot Olympics will have events that reflect how ...

The more we interact with robots, the more human we perceive them to become—according to new research from the University of East Anglia, published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human ...

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 ...

You can see it in the biggest labor shift in modern history. In the early 1800s, around 70% of Americans worked on farms.

I’ve been teaching robotics at the University of Washington for more than a decade. Every class begins with “robotics news of the week.” For years, humanoid robots appeared only occasionally—usually ...

McLain seems to have come away with the impression that makers of robots are worried they’ve oversold a technology that, well ...

AI and robotics have stirred unease in the public, but good design principles can help avoid problems, writes Serve Robotics' ...

Machines even got their own sporting championship in 2025 with the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing. Robots from 16 ...

Courtney doesn’t have eyes, but it’s got sensors everywhere. There are two blinking lights on the front of its boxy body to approximate wide, moony pupils. It’s been described as a “large cooler on ...

The Chinese government is betting that robots will drive economic growth. But the bots can’t really do much yet.

People will sit and talk and say, ‘this is going to be the future,’ it’s like, no, this is right now. The future is here,” ...