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

The renowned roboticist Rodney Brooks has revealed how he believes humanoid robots will develop in the coming years, and his suggestions may surprise you. Brooks, an AI pioneer and entrepreneur known ...

On January 9, 2007, at the Macworld convention, Steve Jobs introduced the first iPhone. Later, in June the same year, it was released — and the world would never be the same again. Before that moment, ...

Famed roboticist and iRobot founder Rodney Brooks has sounded the alarm on a humanoid robot investment bubble. He’s not the only one. In a recent essay, Brooks calls out the billions of venture ...

A few short months ago, almost every robot made by the hundreds of companies working on humanoid robots could charitably be described as slow, topping out at around three mph. Walking was on the edge ...

A Chinese robotics company is taking humanoid technology to the next level. Here are all the hidden details you may have missed. Jesse Orrall (he/him/his) is a Senior Video Producer for CNET. He ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Robots have long been seen as a bad bet for Silicon Valley investors — too complicated, capital-intensive and “boring, honestly,” says venture capitalist Modar Alaoui. But ...

Are you ready for the arrival of humanoid robots? - We are entering the era of Mechanical ai ‘beings’, says Chris Stokel-Walker, and all eyes are on ...

UBTECH Walker S2 - World’s First Mass Delivery of Humanoid Robots Chinese robotics firm UBTECH Robotics released a remarkable video this week appearing to show hundreds of its Walker S2 humanoid ...

In some sense, Mr. Brooks has only himself to blame. The current humanoid craze is “kind of his fault,” said Anthony Jules, Mr. Brooks’s co-founder and C.E.O. at Robust.AI, which is building automated ...

Walmart’s U.S. website is now selling the Unitree G1 humanoid robot for US$21,600, with free shipping and a six-unit purchase limit. The same model costs RMB 99,000 (about US$13,500) in China. The ...