Humanoid robots are being taught — by real humans, of course — how to do basic tasks like pouring coffee, folding laundry and opening fridges.

Yen-Ling Kuo always wanted to understand how things worked. When she was growing up in Taiwan, reading the story of Michael ...

Engineers have watched industrial robots master automated welding seams and pallet stacking for decades.

Most robot headlines follow a familiar script: a machine masters one narrow trick in a controlled lab, then comes the bold promise that everything is about to change. I usually tune those stories out.

Physical Intelligence is drawing on the broad knowledge of large language models to help robots understand instructions and ...

From Tesla and Boston Dynamics to Figure AI, Unitree, UBTech and 1X, these are the companies shaping one of the most exciting ...

The latest boom in robotics represents a revolution in the way machines have learned to interact with the world. Roboticists used to dream big but build small. They’d hope to match or exceed the ...

The race to build the world’s first functional humanoid robots is no longer just a contest of hardware. It’s a high-stakes battle over two radically different philosophies of development, the crux of ...

Atlas, a humanoid robot made by robotics company Boston Dynamics, was upgraded from a version 60 Minutes saw in 2021 with ...

What if your childhood Tamagotchi could step off the screen and into the real world? Imagine a tiny robot, complete with blinking eyes and lifelike movements, responding to your voice and following ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A growing workforce of robot controllers is teaching humanoids to move like people so they can work in factories ...