What a robot is has changed completely: in 2000 it was a blind, caged arm; today it sees, walks warehouse aisles beside people, assists surgeons, and drives passengers. Whole categories that were not ...

When humanoid robots dominated the stage of last year’s Spring Festival Gala with sleek dance routines, Ai Lin saw more than a spectacle. He saw a business. Soon after, the e-commerce livestreamer in ...

Agility Robotics, a startup that makes humanlike robots used in manufacturing facilities and warehouses, is set to go public in a deal valuing it at about $2.5 billion, its executives told The Wall ...

Earlier this year in Beijing, a humanoid robot crossed a half-marathon finish line in a blistering 50 minutes, 26 seconds. The feat immediately lit up global headlines for shattering the human world ...

Building on the country’s electric vehicle industry, Chinese companies are making robot parts at a scale and price point others can’t match. China’s lead in humanoid robots was evident at last month’s ...

Most of my time as a writer is spent bemoaning the current state of college football or breaking down obscure scenes from "The Sopranos" that no one has thought about for 20 years, but occasionally I ...

This paper investigates NAO robot’s role in supporting autistic students in real classroom settings. Most prior research focuses on one-on-one intervention, lacking group-based evidence. The study ...

PCWorld tested the $1,500 Narwal Flow 2 robot vacuum/mop against eight challenging messes including raw egg, olive oil, coffee spills, and mud to evaluate its premium cleaning capabilities. The device ...

At robot learning centers in China, people teach machines how to work in a variety of scenarios. Humanoid robots are part of Beijing's bigger industrial strategy to dominate global markets and supply ...

Unitree is a Chinese company known for making adorable, relatively affordable robots that dance and shuffle and such. Last night, it revealed its latest creation, which is something of a departure: a ...

A robot built by Sony has defeated elite human table tennis players in a breakthrough that researchers say could signal a new era for artificial intelligence and robotics in fast-paced physical tasks.

Last Sunday, at the Beijing E-Town Half Marathon, a red humanoid robot of a type named Lightning finished the course in 50 minutes and 26 seconds—faster than the human world record. Its long legs were ...