Robot skin that senses touch and pain — and triggers instant reflexes — makes robots more like humans. It probably also makes ...

Humanoid robots spent 2025 straddling a strange line between breakthrough and blooper reel. They poured lattes, posed in ...

UBTech has opened 2026 by taking its Walker S2 humanoid out of the lab and onto a tennis court, rallying live against a human ...

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

The billionaire has bet Tesla’s future on humanoids, which for now rely on human helpers.

I spent my childhood longing for him to bring me fun drinks on his little tray while I reclined on the sofa, glued to back-to ...

On the outskirts of Beijing, young Chinese entrepreneur Cheng Hao sits on an indoor soccer pitch – but this turf isn’t for humans. It’s where engineers working for his start-up, Booster Robotics, ...

A humanoid robot walks alongside uniformed police officers during what appeared to be a public patrol in China.

Chinese robotics firm UBTech Robotics announced the production of its 1,000th Walker S2 humanoid robot at its Liuzhou factory ...

Humanoid robots have come on leaps and bounds in recent times, and much is expected of the advanced machines in the coming ...

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

A man controlling a Unitree robot accidentally made the humanoid kick him in the balls, forcing the man into a groaning heap.