Humanoid robots are drawing renewed attention as advances in artificial intelligence revive long-held ambitions, though many ...

By studying the natural world, scientists find blueprints for innovations that can improve human lives—in the genes of a ...

We look back at some of the many robots that iRobot developed in addition to the Roomba over the past 35 years.

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

Robots that mimic humans are set to create a $5 trillion market. But it will take years and a lot of improvements to get ...

Probably the most famous mechanical chess player is the chess playing Turk by Wolfgang von Kempelen, unveiled in 1769 (see ...

UBTech rolls out its 1,000th Walker S2 robot, marking the shift from prototypes to large-scale, real-world humanoid ...

As intelligence moves off screens and into the physical world, we have a rare opportunity to shape how people and machines ...

They don’t get fruitcakes or Christmas cards from grateful patients, but for decades robots have been helping doctors perform ...

Humanoid robots spent 2025 straddling a strange line between breakthrough and blooper reel. They poured lattes, posed in fashion campaigns and even stepped into kickboxing rings, only to trip, ...

While not 100% hands-free, it's miles ahead of where robot vacuums were only a few years ago.

On New Year's Eve, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered his 2026 New Year message through China Media Group and the ...