A 21-kilometer limit test measures not only the steps of robots but also the real progress China's embodied intelligence is ...

BEIJING — It was not even close as a bright red Chinese humanoid named “Lightning” lived up to its name in a half-marathon pitting humans against robots, smoking its competition on Sunday ...

A humanoid robot aptly named Lightning made history on the streets of Beijing over the weekend, beating the human half-marathon world record by several minutes. Dozens of robots lined up for the ...

The humanoid robot 'Figure 03 (F.03)' developed by US humanoid robotics company Figure AI has completed 200 consecutive hours of package sorting work, ...

Humanoid robots face off in Beijing’s first-ever high school football tournament 44 school teams competed over six weeks in ...

To get the robot to do that, Boston Dynamics had the Atlas look at real human football movement data, then translate these ...

Early demos relied heavily on remote human operators for Neo, but the man behind the machine says Neo is getting better at doing things on its own. Connor is a technology writer and editor, with a ...

Globally, just 13,317 humanoid robots shipped last year. That’s not very many, but it’s forecast to almost double each year over the next decade. Global humanoid robot shipments will hit 2.6 million ...

The AgiBot X2 can do hip-hop moves, Tai Chi, and even a full split. I saw it at MWC 2026 and was captivated. I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer electronics, overseeing an experienced team of ...

Humans are desperate to put the robots to work. The only problem is, the robots don’t “work” to any degree. These humanoid bots are interesting. Some are even cute. Few, if any, are anywhere close to ...

The 4-foot-tall humanoid robot that’s in front of me seems, quite honestly, a bit drunk. It leaps from one leg to the other, waving its arms. After 30 seconds or so it abruptly stops, then strides ...