A Czech playwright introduced the word to English in the 1920s. But back then, it wasn't analogous to machinery. New interpretations of the robot reflect a modernity once skewered by the writer.

R1 is Ant Group’s latest move into humanoid robotics, which can tackle real-world tasks like cooking, guiding visitors and sorting medicines

At IFA 2025, Neura showcased its humanoid robots, hinting at a future where 4NE1 and MiPA products could soon move from enterprise use to everyday life.

A video of ALLEX (top) shows a camera- and sensor-laden head, and astonishingly versatile hands with fast-moving fingers and human-like motion. Those rapid, spidery movements may send a shiver down your spine, but it’s an astonishing piece of technology that you can imagine one day being used in precision manufacturing or even prosthetics.

A Chinese-made Unitree R1 robot walked Manhattan streets and shopped for shoes as part of KraneShares' $28 million AI robotics fund promotion campaign.

People aged 65 and older already make up about 15 percent of its 1.4 billion citizens, according to United Nations data. Demographers expect China to join Japan and South Korea as a "super-aged" society, where more than one in five residents are seniors, by 2035.

Having nailed the laundry — including loading the washer and later folding everything up — the Figure 02 humanoid robot is now taking on the task of loading the dishwasher. And it seems to have nailed that, too.

Elon Musk may be trying to pivot Tesla Inc. away from electric vehicles and toward humanoid robots, but to skeptical investors there’s no hiding from its stagnating sales and eye-watering

Strategic Cooperation Background between Feirongda and Guoli Intelligent Feirongda is a company with deep expertise in the field of smart manufacturing, continuously exploring and laying out emerging technologies,

ShengShu's Vidar technology revolutionizes humanoid robot training by using AI-generated synthetic video, reducing required training data from hours to just 20 minutes.

About 500 robot athletes from 16 countries competed in Beijing as the United States and China race each other to shape the future of AI.

The hedge fund billionaire sees a "limited number of winners and a bunch of losers" with the 1% to 10% "benefiting a lot."