A top Chinese humanoid robot maker says its latest machines are only half as efficient as human workers. UBTech chief brand officer Michael Tam said the firm’s Walker S2 robots were 30 to 50 per cent ...

Chinese EV maker Xpeng continues to expand on its EVs and flying vehicle technologies, but it also unveiled the new generation of its IRON humanoid robots at its AI Day in Guangzhou, China. Xpeng ...

Unitree Robotics, the Chinese firm that first captured global attention with its agile robot dogs and viral videos, has now unveiled a humanoid with new boxing skills. Having swept the medal count at ...

Robots may be one of the greatest 21st-century inventions, but up until Oct. 28, you couldn’t purchase one to help out with daily household tasks, such as emptying the dishwasher or vacuuming your ...

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With the emergence of several walking robots lately, it makes sense that we'd see an acceleration in robotics worldwide. For example, there's Xpeng's humanoid robot with synthetic skin, or the 1X Neo ...

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The latest public demo of Tesla’s humanoid robot was supposed to showcase a confident stride into the future of automation. Instead, a short clip of the machine pitching forward onto the showroom ...

Alex is the Institute of Humanoid and Machine Cognition's "next generation humanoid robot" and enters the world like a first round draft choice, with tons of potential and great expectations. Alex is ...

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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, ...

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Wall Street firm Goldman Sachs, among others, are very bullish on the growth potential of the humanoid robot market. Rapid advances in AI have accelerated the timeline for ...