Robots displayed at CES 2026 show they're not trying to be sci-fi anymore. They’re practical, folding laundry and offering ...

Picture a robot. What comes to mind? Perhaps a droid from Star Wars or The Jetsons: a machine that can move, speak and perform tasks all by itself. Or maybe your imagination jumps to humanoid robots à ...

CES 2026, the world’s largest consumer technology expo, felt close to being overrun by robots in Las Vegas last week. They ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. We often imagine robots in spotless factories or research labs—perfectly calibrated, humming ...

At CES 2026, Generative Bionics unveiled the AMD-powered GENE.01 humanoid robot, designed to sense touch and interact safely ...

Most robot headlines follow a familiar script: a machine masters one narrow trick in a controlled lab, then comes the bold promise that everything is about to change. I usually tune those stories out.

A caregiving robot that responds to spoken instructions while performing physical tasks may make robots easier to use and understand.

In science fiction, robots can be neurotic. Think "Star Wars" and C-3PO. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "STAR WARS: EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE") ANTHONY DANIELS: (As C-3PO) What are we going to do? We'll be sent to ...

XPeng held a special event at its headquarters in Guangzhou, China, this week, showcasing its transformation from an electric vehicle maker to something much more ambitious involving humanoid robots, ...

China’s PLA demonstrated a motion-controlled combat robot that mirrors an operator’s movements, highlighting its push for teleoperated systems.

In two new papers, UC Berkeley roboticist Ken Goldberg explains why robots are not gaining real-world skills as quickly as AI chatbots are gaining language fluency. UC Berkeley News spoke with ...

What’s keeping them off the street is a challenge robotics researchers have circled for decades. Building robots is easier than making them function in the real world. A robot can repeat a TikTok ...