It’s been quite a year for humanoid robots, with all manner of increasingly advanced designs coming to our attention. The selections here focus more on physical movement than AI smarts, with the ...

In the latest episode of What the Future, we run down the best highlights and fails from the first World Humanoid Robot Games held last week in China. Jesse Orrall (he/him/his) is a Senior Video ...

A Tesla Optimus robot took a tumble during a recent demo, and its virality is emblematic of deep-seated scepticism over AI ...

Micro displays were big at CES 2026 for smart glasses, as were display-free smart glasses with built-in AI voice centric ...

It strode out on stage to the Rocky soundtrack, but Russia’s first humanoid robot did not impress once it got on stage. After taking only a few shaky steps and then trying to wave, it faceplanted ...

First, though, the machines will have to learn how to pour water or carry soup, as a Chinese restaurant that replaced its wait staff with robots quickly learned. If we trusted this drone to get little ...

Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap A horse gets a bit glitchy in Red Dead Redemption and more game fails.

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian space capsule carrying a humanoid robot has failed to dock as planned with the International Space Station. A statement from the Russian space agency Roscosmos said the failure ...

Penn’s Sung Robotics Lab is working with NASA to lead an initiative investigating how robots can explore and navigate extraterrestrial environments. The project, titled “Temporarily, Robots Unite to ...