Tech firms are racing to develop robot assistants that can take over our dreaded household chores. But teaching machines to perform these deceptively simple tasks is tedious. They need to observe the ...

TL;DR: Chinese EV maker Xpeng unveiled its eighth-generation IRON humanoid robots featuring synthetic skin for a warmer, more intimate feel. Designed as receptionists, tour guides, and personal ...

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, ...

XPeng’s next-generation “Iron” humanoid robot turned heads and floored jaws when it was seen walking very much like a human last week. The Chinese company, better known for electric vehicles than ...

Biomimetic marching robot brings Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar" to life If you want to build an actual HAL 9000, all you need is an LED, some carpentry skills, and any laptop accessing a talking ...

Russia unveiled a humanoid robot, dubbed AIdol, during a flashy showcase in Moscow — only for it to fall on its face, both figuratively and literally. Footage of the event, which went viral this week, ...

Companies building humanoid robots are all the rage these days. Elon Musk is promising to sell enough motion-capture-trained Optimus bots to make up the vast majority of Tesla's value, while a company ...

Its creator, also called AIDOL, said the robot can move up to 3.7 mph and reproduce 12 basic emotions Organizers told reporters at the event that calibration and lighting issues led to the robot ...

The robot, known as AIDOL, staggered onstage during a technology showcase in Moscow. Organizers blamed the mishap on calibration and lighting issues. By Neil Vigdor and Sanjana Varghese It was an ...

Unitree Robotics has officially introduced the G1-D, its first wheeled humanoid robot designed for advanced data collection and model training. The robot serves as the centerpiece of a full-stack ...