Social companion robots are no longer just science fiction. In classrooms, libraries and homes, these small machines are ...

Clone Robotics is building lifelike android robots with muscle-driven design, hydraulic systems, and advanced AI to replicate human tasks.

John McCormick receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Robots come in a vast array of shapes and sizes. By definition, they’re machines that perform automatic tasks and can be operated ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece — With jerky determination, robots played soccer, wowed children with shadowboxing skills and shot arrows earlier this month at the birthplace of the Olympic Games. As they ...

This robot surrogate was presented at the 2025 World Robot Conference in Beijing, revealing a full-sized humanoid that can replicate the entire process, from conception to delivery. It sounds ...

The Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing — featuring running, kickboxing and soccer — highlighted advancements in robotics. Limitations, too. By Yan Zhuang There’s a very real concern that robots could ...

Scientists in China have claimed that the world’s first humanoid robot surrogate could soon give birth to a live baby. The project, led by Dr Zhang Qifeng of Kaiwa Technology in Guangzhou, aims to ...

We've seen robot dogs run up hills with luggage, and help fight fires. Now, researchers at Switzerland's ETH Zurich are putting these mechanical mutts through their paces on the badminton court, ...

The inaugural World Humanoid Robot Games brought together over 500 humanoid robots from 16 countries in Beijing. Teams competed in a variety of events, from sports like soccer and track and field to ...

Nvidia is aiming to give robotics engineers a boost in the form of a new “brain” for their robots. Launched on Monday, the chip giant said that with the new Jetson Thor modules, robots around the ...

BEIJING — They aren’t the most graceful athletes, or the fastest. But they’re learning. From Friday to Sunday, human handlers from 16 countries put about 500 bipedal robots through various motions to ...