Investors are pouring billions into companies pitching humanoid robots, but functional versions are decades away.

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 recently concluded in Beijing, China, marking a new milestone in the field of humanoid robotics. The event, held at the National Speed Skating Oval, brought ...

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 ...

More than 500 humanoid robots and thousands of spectators traveled to Beijing over the weekend for a sporting event straight out of a science fiction film: the first-of-its-kind World Humanoid Robot ...