A humanoid robot aptly named Lightning made history on the streets of Beijing over the weekend, beating the human half-marathon world record by several minutes. Dozens of robots lined up for the ...

BEIJING (AP) — A humanoid robot that won a half-marathon race for robots in Beijing on Sunday ran faster than the human world record in a show of China's technological leaps. The winner from Honor, a ...

Could a humanoid robot perform household chores for you? Soon, that might be the case. Chinese robotics company UniX AI has announced the release of Panther, a humanoid service robot designed to help ...

First lady Melania Trump shares the spotlight with a Figure 03 robot to promote the use of artificial intelligence in education. I'm a Fitness & Nutrition writer for CNET who enjoys reviewing the ...

First lady Melania Trump walked side by side with a sleek, black-and-white faceless figure Wednesday during an education summit she hosted at the White House. Despite its appearance, it wasn’t an ...

There's always been a pretty obvious gap between what companies demo on stage and what you can actually go out and buy when it comes to humanoid robots. But that gap got a lot smaller in October 2025 ...

The Robot Phone has a robotic camera that can track subjects as they move around. Honor also launched the Magic V6, its latest foldable smartphone. The releases come against the ongoing shortage of ...

People online are going bananas for a baby monkey and its stuffed animal. Punch, a baby macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, has gone viral for seeking comfort in a plush toy after his mother ...

Google DeepMind is teaming up with Boston Dynamics to give its humanoid robots the intelligence required to navigate unfamiliar environments and identify and manipulate objects—precisely the kinds of ...

What is in the pipeline? Humanoid robots that can obey commands, make decisions, and deftly perform manual tasks have long been a sci-fi fantasy. Now they are becoming reality. Artificial intelligence ...

Nothing conveys our sci-fi future quite like the humanoid robot. Bouyed by AI, robot companies are now commanding eye-popping funding rounds. These bots are quietly becoming fixtures in factories and ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. While Elon Musk plans a Tesla bot factory in Silicon Valley, Chinese companies like Unitree Robotics are already ...