China’s Beijing Institute for General Artificial Intelligence (BIGAI) has introduced a new humanoid robot ...

OJP talked to Jonathan Hurst about the state of robotics, the climate for growing a business in Oregon, the challenges he faces, and the social implications of robots in the workplace.

NASA’s Valkyrie humanoid robot is heading back to Johnson Space Center in Texas after spending a full decade at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. The 1.8-meter, 125-kilogram electric humanoid, ...

On September 25, 2025, Google DeepMind quietly released Gemini Robotics 1.5. To the casual observer, it may have seemed like just another software update, but for the robotics industry, it signaled a ...

At a new 12,000 square metre facility in Wuhan, young Chinese graduates spend their days piloting humanoid robots serving steamed buns, wiping down tables and folding laundry. Every movement the ...

Humanoid robots, robotic systems with a human-like body structure, have the potential of tackling various real-world tasks ...

A Unitree G1 robot sparred with a human journalist, showing how far humanoid robotics has come and where the technology still falls short.

Robot maker Figure AI has released a new demonstration showing its Figure 03 humanoid ...

Figure AI’s latest Helix 02 demo shows a humanoid robot autonomously tidying a living room, highlighting full-body control, tool use, and adaptive cleanup.

Figure is gradually prepping its humanoid robot to competently take on household chores. While the California-based company has ambitions to deploy its robot in industrial settings like factories and ...

Chinese EV giant XPENG has sent shockwaves through the robotics world with the reveal of its next-generation humanoid. A highly anthropomorphic machine designed to move and interact with remarkable ...

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