Humanoid robots are set to become the next great technological breakthrough, and China is poised to dominate the market.

A few short months ago, almost every robot made by the hundreds of companies working on humanoid robots could charitably be described as slow, topping out at around three mph. Walking was on the ...

The robot is hard to ignore. Its unmistakably female form stands out with its nearly uncanny proportions and realistic, model-eqsue gait. The 5’4”-ish IRON robot’s appearance and walk were so ...

There's a fluffy robot, about the size of a guinea pig, sitting on my couch, and it's squeaking. My friend's dog Wylie sits watching it, suspicious of its every move. Moflin is an AI companion ...

Sam Altman wants artificial intelligence to cure cancer. Elon Musk says AI robots will eliminate poverty. China is focused on something more prosaic: making better washing machines. While ...

Russia’s first humanoid AI robot made its debut in Moscow, but when it walked on the stage, the machine lost its balance and fell down. Staffers were left scrambling to pick it up while another ...

The Russian AI robot Aldol did not have an impressive debut. Russia’s first humanoid robot, Aldol, fell on stage seconds after its Moscow debut. The viral video sparked ridicule, with critics ...

A pair of swivelling, human-like robotic arms, built for physical artificial intelligence research, mirror the motions of an operator in a VR headset twirling his hands like a magician. With enough ...

AI makes ISS robot navigation 50–60% faster, marking the first in-orbit demonstration of machine-learning-based motion control. The system handles the station’s cluttered, narrow interior, where ...