Robotic models that resemble people struggle to perform complex tasks with their hands.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Wall Street firm Goldman Sachs, among others, are very bullish on the growth potential of the humanoid robot market. Rapid advances in AI have accelerated the timeline for ...

The price tag is orders of magnitude cheaper than most robots in its class, which can run into tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. Now China’s Unitree Robotics, best known for its nimble ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Jonathan Reichental covers technology in business and society. Toy versions of the popular droids R2-D2 and BB-8, part of the ...

Robotic systems that mirror humans both in their appearance and movements, also known as humanoid robots, could be best suited for tackling many tasks that are currently performed by human agents.

AEON, HUMANOID ROBOT: “My name is AEON. I'm a working humanoid from Zurich.” - to address what it says are worker shortages in various industries. The company, Hexagon, says AEON will start work later ...

In the latest episode of What the Future, we run down the best highlights and fails from the first World Humanoid Robot Games held last week in China. Jesse Orrall (he/him/his) is a Senior Video ...

A dozen or so young men and women, eyes obscured by VR headsets, shuffle around a faux kitchen inside a tech company’s Silicon Valley headquarters. Their arms are bent at the elbows, palms facing down ...

Count iRobot (NASDAQ:IRBT) co-founder Rodney Brooks as one of the skeptics that humanoid robots will be able to deliver on all the promises being made across the industry. Brooks also is the ...

A humanoid robot called Shuang Shuang, or "Bright," walked the stage at a high school graduation in Fujian, China on July 1, shaking hands with a teacher and receiving a certificate as cameras rolled ...

In the viral clip, the full-sized humanoid robot named DeREX is suspended from a crane inside a factory in China. Surrounded by two handlers, it suddenly starts thrashing its limbs without warning.