The Chinese government is betting that robots will drive economic growth. But the bots can’t really do much yet.

General-purpose robots remain rare not for a lack of hardware but because we still can’t give machines the physical intuition ...

Guangdong Province has emerged as a leading hub for robotics and AI in China, offering a highly autonomous industrial ...

Robots have spent decades promising to transform our lives, now that transformation is beginning. From humanoids that can ...

Factory floors used to be loud with human voices. Not anymore. Instead, more and more factories have a monotonous, almost hypnotic hum. It’s the sound of a million arms that never tire. We’re talking, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. In an Indian town, workers fold towels while wearing cameras, providing data to teach AI robots how to move and ...

Chinese home appliance company Midea has unveiled its six-armed super humanoid robot at the Greater Bay Area New Economy ...

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 ...

The first-ever World Humanoid Robot Olympics has wrapped up in Beijing, China, and one particular robot shone in the track events. Built by Chinese firm Unitree Robotics, the H1 humanoid robot helped ...

The industrial robot rollout across the globe neared a record in 2024 with 542,000 installations — more than double the number 10 years ago, according to the International Federation of Robotics (IRF) ...

If you ever wanted to win a bar bet about a world record, you probably know about the Guinness book for World Records. Did you know, though, that there are some robots in that book? Guinness pointed ...