A video making its rounds on social media shows an engineer from a startup called Skild AI taking a chainsaw to the limbs of a robot dog.

The robots run on a hydraulic system powered by a compact pump, called a “hydraulic heart,” which uses water to move the ...

Later scenes show even harder impacts. A running kick sends the robot sliding several feet. A double shove in quick succession forces it to make a mid-air adjustment. In every case, it lands, scans ...

Today on "Uncanny Valley," we talk about why the AI industry is investing in the development of humanoid robots, and what ...