One of Tesla's Chinese rivals has a unique strategy for building its humanoid robot: make it huggable

CEO He Xiaopeng said Chinese EV startup Xpeng wanted its Iron humanoid robot to be "highly human-like." ...

Inside the glass-walled Tesla lab where workers train the Optimus robot to act like a human

Have you ever wanted to wipe down a table hundreds of times while Elon Musk watches? Training Tesla's humanoid robot might be the job for you.

Inside the race to train AI robots how to act human in the real world

Humanoid robot training is booming around the world. Tech companies are rushing to build the robots for a market projected to ...
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Inside The World’s Most Advanced Robots

We traveled all the way to China for an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at UNITREE ROBOTICS, the masterminds behind some of ...
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Inside MIT's lab training robots for a future in caregiving

Scott Kirsner, a columnist with our editorial partner MassLive, joins WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss a recent trip to the ...
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Inside a training center that's trying to bridge China's robotic skills gap

The school trains automation engineers for automated factories. China’s manufacturing sector is desperate for skilled workers ...
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Teleoperating robots with VR: MIT gets inside a robot’s head

Progress in robotics in recent years has been staggering, and present-day robots can operate with considerable autonomy and are capable of real local decision-making. But as of yet, we haven’t reached ...

Automaker XPENG releases new video to prove its robot ‘IRON’ is not human

XPENG showcases its new-generation humanoid robot "IRON" during the company's 2025 Tech Day on November 5, 2025. Photo: ...