The biggest advantage of this friend is that it can work ‘007 (0 o’clock to 0 o’clock, seven days a week),’” said Lao, a ...

AI robotics company Figure AI has secured over $1B in Series C funding at a $39B post-money valuation. Funding will accelerate deployment of general-purpose humanoid robots into real-world homes and ...

Sorting Robotics founder describes how his company is innovating and automating the cannabis manufacturing market.

Google's humanoids are now capable of carrying out complex, multi-step tasks using the newly released Gemini 1.5 model family ...

Unlike traditional industrial robots, humanoid robots are uniquely suited to operate in shipyards designed for human workers.

JPMorgan analysts highlighted the accelerating commercialization of humanoid robotics in a Thursday research note, identifying Chinese companies as primary beneficiaries of the emerging market, ...

German humanoid robot brand Neura is one of the highlights of IFA 2025. During the show, the company previewed some of its latest innovations, including a humanoid robot called 4NE1 (pronounced "for ...

One of the biggest hurdles in developing humanoid robots is the sheer amount of training data required. Teaching machines to act like humans demands massive video datasets. Collecting that data is ...

With jerky determination, robots played soccer, wowed children with shadow-boxing skills and shot arrows on Monday at the birthplace of the Olympic Games. As they shuffled and occasionally froze for a ...

Could humanoid robots help solve some shipyard labor shortage issues? Houston-based AI startup Persona AI, founded in 2024 by former Nauticus Robotics CEO Nic Radford, has entered a collaboration with ...

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan. You ...