Sterling Anderson doesn’t think humanoid robots should be building cars
At a splashy event in New York City last week, General Motors unveiled its new tech roadmap centered on AI-driven vehicle development, advanced batter...
Hilarity, unease and relief: games show China is not over the finish line in humanoid robot race
World Humanoid Robot Games showcased leaps Beijing has made in the tech, but also highlighted limitations as US rivals prepare their own launchesWith ...
Humanoid robots smash Usain Bolt’s 100-meter record
The 9.58-second 100-meter dash record set by Usain Bolt in 2009 has been outpaced by Chinese robots participating at the World Humanoid Robot Games in...
Shares in humanoid robot firm Unitree surge 600% on Chinese stock market debut
Company’s robots have gained global fame via videos of them performing martial arts and as dancers for pop starsUnitree, the world’s biggest humanoid ...
FCC bans humanoid robots from China, citing ‘unacceptable risks’
Move comes as the Trump administration has increasingly sought to keep Chinese technology out of the USThe Federal Communications Commission announced...
New York school district halts plan to use humanoid robot amid backlash
Salamanca City Central says it is pausing project with Realbotix as it addresses concerns including data privacyA New York school district has walked ...
‘Really inappropriate’: teachers decry plan for humanoid robot in New York high school
Robot from company that acquired sex doll maker to be introduced in school with large Native American populationA humanoid robot is being introduced a...
The next humanoid robot might not look human at all
The next humanoid robot might not have a head. It might not have legs. It might even sit on a wheeled base and fold down like a deck chair. But, as Ge...
Humanoid robots to become baggage handlers in Japan airport experiment
Japan Airlines will introduce the robots for trial run at a Tokyo airport amid country’s surge in inbound tourism and worsening labour shortagesJapan’...
Humanoid ‘Lightning’ robot smashes the half-marathon record
An autonomous scarlet robot named "Lightning" finished a 13-mile race in Beijing on Sunday in just 50 minutes and 26 seconds, less than half the time ...
A humanoid robot sprints past the human half-marathon world record in Beijing race
The winner from Honor, a Chinese smartphone maker, completed the race in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, running faster than the human world record in a sh...
