A man who eats passing trains, a giant with ball-crushing strength, a robot striker with the occasional human smile. On Chinese social media, they are all versions of Erling Haaland, the Norwegian ...

Building on the country’s electric vehicle industry, Chinese companies are making robot parts at a scale and price point others can’t match. China’s lead in humanoid robots was evident at last month’s ...

There’s a received piece of wisdom among militaries around the world that whatever new technologies appear, in the end, foot soldiers are what matters. As British Army officer Field Marshal Archibald ...

In a biology laboratory in Tokyo, ten robots conduct experiments, using their two arms to handle liquids, grow cells on plates and operate scientific instruments, among other basic tasks. The Robotics ...

At robot learning centers in China, people teach machines how to work in a variety of scenarios. Humanoid robots are part of Beijing's bigger industrial strategy to dominate global markets and supply ...

The robotics startup Figure AI livestreamed humanoid robots placing thousands of packages onto a conveyor belt for more than a week—a spectacle that included a robot competing against a human intern ...

Unitree is a Chinese company known for making adorable, relatively affordable robots that dance and shuffle and such. Last night, it revealed its latest creation, which is something of a departure: a ...

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CHARLESTON — The closure of Rodney Scott's BBQ sent shockwaves across the Lowcountry's dining scene. When news dropped that the beloved barbecue institution would shutter on May 3, patrons rushed to ...

Humanoid robots are getting a new gig as baggage handlers and cargo loaders at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport—part of a Japan Airlines experiment to address a human labor shortage as airport visitor numbers ...

The Droid TW 12.7, made by Devdroid, has been used in many of the attacks involving ground robots in Ukraine. Devdroid, CC BY For the first time, Ukraine has captured a Russian position using only ...

Last Sunday, at the Beijing E-Town Half Marathon, a red humanoid robot of a type named Lightning finished the course in 50 minutes and 26 seconds—faster than the human world record. Its long legs were ...