Over the next several years, humanoid robots will change the nature of work. Or at least, that’s what humanoid robotics companies have been consistently promising, enabling them to raise hundreds of millions of dollars at valuations that run into the billions.

UC Berkeley recently released a video demonstrating its latest creation, the Humanoid Table TEnnis Robot (HITTER), playing a game of table tennis with human beings. The robot showcased exemplary skills with the bat,

Recently, the Chengdu Humanoid Robot Innovation Center unveiled China's first robot task execution system based on the world model (R-WMES), marking a breakthrough in the field of humanoid robot intelligence in our country.

Source: RealMan Robotics To ensure data quality and scenario realism, the center has constructed 10 real-world environments — including eldercare and rehabilitation, special operations, new retail, automotive assembly and smart catering.

Robots used to need our help to keep going. They had to be plugged in or manually recharged. Now, UBTech is changing that. The company’s new humanoid, the Walker S2, has a feature that could reshape the future of factory work. It can swap out its own ...

Ken Goldberg shares his thoughts about the “humanoid hype” and the emerging paradigm shift in the robotics field.

With jerky determination, robots played soccer, wowed children with shadow-boxing skills and shot arrows on Monday at the birthplace of the Olympic Games.

The World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, aimed at displaying humanlike robots’ skills at sports and everyday tasks, featured stop-start hotel bellhops and a maid that missed the trash bin.

Summit is taking place in China’s Tianjin, with leaders from over 20 countries in attendance. At the event, a humanoid robot providing multilingual support and guiding journalists has drawn attention.

A new viral advertising campaign predicts a world of dangerous military robots, but the real threat is already here and it is not coming from the defence sector.

The latest version of an autonomous robot that can scout for grape diseases in vineyards in near-real time, with an accuracy that matches highly trained human scouts, will one day help track crop-killing pathogens with minimal labor.