EV maker Tesla has shared a new update of its humanoid robot Optimus on X (formerly Twitter) on December 3. The short clip ...

New companies are building robots in record time ... and at record cost. Massive changes have made physical AI — giving AI a ...

One approach my group is exploring is giving robots a degree of “local intelligence” in their sensorised bodies. Humans ...

Boston Dynamics has released a new explanation of one of Atlas’s most striking behaviors. It’s an eerie, contortion-like way ...

Large language models (LLMs), such as the model underpinning the functioning of OpenAI's platform ChatGPT, are now widely ...

In the world of robotics, we’ve often seen robots rely on their mechanical hands to pick up and manipulate objects. But that approach doesn’t quite capture the full essence of how humans interact with ...

A new two-layer language-model algorithm is helping robots break down tasks, refine actions on the fly, and execute movements ...

Xpeng's humanoid robot moves so realistically that crowds believed it was fake, marking a major advancement in robotics ...

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MarketNewsUpdates News Commentary PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- An AI-powered humanoid robot is a sophisticated machine ...

Many lonely people would rather deal with a robot than interact with an actual human, according to research co-led by Newcastle University. Contrary to the common assumption that lonely people would ...

In 2015, a jovial three-foot-tall robot with pool noodles for arms set out on what seemed like a simple mission. Using the kindness of strangers, this machine, called “hitchBOT” would spend months ...