Agility Robotics' robot Digit performs gestures at the company's office in Pittsburgh, on Aug. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Freed) (AP) -- Building a robot that's both human-like and useful is a ...

In mid-August, Beijing’s National Speed Skating Oval – the “Ice Ribbon” built for the 2022 Winter Olympics – hosted a new kind of sporting event. For four days, more than 500 humanoid robots from 16 ...

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BEIJING--China kicked off a three-day long sports showcase for humanoid robots on Friday, looking to highlight progress in artificial intelligence and robotics with 280 teams from 16 countries ...

Robot technology in Japan is among the most advanced in the world. In particular, Japan is the global leader in the development of humanoid robotics. Waseda University Professor Takanishi Atsuo tells ...

Technology company, Xpeng, unveiled its second-generation humanoid robot, IRON, at its AI Day in Guangzhou, China last week, rivalling Tesla’s Optimus robots. Powered by a solid-state battery and ...

Bumi, a humanoid robot produced by Chinese firm Noetix Robotics for home use, is priced at $1,400, placing it in the range of a laptop or high-end smartphone. Standing 94 cm tall and weighing 12 kg, ...

For bipedal humanoid robots that perform a variety of movements, the ability to stand up after falling is extremely important. A research team from China and Hong Kong has recently developed an AI ...

This year marked the first-ever international sporting event to feature humanoid robots as athletes. These robots, with some help from the humans behind their creation, competed against each other in ...

Agility Robotics, an American venture company known for developing the bipedal robot Digit, has announced that it will start operating humanoid robots in Oregon, USA, in the second half of 2023.

XPeng’s next-generation “Iron” humanoid robot turned heads and floored jaws when it was seen walking very much like a human last week. The Chinese company, better known for electric vehicles than ...