Viral videos of the World Humanoid Robot Games show sprinting robots beating the human 100-meter record held by Usain ...

Robots have played a starring role in science fiction since Karel Čapek introduced the term in his 1921 play Rossum's Universal Robots. We've been exposed to all types of robots, from C-3PO in the ...

Humanoid robots broke records at sporting events such as sprints, but struggled at practical tasks such as hammering nails.

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Now that robots are escaping the pages of novels and entering warehouses, hospitals and factories, one cannot help wondering ...

China already manufactures humanoid robots by the thousands. A new generation of U.S. start-ups is betting that there is still time to compete.

China is set to launch its first heterogeneous humanoid robot training facility in Shanghai this July. The facility, part of the National and Local Co-Built Humanoid Robotics Innovation Center, will ...

The firefighting final of the emergency management category at the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games (WHRG) was held on Sunday ...

The FCC moved to ban new China-made humanoid robots and power inverters. Here's what it means for robot vacuums and U.S. consumers.