Previously a contributor to Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, and US News. Robot vacuums that can both mop and sweep your floors have improved significantly in recent years. While they are still not as ...

The Unitree G1 has been charming people at trade shows It's a bright spring morning in Hanover, Germany, and I'm on my way to meet a robot. I have been invited to see the G1, a humanoid robot ...

BEIJING — In the global race to produce robots that are smarter and faster, China’s humanoids have come a long way. Robots from cutting-edge Chinese companies can dance and spin or do ...

Inspired by the movements of a tiny parasitic worm, engineers have created a 5-inch soft robot that can jump as high as a basketball hoop. Their device, a silicone rod with a carbon-fiber spine ...

A robot sorts lug nuts before attaching wheels to electric cars at a Zeekr plant in Ningbo, China.Credit...Qilai Shen for The New York Times Supported by By Keith Bradsher Keith Bradsher ...

On one side: three dudebros in their early 20s. On the other: a pair of 3-foot-tall black-and-white Dax security robots. The robots sternly inform the men they’re trespassing on the IDEA Tempe ...

The world’s first half-marathon with humanoid robot participants in Beijing has offered a striking glimpse into the progress and challenges of the country’s robotics industry, as only six out ...

In recent months there have been plenty of developments in robotics, but the latest is another small step — actually thousands of steps — as humanoid robots ran alongside actual humans in a ...

Tesla's humanoid robot, named "Optimus," continues to generate interest and curiosity around the world. Yesterday (Tuesday), Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, tweeted on the social network X (formerly ...

Robot see, robot do: System learns after watching how-to videos Date: April 22, 2025 Source: Cornell University Summary: Researchers have developed a new robotic framework powered by artificial ...

Tiny flying robots could perform such useful tasks as pollinating crops inside multilevel warehouses, boosting yields while mitigating some of agriculture’s harmful impacts on the environment.