The Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing — featuring running, kickboxing and soccer — highlighted advancements in robotics. Limitations, too. By Yan Zhuang There’s a very real concern that robots could ...

In a move that inches us just a little closer to the singularity, engineers have developed robots that can grow, self-repair, and morph by absorbing parts from other robots. They can also help their ...

Soccer is getting a high-tech upgrade in Beijing this weekend, and the players aren’t just fast — they’re fully robotic. The RoBoLeague World Robot Soccer League will host its final match in the ...

The more we interact with robots, the more human we perceive them to become – according to new research from the University of East Anglia. It may sound like a scene from Blade Runner, but ...

The future of robotics was on full display in Beijing this week, as hundreds of humanoid machines battled it out in a three-day multi-sport spectacle at the World Humanoid Robot Games, which concluded ...

Yukai Engineering is no stranger to cute but somewhat odd little robots. And at CES 2025, they revealed Mirumi, a robot that’s made to “delight bystanders” by turning its head to greet them. The robot ...

Today's robots are stuck—their bodies are usually closed systems that can neither grow nor self-repair, nor adapt to their environment. Now, scientists at Columbia University have developed robots ...