“As fun as real-life rock-em-sock-em robots is, what people really care about is robots doing their chores,” Holson, who currently leads robotics for Robust AI, says. “This is why robot laundry ...

The first-ever World Humanoid Robot Olympics has wrapped up in Beijing, China, and one particular robot shone in the track events. Built by Chinese firm Unitree Robotics, the H1 humanoid robot helped ...

In the past few decades, China has rapidly transitioned from one of the poorest nations on Earth to the global kingpin in robotics production. Between 2022 and 2023, the People's Republic installed ...

Physical Intelligence’s Robot Olympics puts robots to the test with real household chores, revealing how close ...

The robots competed in sports such as football, track and field, and table tennis, as well as events that saw them tackle robot-specific challenges, from sorting medicines and handling materials to ...

Robots have been showing what they can do at the birthplace of the Olympic Games. The machines were in Ancient Olympia to demonstrate that they are starting to master more human skills. George Kittle ...

The robot known as “Cheetah” has set a new world speed record for legged robots, and has passed the fastest speed for humans, too. Cheetah, built by Boston Dynamics and backed by DARPA. The machine, ...

In South Korea, it's already unremarkable to see robots cleaning the airport, teaching English and working assembly lines. In 2016, the country sold some 41,000 robots, half as many as China, which ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece — With jerky determination, robots played soccer, wowed children with shadow-boxing skills and shot arrows on Monday at the birthplace of the Olympic Games. As they shuffled ...

Under throbbing loudspeakers at a NASCAR track south of Miami, vaguely humanoid robots with two legs, four legs and tank treads take up garages that normally house race cars. The robots, along with ...