Chinese tech firms have unveiled next-generation humanoid robots, highlighting the country's rapid advances in service robotics and its accelerating push toward large-scale commercialization, a ...

TOKYO: A pair of swivelling, human-like robotic arms, built for physical artificial intelligence research, mirror the motions of an operator in a VR headset twirling his hands like a magician. With ...

SINGAPORE – Imagine enjoying a cappuccino from a nearby coffee joint delivered right to your office on the fifth storey by a delivery robot. That robot would have to navigate a path outdoors, avoid ...

In the first two months of the year, nearly 2 billion yuan (US$276 million) in new funding went to humanoid robot developers across 20 deals, up from 1.2 billion yuan generated from 4 transactions a ...

Humanoid robots have officially arrived... sort of. Companies are wheeling out sleek, expensive prototypes with human-like limbs, while cooing PR departments promise a future where your home is ...

TEHRAN: Two machines resembling robotic vacuum cleaners sped around a ring colliding, shooting sparks and catching fire, as Iranian engineering students watched from behind plexiglass. The dramatic ...

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Boxers on the podium at China's 15th National Games were greeted by an unusual sight as humanoid robots helped present their awards. In Shenzhen, a city long known for its cutting-edge technology, ...

Google DeepMind has unveiled a pair of artificial intelligence (AI) models that will enable robots to perform complex general tasks and reason in a way that was previously impossible. Earlier this ...

Robots have officially taken over. Well, at least at Salisbury University. Multiple robots have been spotted around campus.

After spending most of their careers in academia, Andrea Thomaz and Vivian Chu began exploring how robots could be used in real-world, human-centered work environments. Supported by Thomaz’s role at ...

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