Until now, robots have been able to walk on flat surfaces. Even then, they've needed almost constant human guidance. These ...

Training humanoid robots to hike could accelerate development of embodied AI for tasks like autonomous search and rescue, ...

Humanoid robots may soon be able to handle rugged trails as well as people do, thanks to new research from the University of Michigan. A team there has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system ...

One of the biggest hurdles in developing humanoid robots is the sheer amount of training data required. Teaching machines to act like humans demands massive video datasets. Collecting that data is ...

In the latest episode of What the Future, we run down the best highlights and fails from the first World Humanoid Robot Games held last week in China. Jesse Orrall (he/him/his) is a Senior Video ...

Tesla is developing a humanoid robot called Optimus. CEO Elon Musk said about 80% of Tesla's future value could come from Optimus. Musk teased Optimus V3 on X, calling it "sublime." For Elon Musk, the ...

Political heavyweights like China, Russia, and India are already drawing attention as the trifecta plans its next strategic move to counter the U.S. tariffs at the SCO 2025. The Shanghai Cooperation ...

Apptronik worked with Austin-based Argodesign to craft Apollo’s deliberately neutral aesthetic. The concave face uses LED ...

While Tesla will constantly promote ever more advanced versions of Optimus, the humanoid robot it's working on—at least versions lacking human help behind the scenes—there is another robot in ...

Atlas, the humanoid robot famous for its parkour and dance routines, has recently begun demonstrating something altogether more subtle but also a lot more significant: It has learned to both walk and ...

On August 16, 2025, in Beijing, China, @Kōngjiānànwùzhí shared a video from a humanoid robot sports competition. In the video, a robot participant runs across multiple platforms with different ...