It looks like humanoid robots have a long way to go before catching up with human runners. Beijing’s E-Town tech hub hosted what it described as the world’s first humanoid half-marathon on ...

A robot attends the Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon held in Beijing on April 19. AP Photo/Ng Han Guan What To Know. Teams fielded various machines to navigate the 21.1-kilometer course, with robots ...

Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21-km (13-mile) course.

While there’s a rich history of experimental and functional robots, most agree that the first computer-based production robot was invented in 1954 by George Devol and was called the Unimate.One ...

Humanoid robots pose unique safety risks. That's driving a push for new standards before they start sharing our workplaces and homes. Last year, a humanoid warehouse robot named Digit set to work ...

A fleet of marble-sculpting robots is carving out the future of the art world. It's a move some artists see as cheating, but others are embracing the change.

Robots have been designed to do almost every task people do. For instance, the SwagBot herds cows, Proteus delivers Amazon packages, and the humanoid RoboThespian mops floors and mows the lawn.