WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Friendly robots, the ones people love to love, are quirky: R2-D2, C-3PO, WALL-E, BB-8, Marvin, Roz and Baymax. They’re emotional, prone to panic or bossy, empathetic and able to ...

Chinese smartphone giant Honor wowed the viewers at the Mobile World Congress 2026 in ...

Two humanoid robots can complete 90% of the work in three hours, Xiaomi President Lu Weibing told CNBC.

Bringing robots that look and move like humans to households and factories is closer than ever. But despite promises from a growing number of startups, fully autonomous humanoid robots are still years ...

BMW seems to want to be on the forefront of new technologies, including using AI-generated images in its press photo materials. Now the company is touting its use of full-scale humanoid robots, and ...

CES 2026 highlighted a trend growing over the past few years: The humanoid robots era. What would previously be announcements of fast quadruped robots, dog-like machines running around that would make ...

Unitree G1 humanoid robot KOID told CNBC that "only time will tell" if the AI boom is actually a bubble. KOID is manufactured by Unitree, one of China's hottest tech companies, and the Nvidia-powered ...

A new holiday video featuring Humanoid’s HMND 01 Alpha Bipedal has blended robotics with pop culture, after recreating one of the most iconic scenes from the Christmas classic “Love Actually.” The one ...

Humanoid robots, robotic systems with a human-like body structure, have the potential of tackling various real-world tasks ...

The race to get in on the humanoid robot boom is heating up. In a research note released earlier this month, analysts at Morgan Stanley broke down a list of the 25 companies best positioned to ...

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A humanoid robot developed by NASA for future Mars missions is set to return ...