Humanoid robots, robotic systems with a human-like body structure, have the potential of tackling various real-world tasks that are currently being completed by humans. In recent years, many robotics ...

A wave of recent research has brought robotic touch sensitivity closer to human fingertips than ever before, driven by graphene-based composites and machine learning that let artificial skins detect ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reaching more aspects of our lives, we see it everywhere. However, it’s no longer just about programs on computers or ...

On September 25, 2025, Google DeepMind quietly released Gemini Robotics 1.5. To the casual observer, it may have seemed like just another software update, but for the robotics industry, it signaled a ...

AI’s concealed labor has repeatedly led us to overestimate the technology. Humanoid robots are entering a similar phase.

Perceptive Humanoid Parkour (PHP) enables a Unitree G1 humanoid robot to execute highly dynamic, long-horizon parkour behaviors using onboard perception. By composing various agil ...

Labor is breaking. Robots are scaling. The real bottleneck isn’t hardware, it’s orchestration. Train humans to lead machines ...

San José-based Figure AI, partnered with real estate giant Brookfield to capture footage from inside 100,000 homes. It will collect data about human movement to teach humanoid robots how to move in ...

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