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Humanoid robots are getting faster, smarter, and cheaper — but are they actually ready for the real world? At the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, robots broke records, cleared obstacle courses… and sometimes crashed spectacularly seconds later. That contrast perfectly cap…
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Humanoid robots are getting stronger, faster, and more capable — but are they actually ready to work? At World Robot Conference 2026 in Beijing, Unitree, EngineAI, Deep Robotics, Galaxy General and dozens of other companies showed robots fighting, navigating factories, working i…
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2,056 robots. 16 countries. 51 events. At the World Humanoid Robot Games, robots ran faster, jumped higher — and broke records humans may never touch.
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The funniest moments from the World Humanoid Robot Games. Sound ON 🔊
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Did Tesla quietly kill the Tesla Optimus Gen 3 — or is Elon Musk preparing for the biggest humanoid robot production gamble in history? Tesla Optimus Gen 3 was supposed to be the version that moved the Tesla Bot from impressive demos to real-world production. But after repeated…
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Are household humanoid robots getting cheaper already? We've only just begun seeing companies start to make promises and accept pre-orders for machines that can do your laundry and tidy up the living room. A San Francisco-based startup is now making one that you can bring home f…
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Humanoids desperately need to stop making YouTube videos and get a job already, and Persona AI is one of the few humanoid companies that seems to be entirely focused on making that happen. Persona AI’s approach has been to carefully select a job that is economically viable for r…
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The strangest and most realistic robots from China are here. At WAIC 2026 in Shanghai, we found humanoid robots with lifelike faces, brain-controlled robotic hands, robot companions, robotic horses, giant mechs, and machines that are getting disturbingly close to humans. In Part…
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Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Actuate 2026: 18–19 August 2026, S…
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The US is banning the sale of robots made outside the country. That includes all the cool ones we've covered out of China, which can dance, provide companionship to seniors, fight fires, and carry loads over rocky terrain. Continue Reading Category: Robotics, Engineering Tags: H…
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