It strode out on stage to the Rocky soundtrack, but Russia’s first humanoid robot did not impress once it got on the stage. After taking only a few shaky steps and then trying to wave, it faceplants ...

For decades, robotics has focused on mastering the physics of the world. We have poured enormous effort into manipulation, ...

What can a humanoid robot actually do in the real world? If you’ve seen videos online of the Boston Dynamics Atlas robot or Tesla’s Optimus bot, you might have assumed that these machines are just ...

First, though, the machines will have to learn how to pour water or carry soup, as a Chinese restaurant that replaced its wait staff with robots quickly learned. If we trusted this drone to get little ...

Yann LeCun challenges humanoid robots built on precomputed demos, arguing for explicit world models so teams build adaptable ...

The tech wizards at Boston Dynamics are continuing to refine the physical abilities of its Atlas humanoid robot. A new video (above) released by the Massachusetts-based company kicks off with Atlas ...