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 communicate like ...

A robot uses motion, sound, and touch to interact with people, adapt over time, and operate in everyday environments.

Genesis AI unveils GENE-26.5, a robotic brain it says enables general-purpose robots to perform complex physical tasks with ...

Genesis AI’s GENE-26.5 model aims to give humanoid robots better hand control, but its real-world impact depends on ...

Can a robot keep up with Serena Williams? Researchers have taught a humanoid robot to play tennis with humans — and it can hold its own. Chinese AI robotic company Galbot designed software to teach a ...

For decades, humanoid robots have lived behind safety cages in factories or deep inside research labs. Fauna Robotics, a New York-based robotics startup, says that era is ending. The company has ...

Familiar Machines & Magic created a pet-inspired robot with physical AI, allowing it to make long-term, emotionally ...

Breakthrough in navigation: A Singapore team created a soft robot that navigates using touch and internal sensing instead of cameras or external tracking. How it works: The robot predicts its body ...

Researchers at the National University of Singapore have developed a soft robot system that ...

A premapped course, a crew of handlers and a world-beating time: here’s what this Beijing half marathon reveals about how far humanoid robots have come—and how far they haven’t ...