AMSTERDAM, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Around 7,000 humanoid robots were sold worldwide last year for industrial and professional service use, figures compiled by the International Federation of Robotics ...

Although it wasn’t apparently designed with this in mind, it seems particularly fortuitous that this walking robotic hand was released in time for Halloween. Designed by researchers from ETH Zurich, ...

A robot does not always need a complicated display or camera to have a personality. Sometimes, a pair of simple animated eyes is enough to make a robot feel more interactive. This project uses a ...

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China’s humanoid robots are more than a showcase of state ambition. They reveal how differently we interpret visions of the technological future depending on who builds them. A robot competes in a ...

Hugging Face unveiled the Microduck on Thursday, a cute little duck-like robot that sells for $399 — and ships before Christmas. Clem Delangue, CEO of Hugging Face, said the Microduck is an ...

Viral videos of the World Humanoid Robot Games show sprinting robots beating the human 100-meter record held by Usain Bolt—but also feature running robots crashing into barriers and falling down ...

The World Humanoid Robot Games is back for a second year, and the bots are just as unsettling and impressive as they are ridiculous and unwieldy. On the first day of the Games, two humanoid robots ...

BEIJING — Chinese robots can do backflips, land roundhouse kicks and run faster than humans. But can they do anything more useful? That’s the question as the focus of China’s world-leading robotics ...

A humanoid robot has beaten Usain Bolt's 100-meter sprint record at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, China on Saturday. The robot, made by Beijing-based X-Humanoid, was able to run the 109 ...

China’s humanoid robots are achieving superhuman feats of athleticism. But how that translates into the real world is still an open question, experts said. By Yan Zhuang In 2009, Usain Bolt set the ...

No one said the humanoid robot revolution would be easy — startups are facing roadblocks on their drive to create a true chore helper. The first robot vacuum I ever owned was a Neato Robotics XV ...