Looking for a home humanoid robot that will clean your house, cook your food, and maybe even take the dog for a walk? It just got one step closer ...
See new human-shaped robots, including MIMA’s skill-glove training for dishes and laundry, so you can gauge real home-ready ...
Robot companies are racing toward a breakout year, but they'll have to confront some fundamental problems before making ...
I’ve been teaching robotics at the University of Washington for more than a decade. Every class begins with “robotics news of the week.” For years, humanoid robots appeared only occasionally—usually ...
EngineAI's T-800 (yes, that's a Terminator designator) is perhaps the strongest robot on the planet. That's why, of course, ...
General-purpose robots remain rare not for a lack of hardware but because we still can’t give machines the physical intuition ...
Commentary: The idea of a human-controlled robot in your home might sound weird, but perhaps it's not all that different from what we're used to. Connor is a technology writer and editor, with a ...
Humanoid robots may be part of our future, but human psychology and the uncanny valley may stand between them and world ...
Opinion

Welcome to home robotics limbo

So here we are: Roomba, the tech that put consumer robots on the map, now feels relatively ho-hum — one brand among many automated vacuums on the market — while the dream of an Optimus-esque bot to ...
We saw the first real wave of AI-powered toys in 2025, some of which lacked proper safety guardrails. But we already know of ...
Humanoid robots have officially arrived... sort of. Companies are wheeling out sleek, expensive prototypes with human-like limbs, while cooing PR departments promise a future where your home is ...