Some of the new humanoid robot designs are made to mimic a romantic partner. CNET, a tech publication, interviewed "Aria" from the company Realbotix at the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show last month.

Ms. Friedman says the role of humanoid robots in the workplace would very much depend on the type of work. But there’s also the consideration of whether we even need these robots.

For a long time, science fiction has teased us with images of humanoid robots flying through the air like superheroes in comic books. That fantasy is getting closer to coming true now. The Italian ...

An AI that helps humanoid robots mirror a person’s movement could allow robots to walk, dance and fight in more convincingly human ways. The most agile and fluid robotic movements, such as ...

Humanoid robots appear to be the next big bet for Big Tech — and the market could be worth billions. Tesla, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Nvidia are piling cash into the futuristic technology. BI met ...

Humanoid machine performs real-world task in significant development in robot revolution. The robot called Apollo can lift more than 25kg and potentially perform repetitive tasks that are, in the ...

Figure’s footage demonstrates the scale of the improvement in walking ability achieved by the team behind the robot. As you can see, the original 01 robot had more of a waddle about it, similar ...

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A humanoid robot is assisted by support technicians after collapsing at the start line of the Beijing E-Town Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon on April 19, 2025, in Beijing, China.

A robot attends the Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon held in Beijing on April 19. AP Photo/Ng Han Guan What To Know. Teams fielded various machines to navigate the 21.1-kilometer course, with robots ...