When Elon Musk talks about robotics, he rarely hides the ambition behind the dream.

A practical look at the top robots and humanoids making waves, including Tesla Optimus and Boston Dynamics Atlas.

Courtney doesn’t have eyes, but it’s got sensors everywhere. There are two blinking lights on the front of its boxy body to approximate wide, moony pupils. It’s been described as a “large cooler on ...

Ukraine is using ground robots and flying drones to take on Russia. One robot maker was surprised when soldiers combined them ...

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 ...

Realbotix aims to make its robots as human as possible, and at CES 2026, I had an opportunity to interview them and see how ...

Imagine for a moment that you’re in an auto factory. A robot and a human are working next to each other on the production line. The robot is busy rapidly assembling car doors while the human runs ...

My first fight with a robot started badly.

A dozen or so young men and women, eyes obscured by VR headsets, shuffle around a faux kitchen inside a tech company’s Silicon Valley headquarters. Their arms are bent at the elbows, palms facing down ...