Conventional robots navigate much like humans do, relying on detailed maps of the area they are in to get around. This allows the robot to maintain an accurate estimate of its own location, but comes ...

While most warehouse robots still ferry goods to human pickers, Locus Robotics has aimed to flip the script with the debut of its Locus Array “robots-to-goods” system, which rolls an AI-powered arm ...

There's an app for nearly every imaginable user and use case these days, but one thing they all have in common is that they're centered around one device: the smartphone. The new Hugging Face Reachy ...

Humanoid robots are getting a new gig as baggage handlers and cargo loaders at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport—part of a Japan Airlines experiment to address a human labor shortage as airport visitor numbers ...

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark.- The Arkansas Tech University robotics team has reached a new global milestone, finishing runner-up at the 2026 VEX U Robotics World Championship. The competition was held April ...

The Droid TW 12.7, made by Devdroid, has been used in many of the attacks involving ground robots in Ukraine. Devdroid, CC BY For the first time, Ukraine has captured a Russian position using only ...

As Tesla continues to showcase its humanoid robot Optimus in increasingly public settings, from the Boston Marathon to a Hollywood diner launch, CEO Elon Musk is finally outlining when the product ...

Last Sunday, at the Beijing E-Town Half Marathon, a red humanoid robot of a type named Lightning finished the course in 50 minutes and 26 seconds—faster than the human world record. Its long legs were ...

A humanoid robot aptly named Lightning made history on the streets of Beijing over the weekend, beating the human half-marathon world record by several minutes. Dozens of robots lined up for the ...

BEIJING — It was not even close as a bright-red Chinese humanoid named “Lightning” lived up to its name in a half-marathon pitting humans against robots, smoking its competition on Sunday. Subscribe ...

The android won a race featuring robots and humans on Sunday in Beijing, achieving a technological milestone while finishing faster than any person in history. By Adeel Hassan It didn’t have to ...

The latest boom in robotics represents a revolution in the way machines have learned to interact with the world. Roboticists used to dream big but build small. They’d hope to match or exceed the ...