After a year as COO of K-Scale Labs, Rui Xu reflects on the hard lessons behind the collapse of its low-cost humanoid robot ambitions.

Robots come in a vast array of shapes and sizes. By definition, they're machines that perform automatic tasks and can be operated by humans, but sometimes work autonomously—without human help.

For the companies pioneering humanoid development, the question is no longer if the technology will work, but whether it can keep working in the field.

Solving a technical challenge that has stymied science for 40 years, researchers have built a robot with an onboard computer, sensors and a motor, the whole assembly less than 1 millimeter in size — ...

Search and rescue missions often happen in areas that are difficult for humans to navigate due to extreme weather, rough terrain, or dangerous conditions like smoke or dust. A researcher at Worcester ...

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SALEM, Ore. — In an office park opposite an Amazon warehouse, the robots are at work. A trio of six-foot-tall machines with ostrichlike legs and two jointed arms work in shifts, walking off a charging ...

Boston Dynamics unveiled its latest Atlas humanoid robot this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and its entire production run for 2026 is already sold and accounted for. And its ...

AI-powered delivery robots from companies like Serve Robotics are replacing human drivers across the nation — but they can't ...