There is a whirr, a flurry of dust, a pause as the grainy image recalibrates, and then a devastating blast. Underground, dozens of miles away, veterans of the most brutal urban battles in Ukraine, of ...

In 2024, the 13th Brigade of Ukraine’s National Guard carried out the first ever robot-only assault, using a team of drones and ground robots. The non-humanoid robots were the size of a quad bike and ...

At last, the Jetsons are happening. Everyone’s long-held dream of having a humanoid robot at home to do all the household chores is almost here. Chinese tech firm GigaAI has announced the (allegedly) ...

At robot learning centers in China, people teach machines how to work in a variety of scenarios. Humanoid robots are part of Beijing's bigger industrial strategy to dominate global markets and supply ...

The company behind NEO, last year’s viral humanoid robot, says it’s ramping up production — aiming to build 100,000 units annually by the end of 2027. 1x, the Palo Alto, California-based company that ...

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 ...

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. Limited ...

The scene is as old as warfare itself. Two soldiers, hands in the air, surrendering and carefully following the orders barked at them by the other side. Except in this case, there were no human ...

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 ...