COSMO robots carries 20 custom QDD actuators, 16 facial motors and a 1990s‑style voice— all squeezed into a cartoon shell.

It looks like humanoid robots have a long way to go before catching up with human runners. Beijing’s E-Town tech hub hosted what it described as the world’s first humanoid half-marathon on ...

X Technologies showcases NEO, its home-assistant humanoid robot, in a TED Talk demo featuring chores, companionship, and smart movement.

When the Armatron first came out, in 1981, robotics engineers started contacting Watanabe. “I wasn’t so much hearing from ...

If the idea of robots taking on humans in a road race conjures dystopian images of android athletic supremacy, then fear not, for now at least. More than 20 two-legged robots competed in the world ...

Eileen Falkenberg-Hull leads the Autos team at Newsweek. She has written extensively about the auto industry for U.S. News & World Report, CarGurus, Trucks.com, AutomotiveMap, and American City ...

Step by mechanical step, dozens of humanoid robots took to the streets of Beijing early on Saturday, joining thousands of their flesh-and-blood counterparts in a world-first half marathon ...

Dozens of robots were on the streets of Beijing early on Saturday to race against humans in a world-first half-marathon. The 13-mile (21km) event held in the Chinese capital’s E-Town – a state ...

Twenty-one humanoid robots took to the streets of Beijing to join thousands of runners for the world's first man-vs-machine half-marathon but some struggled to cross the finish line. The robots ...

State-of-the art robots that could improve surgery for thousands of patients have been approved for use on the NHS. The machines, which cost between £500,000 and £1.5 million, are capable of ...