XPENG’s humanoid robot, Iron, is not your typical factory machine. Standing 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighing 154 pounds, Iron combines advanced artificial intelligence with human-like movement ...

Veteran creature artists Stephen Love and Rob Strange share the rigors of having zero vision and taking tumbles while playing retro robots. Stomping around in bulky retro-style robot suits filming ...

And right out of the gate, they are offering the Reachy 2, a super-interesting humanoid robot designed as a "lab partner for the AI era." So, what makes Reachy 2 stand out? Well, first off ...

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 ...

The winning robot finished the race in two hours and 40 minutes Michael Nied has been a digital news editor with PEOPLE since 2025. He has previously been published by Just Jared, PopCrush ...

Humanoid robots ran a half-marathon against humans for the first time on Saturday in Beijing. The race highlighted how far humanoid robots have advanced, and how far they still have to go.

The world’s first half-marathon with humanoid robot participants in Beijing has offered a striking glimpse into the progress and challenges of the country’s robotics industry, as only six out ...

A robot sorts lug nuts before attaching wheels to electric cars at a Zeekr plant in Ningbo, China.Credit...Qilai Shen for The New York Times Supported by By Keith Bradsher Keith Bradsher ...

BEIJING — In the global race to produce robots that are smarter and faster, China’s humanoids have come a long way. Robots from cutting-edge Chinese companies can dance and spin or do ...

Proper ASMR grade stuff, here. We’ve also seen some other great work on pneumatic robot grippers over the years.

The robot is powered and steered by an alternating magnetic field which is externally generated along a single axis. As the bot's two magnets are simultaneously attracted to and repelled by that ...

About 12,000 human athletes ran in a half-marathon race in Beijing on Saturday, but most of the attention was on a group of other, more unconventional participants: 21 humanoid robots. The event ...