If 2025 proved anything, it’s that humanoid robots are no longer content to stand still. This was the year they learned to walk like us, flexed synthetic muscles, clocked factory hours, and stared ...

In 2025, the Jetsons fantasy of a robot butler stopped feeling like retro-sci fi kitsch and started looking—if you squint through a teleoperator’s VR headset—almost plausible. Meanwhile, investors ...

Imagine a world where your morning coffee is brewed by a robot that remembers your exact preferences, your home is cleaned by a machine with human-like dexterity, and factories are staffed by tireless ...

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This striking humanoid robot is the R1 from Robbyant, a company owned by Chinese tech giant Ant Group. The allure of humanoid robots is their versatility – you can imagine them doing any job that a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I explore humans, technologies, and what’s next. Dec 01, 2025, 01:14pm EST As factories finalize 2026 budgets, a costly choice ...

The curious minds at ColdFusion meet Ameca, the robot that looks almost human.

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Columbia Engineers have created a robot capable of mimicking and learning human lip movements during speech. The upgraded design combines advanced robotics with AI, enabling the device—named Emo—to ...

Robots have long been seen as a bad bet for Silicon Valley investors — too complicated, capital-intensive and “boring, honestly,” says venture capitalist Modar Alaoui. But the commercial boom in ...

Humanoid robots have come on leaps and bounds in recent times, and much is expected of the advanced machines in the coming year. The process of training humanoid robots can take various forms. Unitree ...