An eerily realistic humanoid robot — purported to be the “world’s first bipedal, musculoskeletal android” — twitched to life in a viral clip, which viewers have slammed as “dystopian” and “terrifying.

Ian says last week's humanoid robot spectacle on Chinese television signals we’re getting a lot closer to seeing these ...

Robots now see the world with an ease that once belonged only to science fiction. They can recognize objects, navigate cluttered spaces and sort thousands of parcels an hour. But ask a robot to touch ...

He said humanoid robot bobbies — similar to those being trialled for border security in China — could use facial recognition ...

While neurotic robots are a staple of science fiction — just think of C-3PO in Star Wars or Marvin in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — they haven't really been a focus of research into how ...

Yet the illusion is fragile. DroidUp claims Moya’s walking resembles a human’s with ‘92% accuracy,’ but demonstrations still ...

Remember when robots were just science-fiction fantasies or clunky machines bolted to factory floors? That world is vanishing before our eyes. While you’ve been focused on generative AI and digital ...

GUANGZHOU, China, April 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Once confined to the realm of science fiction, robots are now becoming an integral part of a consumer's everyday routines. At the 137th China Import ...

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