After a year-long pilot project, Toyota’s Canadian manufacturing subsidiary has contracted seven humanoid robots to work in a plant building RAV4 SUVs under a robots-as-a-service deal.

Last year, Norwegian-US tech company 1X announced a strange new product: "the world's first consumer-ready humanoid robot designed to transform life at home." ...

And it’s worth thinking about exactly how remarkable it is that the new humanoid robots are able to replicate the smooth, fluid, organic movements of humans and other animals, because the majority of ...

The US manufacturing industry is at a crossroads, and Edward Mehr of robotics-enabled startup, Machina Labs, has chosen his path to follow.

Amazon said Blue Jay's core tech will be used for other robotics projects and the employees who worked on it were moved to ...

China’s humanoid robotics industry is bustling. More than 14,500 automatons were delivered last year globally, up from around 3,000 in 2024, according to company reports and estimates from Omdia, a ...

When AI-powered prosthetic arms that move autonomously become widespread, understanding how people feel about them and accept them will be crucial. In a study appearing in Scientific Reports, ...

When 12-year-old Matteo Mucchetti mapped out an amusement-style attraction that he wanted to create in his family’s basement and then showed it to his older brother Nico, the high-school sophomore was ...

This study demonstrates that Type I receptor-like sensors in a robotic joint achieve sub-2° positional accuracy, redefining ...

What happens when students stop building for grades and start building like engineers? This competition tested more than ideas.

Apptronik raises $520M at a $5B valuation to scale production of its Apollo humanoid robot for global commercial deployment.

Austin-based robotics startup Apptronik has raised more than $500 million in new funding, pushing its latest round close to $1 billion as it scales production of its Apollo humanoid robot.