If you’re ever short of a tennis partner to knock a ball with, UBTECH Robotics’ Walker S2 humanoid robot could change ...

Chinese humanoid robot makers will dominate CES 2026, with nearly a dozen firms and a record Hong Kong delegation showcasing ...

Realbotix aims to make its robots as human as possible, and at CES 2026, I had an opportunity to interview them and see how ...

Seemingly overnight, humanoids are crowding social media feeds and headlining major financial news outlets. Five viral moments in particular, driven by breakthroughs from Tesla, 1X, XPeng, Figure AI, ...

The Chinese government is betting that robots will drive economic growth. But the bots can’t really do much yet. By Meaghan Tobin and Xinyun Wu Reporting from Taipei, Taiwan Robots made by Chinese ...

What’s keeping them off the street is a challenge robotics researchers have circled for decades. Building robots is easier than making them function in the real world. A robot can repeat a TikTok ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Journalist, analyst, author, podcaster. Chinese robot manufacturer Unitree just launched the “world’s first” humanoid robot app ...

Unboxing the full-sized humanoid robot Oli, standing 165 cm tall and weighing 55 kg. After powering on, it autonomously stands upright without transfer device support—the process is elegant and smooth ...

Standing 165 cm tall and weighing 55kg, the full-size humanoid robot Oli steps through loose sand, protruding rocks, wobbling boards, and piles of scattered debris, maintaining its balance throughout.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Journalist, analyst, author, podcaster. Putting a plant into a planter, placing snacks in containers, and sorting laundry ...

China’s Songyan Power will supply 1000 Bumi humanoid robots to Huichen Technology under a new deal. Bumi is a small, lightweight humanoid robot that can walk, run, dance, respond to voice commands, ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — 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 ...