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Robots can outrun humans, but can they plug in a cable?

Are humanoid robots the future? Chinese makers instead highlight practical design

Humanoid robots were still among the biggest crowd-pleasers at this year’s World Robot Conference (WRC) in Beijing, though other types of robots, such as wheeled machines, were gaining momentum as the industry moves from demonstration to deployment. At Unitree Robotics’ packed booth at the conference, bipedal models played table tennis or squared off in fighting matches, showing off levels of speed, balance and coordination that the industry has only seen in the last few years. But elsewhere...

Are humanoid robots the future? Chinese makers instead highlight practicality

Harvard’s $699 startup bootcamp offers AI avatars of its instructors

In the HBS Foundry program, AI avatars provide feedback during practice pitches and board meetings.

Humanoid beats Usain Bolt’s 100m record at Beijing robot games

At China's robot Olympics, the finish line comes with a padded wall and a stretcher

Amazon just hiked the prices for Echo, Fire TV, and Kindle products by up to 60 percent

Citing "significant increases in memory and storage component costs," Amazon has raised prices on Echos, Kindles, Fire TVs, and Eeros by up to 60 percent, as first reported by Fortune. The cheapest products in Amazon's lineup were hit hardest, with the Echo Dot smart speaker jumping from $49.99 to $79.99. The Fire TV Stick 4K […]

Chinese robot beats Usain Bolt's 100m world record at Beijing games

Chinese robot runs 100m sprint quicker than Usain Bolt’s world record

8 Experts Weigh In On The FCC Foreign Robot Ban: Good Or Bad?

Chinese humanoid robot 'Lightning' beats human 100m world record, state media says

Robot horse and rider steal the spotlight at Chinese conference

Who Exactly Is Purchasing the Robots at WRC (World Robot Conference)?

From science fair to strategic showcase: a decade of China’s robot games

Rethink Robotics

China’s robots rock, box and mix drinks. Can they outperform humans?

Dreame Extends Robot Vacuum Technology Into Everyday Home Appliances

HoverAir’s transforming modular drone has already been halted in the US

I am so sorry, fellow US gadget fans: the FCC's drone ban appears to have struck again. The HoverAir Versa - a baby steadycam with snap-on propeller wings that transform it into a drone - has already stopped taking US orders just three days after its Indiegogo debut, and may be forced to abandon shipping […]

How AI accounting startup Rillet raised $100M and became a unicorn in 48 hours

Rillet CEO Nicolas Kopp shared growth numbers at a board meeting and set off a fundraising frenzy from Iconiq, Sequoia and others. Without even trying.

Amazon’s Bhavana Chandrashekhar to speak at RoboBusiness’ Women in Robotics Lunch

Schaeffler plans to mass produce gearboxes for humanoid robots in 2027

Boldly twisted tower lures you into its Escher-like space to spy on birds

A new 19.9-meter (65-ft) tower rises like a brutalist-inspired, twisted monolith above its rural surroundings, providing a space for watching migratory birds that populate Wuhan's Chenhu Wetland, China. Continue Reading Category: Architecture , Engineering Tags: China , Engineering , Birds , nature , Art , Experience , Structure

HoverAir's latest flyer eradicates divide between pocket cam and drone

The line between a pocket camera and a drone keeps getting blurrier, and HoverAir has just about erased it. The company, which helped pioneer the self-flying camera, has now shared full specifications for the Versa, the palm-sized gimbal camera it teased earlier this month. We covered the initial reveal when the Versa first broke cover, and this follow-up digs into the numbers behind the concept. Continue Reading Category: Consumer Tech , Technology Tags: Flying-cam , Cameras , drones , Camer…

Elden Ring on the Switch 2 isn’t tarnished

FromSoftware is hoping to make a splash on the Switch 2 later this year when it launches The Duskbloods, a gothic competitive multiplayer game that's unlike anything the studio has made before. But before that, Switch 2 owners have a chance to experience the studio's biggest hit for the first time thanks to a port […]

GuliKit’s Switch 2 TV dock gives me one feature I’ve missed when traveling

Nintendo didn’t design its Switch dock with travel in mind. Genki’s Covert Dock is a much smaller alternative my family has been using to connect our Switch to hotel TVs for years, but I’ve come to realize I much prefer having a stand for the console when using it this way. So when it came […]

Fun to Watch, but How Does a High-Jumping Humanoid Help Humanity?

Video Friday: Do We Need Superhuman Humanoid Robots?

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Humanoids Summit Seoul : 22–23 September 2026, SEOUL IROS 2026 : 27 September–1 October 2026, PITTSBURGH CoRL 2026 : 9–12 November 2026, AUSTIN Enjoy today’s videos! This is very, very cool. But I’m trying to think of what the commercial use case will …

WRC 2026现场直击｜不只让机器人“摸得到”，帕西尼想打通感知、数据与执行

AI-powered terrain recognition helps cyborg cockroaches navigate faster

Cyborg insects combine the mobility of living organisms with miniature electronic devices, offering potential applications in search-and-rescue operations, infrastructure inspection and exploration of environments that are difficult for conventional robots.

CEO of viral backflipping robot company says robots may be years from their ‘ChatGPT moment

The New Robotics ‘Arms Race’: Who Can Do the Craziest Hype Video?

Robots running into walls go viral ahead of 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games

Video of humanoid crashing in half before Robot Olympics goes viral

Nevada Approves Over 7,000 Robotaxis from Tesla, Uber, Waymo

EXCLUSIVE: Chery's robot affiliate AiMOGA eyes IPO, targets overseas market

ACE Robotics chairman says robot brains will have 'ChatGPT moment' by end of 2027

CUHK researchers perform city’s first robot-assisted pelvic fracture surgery

Amazon responds to viral video of its drone's hot tub mishap

Chinese humanoids steal the spotlight at San Francisco's robot party

Watch Humanoid Robots Put China Ahead in Tech Race

New controller makes operating an excavator almost instinctive

Watching skilled excavator operators work is almost hypnotic. They make it look so easy that the machine seems to move like an extension of the operator's own arm. That intuition usually takes years to build, but a new controller from MIT engineers compresses that learning curve to a single session. Continue Reading Category: Robotics , Engineering Tags: Robotics , MIT , Interface , Robotic construction , Construction

The next test for humanoid robots: Can the hype become business?

WRC 2026 | AiMOGA Robotics Showcases Full Product Lineup and Real-World Capabilities Across Multiple

2026 World Robot Conference: Zoomlion Showcases Industrial Embodied Intelligence – Company Announcement

Amazon, Uber, DoorDash, and Walmart are taking the delivery wars to the skies

WRC 2026 | PUDU D5 Tackles Live Obstacle Course as Semi-Humanoid PUDU D7 Debuts

WRC 2026 | Vbot Officially Unveils ATOM Humanoid Robot

WRC 2026 | FAW's Intelligent Robot Makes Debut

NASA abandons orbit-boost attempt to rescue Swift space telescope

The mission to rescue NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory space telescope may be in need of some rescuing itself. Due to multiple malfunctions in the LINK spacecraft's attitude control system, space engineers have decided to abandon the boost attempt. Continue Reading Category: Space Systems , Engineering Tags: Swift Satellite , NASA , Satellite