A recent video from China has done exactly that. In the clip, a humanoid robot designed to work in human environments reportedly malfunctioned during a test and injured a worker. The video has now ...

The rise of the machines seems closer than we might like to think. Freaky footage captured the moment that a humanoid robot seemingly snapped and lashed out at its handlers like something out of a ...

Humanoid robots are catnip for the imagination. They dazzle at tech shows, mimicking our moves with eerie precision. I’m deeply impressed by the innovations powering robots that walk ...

Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21-km (13-mile ...

Robots that look and move like humans are getting a lot of buzz. Companies, including Amazon and GXO, are already testing humanoid robots in their warehouses. But humanoids are expensive and ...

With its win in China’s first half marathon for humanoid robots, the state-backed Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Centre has entered the national spotlight as it aims to become something akin ...

Humanoid robots ran a half-marathon against humans for the first time on Saturday in Beijing. The race highlighted how far humanoid robots have advanced, and how far they still have to go.

During tests in a Chinese factory, a humanoid robot suffered a malfunction and lashed out wildly, as a video shows. The test engineers switched off the robot in time before it could injure anyone.

BEIJING, April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from China.org.cn on the world's first-ever half-marathon for both humanoid robots and human runners: At a half-marathon race, a 5.9-ft "giant ...

Humanoid robots to run entire course for first time Race aims to showcase China's advances in robotics Robots must complete race in under 3 hours 30 minutes BEIJING, April 10 (Reuters ...

If you thought Tesla or XPeng’s bipedal humanoid robots were a creepy glimpse into the future, wait until you see what Chinese automaker Chery Automotive is deploying. Alongside business partner ...

Later this year, Boston Dynamics plans to put its all-electric humanoid Atlas robot to work in a Hyundai factory. The new version of the bot, evolved from the hydraulic Atlas model that’s been ...