SALEM, Ore. — In an office park opposite an Amazon warehouse, the robots are at work. A trio of six-foot-tall machines with ostrichlike legs and two jointed arms work in shifts, walking off a charging ...

Humanoid robots are rapidly improving in motion fluidity, making them more human-like and suitable for complex tasks.

Chinese EV company XPENG unveiled its next-gen humanoid robot IRON during its AI Day event in Guangzhou, having it walk onto the stage in a stilted yet strangely lifelike saunter. The reveal swiftly ...

Humanoid robots have quietly crossed a threshold: they are no longer just research prototypes or sci-fi props. They walk, run, lift, learn workflows, and increasingly interact with human environments ...

The price tag is orders of magnitude cheaper than most robots in its class, which can run into tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. Now China’s Unitree Robotics, best known for its nimble ...

While competitors chase spectacle, Artem Sokolov’s Humanoid focuses on commercial viability. This analysis covers its human-centric philosophy, wheeled-to-bipedal roadmap, and real-world validation ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I explore humans, technologies, and what’s next. Dec 01, 2025, 01:14pm EST As factories finalize 2026 budgets, a costly choice ...

What’s happened? At RoboWorld 2025, held in South Korea, Oh Jun-ho, head of Samsung’s Future Robotics Division, said the company is working on core humanoid technologies like actuators, sensors, ...