In a video published this week by China’s UBTech, hundreds of the firm’s humanoid robots march in unison, lining up neatly or stomping in rhythm, as they pack themselves into delivery trucks. The ...

If you say someone is ‘so robotic’ that means they’re really stiff,” he says. Stiff, both in terms of intelligence and form. Kornbluh, a soft-spoken engineer with a wry sense of humor and a penchant ...