In the latest episode of What the Future, we run down the best highlights and fails from the first World Humanoid Robot Games held last week in China. Jesse Orrall (he/him/his) is a Senior Video ...

A Tesla Optimus robot took a tumble during a recent demo, and its virality is emblematic of deep-seated scepticism over AI and autonomous humanoids.

It strode out on stage to the Rocky soundtrack, but Russia’s first humanoid robot did not impress once it got on the stage. After taking only a few shaky steps and then trying to wave, it faceplants ...

It’s been quite a year for humanoid robots, with all manner of increasingly advanced designs coming to our attention. The selections here focus more on physical movement than AI smarts, with the ...