New companies are building robots in record time ... and at record cost. Massive changes have made physical AI — giving AI a ...

EV maker Tesla has shared a new update of its humanoid robot Optimus on X (formerly Twitter) on December 3. The short clip ...

CEO Elon Musk shared a video showing the company's Optimus humanoid robot running across a lab floor for the first time.

Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock dropped a short, electrifying video on social media, teasing the extraordinary speed and agility ...

A soft armband that lets you steer a robot while you sprint on a treadmill or bob on rough seas sounds like science fiction. Engineers at the University of California San Diego have now built ...

In two new papers, UC Berkeley roboticist Ken Goldberg explains why robots are not gaining real-world skills as quickly as AI chatbots are gaining language fluency. UC Berkeley News spoke with ...

For Spot, for example, the battery already makes up 16% of its weight. Some robots have used solar panels, and in theory these could extend runtime, especially for low-power tasks or in bright, sunny ...

What do you see when you close your eyes and imagine robots? Probably tough, metallic machines that can withstand all sorts of extreme conditions. While that's usually the case with most DARPA-funded ...

What makes many animals run faster and better than robots or humans? Robots run faster than humans due to better agility, robustness, and range. Believe it or not, robot cockroaches can assist ...

There are a few humans alive who can outrun the new DARPA-funded Cheetah robot; if your name isn’t Usain Bolt, however, chances are you’re not one of them. This robot can reach speeds of up to 18 mph, ...

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more. China just turned a pair of Olympic venues ...

Warehouses used to run on muscle, clipboards, and caffeine. It was a predominantly manual work environment that required elbow grease for everything. Now we have algorithms, sensors, and even fleets ...