Designed for public-facing roles, Noetix’s Hobbs W1 combines a “female-styled” lifelike bionic head and interactive display with dexterous 6-DoF hands and 5-DoF robotic arms. The robot features fully ...

Humanoid robots spent 2025 straddling a strange line between breakthrough and blooper reel. They poured lattes, posed in ...

Robot skin that senses touch and pain — and triggers instant reflexes — makes robots more like humans. It probably also makes ...

I spent my childhood longing for him to bring me fun drinks on his little tray while I reclined on the sofa, glued to back-to ...

Learn how humanoid robots use adaptive control and error recovery, helping teams handle tough tasks with fewer stoppages.

A California tech company is selling an AI humanoid that can make your life easier — but it might break the bank. The 5’6″ humanoid, from California tech company 1X Technologies, named NEO, is set to ...

Remotely operated by their human teams, the robots will be tested for agility and skill competing in 26 events like football, martial arts, gymnastics, and track and field events like running and a ...

Taking a decade of development, NEO is the newest product of the California-based 1X Technologies. According to Digital Trends, this 66-inch-tall humanoid robot weighs 66 pounds and boasts ...

A humanoid robot walks alongside uniformed police officers during what appeared to be a public patrol in China.

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A small proof-of-concept study of robotic-assisted cataract surgery reports successful outcomes with no treatment-related ...