Humanoid robots have long been a staple of science fiction, but there is now real progress being made. A range of new models made by or backed by the likes of Boston Dynamics, Tesla and OpenAI are ...

An eerily realistic humanoid robot — purported to be the “world’s first bipedal, musculoskeletal android” — twitched to life in a viral clip, which viewers have slammed as “dystopian” and “terrifying.

Remember when robots were just science-fiction fantasies or clunky machines bolted to factory floors? That world is vanishing before our eyes. While you’ve been focused on generative AI and digital ...

The race to create AI-powered humanoid robots continues to accelerate as major tech and consumer companies eye investments and partnerships that create business uses that could scale. Manufacturing, ...

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Social companion robots are no longer just science fiction. In classrooms, libraries and homes, these small machines are designed to read stories, play games or offer comfort to children. They promise ...

NASA's plan to build a train track on the moon is part of the agency's Innovative Advanced Concepts program, which aims to develop "science fiction-like" projects for future space exploration. When ...