Humanoid robotics investigates the design, control, and deployment of robots with humanlike bodies and behaviors for physical, social, and cognitive tasks. Work in this area spans locomotion and manipulation, learning from human demonstrations, and integration with large language models and generative AI for natural-language-guided behavior. Researchers study social and affective dimensions of human-robot interaction, including mind perception, trust, comfort, and cultural variation, as well as applications in caregiving, therapy, domestic assistance, surgery, manufacturing, and public spaces, alongside safety, regulation, and labor impacts.
Machine learning & AI
Humanoid robots danced hip-hop, performed martial arts and played keyboard, guitar and drums at the opening ceremony of the first World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Thursday evening.
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Animals like bats, whales and insects have long used acoustic signals for communication and navigation. Now, an international team of scientists has taken a page from nature's playbook to model micro-sized robots that use ...
Aug 12, 2025
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Watch Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot doing training routines, or the latest humanoids from Figure loading a washing machine, and it's easy to believe the robot revolution is here. From the outside, it seems the only remaining ...
Aug 11, 2025
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Humanoid robots, robots with a human-like body structure, have so far been primarily tested on manual tasks that entail supporting humans in their daily activities, such as carrying objects, collecting samples in hazardous ...
Machine learning & AI
In an article published in Frontiers in Robotics and AI, Dr. Zhao Zhao and her colleagues have investigated the long-term lifespan of a social robot given to 20 families in 2021 to see whether it could help their children ...
Aug 8, 2025
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A high-tech district in the Chinese capital is opening an all-service robot store on Friday to push a national drive to develop humanoid robots.
Aug 7, 2025
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Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have built the world's first automated cyborg insect "factory line." This new prototype robotic system automates the attachment of miniature electronic ...
Jul 28, 2025
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A new review paper on the latest trends and advancements in intuitive Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) using bio-potential and bio-impedance has been published in the journal Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering. The joint ...
Jul 24, 2025
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Teaching a robot new skills used to require coding expertise. But a new generation of robots could potentially learn from just about anyone.
Jul 17, 2025
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Today's robots are stuck—their bodies are usually closed systems that can neither grow nor self-repair, nor adapt to their environment. Now, scientists at Columbia University have developed robots that can physically "grow," ...
Jul 16, 2025
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