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.
Engineering
Wearable exoskeletons can help reduce physical strain in the workplace and protect employees from injury, but the technology has yet to achieve widespread adoption. A new study published in PLOS One by engineers at The University ...
Jun 17, 2026
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Robotics
Many AI robots appear intelligent as long as they operate in controlled environments. Neuroscientist and robotics researcher Elisa Donati explains why robots with real-world readiness require more than just fast software.
Jun 17, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Earlier this year in Beijing, a humanoid robot crossed a half-marathon finish line in a blistering 50 minutes, 26 seconds. The feat immediately lit up global headlines for shattering the human world record by almost seven ...
Jun 15, 2026
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Robotics
The Social Robotics Group of the Robotics Lab at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has developed an AI-based methodology that allows a pet-type assistive robot to recognize the people it interacts with. The prototype, ...
Jun 15, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
What's it like to play a physical game with or against a robot that both looks and behaves like a person? That's what NTNU researchers wanted to find out when they conducted a controlled laboratory experiment with Pepper, ...
Jun 11, 2026
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Robotics
As robots increasingly move out of factories and into workplaces, hospitals, warehouses and public spaces, a simple challenge becomes increasingly important: helping people understand what those machines are about to do.
Jun 11, 2026
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Robotics
Beijing cleaner Lin Meiqiong found her work a little easier the day she was paired with an unlikely new colleague—a tall, wheeled robot with AI-powered tidying skills.
Jun 11, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
With a smartphone strapped to her head, Indian housewife Nagireddy Sriramyachandra films herself slicing mangoes to train AI-powered robots to take on household jobs in the future.
Jun 11, 2026
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Robotics
In her tiny apartment in South Korea, where she lives alone, 78-year-old Bang Chun-ja spends her days with a childlike AI-powered doll she says she prefers to people.
Jun 11, 2026
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Robotics
German industrial giant Bosch said Wednesday it will step up efforts in the field of humanoid robotics as its traditional auto parts business comes under increasing pressure.
Jun 10, 2026
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