https://techxplore.com/ en-us Tech Xplore internet news portal provides the latest news on electronics, technology, and engineering. Over the next decades, robots are expected to make their way into a growing number of households, public spaces, and professional environments. Many of the most advanced and promising robots designed to date are so-called legged robots, which consist of a central body structure with limbs attached to it. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-legged-robots-dogs.html Robotics Sat, 31 Jan 2026 10:50:01 EST news688733386 Humanoid robots look impressive and have enormous potential to change our daily lives, but they still have a reputation for being clunky. They're also heavy and stiff, and if they fall, they can easily break and injure people around them. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-soft-humanoid-robot-fly.html Robotics Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:50:01 EST news688653905 Elon Musk sees his humanoid robots hitting the market next year, one of several "optimistic" forecasts by the US tech mogul at his first-ever Davos appearance on Thursday. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-musk-davos-debut-robots.html Robotics Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:52:03 EST news688312257 U.S. regulators have granted a five-week extension for Tesla to respond to allegations that its vehicles have broken traffic laws while operating in what the electric automaker calls "full self-driving" mode. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-tesla-granted-tech.html Automotive Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:19:40 EST news687795529 When Elon Musk talks about robotics, he rarely hides the ambition behind the dream. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-humanoid-robots-human-elon-musk.html Robotics Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:10:38 EST news687435001 AI took over CES 2026, powering coffee machines to brew the perfect espresso, a device to create your perfect scent, and ball-hitting tennis robots that make you forget it's human against machine. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-brew-ai-ces.html Consumer & Gadgets Sat, 10 Jan 2026 06:30:04 EST news687248078 Two robots the size of schoolchildren stepped into the ring at BattleBots Arena. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-humanoid-robots-knockout-high-tech.html Robotics Thu, 08 Jan 2026 12:14:20 EST news687096727 Humanoid robots danced, somersaulted, dealt blackjack and played ping-pong at the Consumer Electronics Show this week, but some in the industry are impatient for them to become more useful, not just a promise of things to come. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-isnt-industry-robots.html Robotics Thu, 08 Jan 2026 05:50:03 EST news687072653 Artificial intelligence dominated the conversation as CES 2026 opened on Jan. 6. Nearly every major exhibitor framed AI as a tool that can make daily routines smoother, faster and more efficient. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-ai-dominates-ces-las-vegas.html Hi Tech & Innovation Wed, 07 Jan 2026 07:30:02 EST news686992719 Hyundai-owned Boston Dynamics publicly demonstrated its humanoid robot Atlas for the first time Monday at the CES tech showcase, ratcheting up a competition with Tesla and other rivals to build robots that look like people and do things that people do. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-hyundai-boston-dynamics-unveil-humanoid.html Robotics Tue, 06 Jan 2026 04:23:44 EST news686895788 Tesla lost its crown as the world's bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk's right-wing politics, expiring U.S. tax breaks for buyers and stiff overseas competition pushed sales down for a second year in a row. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-tesla-title-world-biggest-electric.html Business Fri, 02 Jan 2026 12:22:04 EST news686578880 If you accidentally put your hand on a hot object, you'll naturally pull it away fast, before you have to think about it. This happens thanks to sensory nerves in your skin that send a lightning-fast signal to your spinal cord, which immediately activates your muscles. The speed at which this happens helps prevent serious burns. Your brain is only informed once the movement has already started. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-12-robotic-skin-humanoid-robots-pain.html Robotics Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:20:12 EST news686305142 Robots are becoming part of our everyday lives, from health care to home assistance. But for humans to truly trust and collaborate with them, robots need more than technical skill—they need to understand us. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-12-technology-robots-human-intentions-safer.html Robotics Tue, 23 Dec 2025 13:43:44 EST news685719804 Robots from around the world converged on Silicon Valley to provide a glimpse of a potential future. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-12-silicon-valley-summit-robots-laundry.html Business Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:00:04 EST news685274253 California regulators are threatening to suspend Tesla's license to sell its electric cars in the state early next year unless the automaker tones down its marketing tactics for its self-driving features after a judge concluded the Elon Musk-led company has been misleading consumers about the technology's capabilities. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-12-california-threatens-tesla-day-suspension.html Automotive Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:30:01 EST news685211027 Robots have long been seen as a bad bet for Silicon Valley investors—too complicated, capital-intensive and "boring, honestly," says venture capitalist Modar Alaoui. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-12-humanoid-robots-center-stage-silicon.html Robotics Fri, 12 Dec 2025 13:50:28 EST news684769769 Robots now see the world with an ease that once belonged only to science fiction. They can recognize objects, navigate cluttered spaces and sort thousands of parcels an hour. But ask a robot to touch something gently, safely or meaningfully, and the limits appear instantly. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-12-science-human-hard-replicate-robots.html Robotics Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:26:42 EST news684599134 Researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) have extracted the building blocks of precise hand gestures used in the classical Indian dance form Bharatanatyam—and found a richer "alphabet" of movement compared to natural grasps. The work could improve how we teach hand movements to robots and offer humans better tools for physical therapy. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-12-classical-indian-ways-robots.html Robotics Thu, 04 Dec 2025 15:46:20 EST news684085561 More than 150 Chinese companies are making humanoid robots but a market bubble risks forming in the rapidly growing futuristic industry, a Beijing official has warned. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-11-china-humanoid-robot.html Robotics Fri, 28 Nov 2025 04:10:56 EST news683525429 Robotic systems that mirror humans both in their appearance and movements, also known as humanoid robots, could be best suited for tackling many tasks that are currently performed by human agents. These include household chores, such as cleaning, tidying up and cooking, as well as the transport of items or the assembly of products. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-11-humanoid-robots-reliably-success-framework.html Robotics Thu, 27 Nov 2025 07:30:01 EST news683212681 Humanoid robots could guide travelers and manage crowds at some Chinese border crossings after Shenzhen-based UBTech Robotics said it had won a multimillion-dollar contract to supply its latest models for a trial project. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-11-humanoid-robots-trial-crowds-chinese.html Robotics Wed, 26 Nov 2025 11:30:08 EST news683378301 A pair of swiveling, human-like robotic arms, built for physical artificial intelligence research, mirror the motions of an operator in a VR headset twirling his hands like a magician. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-11-robots-physical-ai.html Robotics Fri, 14 Nov 2025 04:25:11 EST news682316696 Flashy humanoid robots that have awed attendees at Web Summit in Lisbon this week are still far from revolutionizing physical labor in factories and warehouses, Amazon's chief roboticist told AFP. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-11-humanoid-robots-hurdles-human-labor.html Robotics Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:16:50 EST news682251406 Global tech leaders will pack Lisbon's annual Web Summit from Tuesday to talk Artificial Intelligence, robots and startups—all under the shadow of tensions over cutting-edge tech and the natural resources needed to build it. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-11-western-tech-dominance-lisbon-web.html Consumer & Gadgets Tue, 11 Nov 2025 09:25:18 EST news682075513 You may not remember it, but odds are you took a few tumbles during your toddler era. You weren't alone. Falling, after all, is a natural consequence of learning to crawl, walk, climb and jump. Our balance, coordination and motor skills are developing throughout early childhood. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-11-physical-intelligence-safely-advance-capabilities.html Robotics Tue, 04 Nov 2025 12:34:06 EST news681482041 Introducing X1: The world's first multirobot system that integrates a humanoid robot with a transforming drone that can launch off the humanoid's back, and later, drive away. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-10-robot-backpack-drone-flies-tackle.html Robotics Tue, 14 Oct 2025 16:56:04 EDT news679679761 It's been a goal for as long as humanoids have been a subject of popular imagination—a general-purpose robot that can do rote tasks like fold laundry or sort recycling simply by being asked. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-10-humanoid-robots-home-fast-expert.html Consumer & Gadgets Fri, 03 Oct 2025 09:19:41 EDT news678701975 Researchers have uncovered serious security flaws with the Unitree G1 humanoid robot, a machine that is already being used in laboratories and some police departments. They discovered that G1 can be used for covert surveillance and could potentially launch a full-scale cyberattack on networks. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-09-g1-humanoid-robots-secretly-china.html Robotics Tue, 30 Sep 2025 13:00:06 EDT news678455499 KAIST research team's independently developed humanoid robot boasts world-class driving performance, reaching speeds of 12km/h, along with excellent stability, maintaining balance even with its eyes closed or on rough terrain. Furthermore, it can perform complex human-specific movements such as the duckwalk and moonwalk, drawing attention as a next-generation robot platform that can be utilized in actual industrial settings. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-09-generation-humanoid-robot-moonwalk.html Robotics Wed, 24 Sep 2025 10:06:03 EDT news677927161 Training humanoid robots to hike could accelerate development of embodied AI for tasks like autonomous search and rescue, ecological monitoring in unexplored places and more, say University of Michigan researchers who developed an AI model that equips humanoids to hit the trails. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-09-simulated-humanoid-robots-hike-rugged.html Robotics Mon, 15 Sep 2025 17:02:04 EDT news677174521