A video allegedly depicting a humanoid robot playing a game of badminton against two human players circulated on social media in early 2025. In the video, the purported robot performs a number of ...

One of the biggest hurdles in developing humanoid robots is the sheer amount of training data required. Teaching machines to act like humans demands massive video datasets. Collecting that data is ...

Researchers have developed a new robotic framework powered by artificial intelligence -- called RHyME (Retrieval for Hybrid Imitation under Mismatched Execution) -- that allows robots to learn tasks ...

The right video can land a startup millions in investment and a devoted public following. But what do these videos really show? This story is from The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get it ...

Earlier this month, AI robotics firm Figure released a video showing Figure 02, the company’s autonomous humanoid robot powered by a visual language system called Helix, loading clothes into a laundry ...

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A hot potato: Recent efforts by tech companies to develop increasingly human-like autonomous robots have invited endless comparisons to the Terminator films. While the criticisms are usually made in ...

Hong-Kong-based robotics firm MangDang Technology has debuted its newest creation, an AI-powered Santa Claus robot, designed for educational and entertainment purposes for kids. Users can talk to this ...