Courtesy of XPENG Chinese electric vehicle maker XPENG unveiled its new-generation humanoid robot "IRON" at its 2025 Tech Day on Wednesday, captivating audiences with its lifelike appearance and feline grace.

Video. Footage captures Russia's first anthropomorphic robot, AIdol, toppling seconds into its debut at a Moscow tech event, prompting assistants to rush in after the mishap.

A team led by the University of Oxford has developed a new class of soft robots that operate without electronics, motors, or computers—using only air pressure. The study, published in Advanced Materials,

XPENG showcases its new-generation humanoid robot "IRON" during the company's 2025 Tech Day on November 5, 2025. Photo: screenshot of Xpeng's video. Chinese electric vehicle maker

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), has predicted that the company's humanoid robot Optimus could revolutionize the global economy even if it significantly reduces the need for human labor. Despite the technical challenges surrounding the robot's production,

Manufacturing giant Foxconn has said it plans to use humanoid robots to make servers for Nvidia “within the next six months or so,” according to Foxconn CEO Young Liu. As noted by Nikkei Asia, deploying humanoid robots would mark a first for the company, whose history stretches more than five decades.

I, Robot's creatives pursued the idea of a sequel TV series that adapted more of Isaac Asimov's robot stories, which could've gone in a pretty wild direction.