Actuators make robots leap and run and do backflips and lift 500-pound pipes (different robots, mind you, thank God). The electric car? That’s impressive as hell, but just the beginning.

Hey robot futurist! We've got one word for you: Actuators. They're the motorized joints that make robots strong, agile, and precise and they're getting better all the time.

But a start-up company called Grabit is using static electricity as a way to allow robots to manipulate the real world. In particular, Nike is using these robots to build shoes.

Boston Dynamics has revealed an all-electric version of its Atlas robot that looks even more dexterous and agile than previous models.

Electric Sheep – an artificial intelligence and robotics company specializing in large-scale landscaping operations, has announced a new autonomous robot to its fleet – Verdie. This electric ...

A soft electroactive gel enables untethered robots to deform, grip, and move using only external electric fields, eliminating the need for internal wiring or circuitry.

Boston Dynamics just released new videos of its Atlas robot moving engine covers from one place to another. It's the first time we've seen the new fully electric Atlas robot doing work-like tasks ...

On Monday, the world’s first electric-powered running humanoid robot, “Tiangong,” went open source. According to Global Times, this milestone aims to accelerate the development of humanoid ...

Technical know-how and existing supply chains give Chinese electric-vehicle makers a significant head start in the humanoid robots sector.

Watch robots perform ‘industrial origami’ to fold sheets of steel into an electric scooter The process to build the Stilride scooter involves robots folding sheets of steel instead of cutting ...

The charging robot, developed by EFI Automotive, intelligently detects the vehicle’s charging needs, moves into place for the charge, and will choose off-peak times to do so when possible.