About 500 robot athletes from 16 countries competed in Beijing as the United States and China race each other to shape the ...

But beyond these eye-catching displays, what roles can robots truly play in our daily lives and workplaces? At the 2025 World Robot Conference (WRC), which opened in Beijing on Friday, Global Times ...

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Looking back on his days as a Panther, Ph.D. graduate Paulo Padrão discusses how he and his research team used AI and digital ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. This week, China’s leading robotics minds gathered in Beijing for ...

A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, ...

A panda-shaped robot moved through tai chi routines as machines designed after the terra-cotta warriors marched in step. Mechanical versions of Chinese pop culture icons such as the Monkey King and ...

Two robots were stretchered off after collapsing during the first ever humanoid football match powered entirely by artificial intelligence. The event in Beijing saw four teams face off in fully ...

The company’s Jetson Thor robotics computers can hear, detect patterns, make decisions and act — using generative AI tech that’s largely available now.

BEIJING—Humanlike robots are great for entertainment. Menial labor? Not so much. At the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing this weekend, more than 500 humanoid robots competed in both sporting ...