In August 2025, a rumor began to spread that a "pregnancy robot" was in development in China. Social media posts and articles circulated with different AI-generated images of such a robot, including ...

280 teams from 16 countries compete in Beijing robot games Games provide data for practical robot applications, organisers say China invests billions in robotics amid tech competition with U.S BEIJING ...

We've already seen humanoid robots compete in sporting events. For example, in June, China hosted what was billed as the world's first humanoid robot combat competition, which saw kickboxing robots ...

The actor appeared in the 2004 sci-fi thriller as the robot Sonny via motion capture and voice acting, but he was totally absent from 20th Century Fox film’s marketing and press tour. “A lot of people ...

Alan Tudyk's role in "I, Robot" was so popular it got him kicked off the movie's press run. During an appearance on the "Toon'd In! with Jim Cummings" podcast, Tudyk said his character tested better ...

China opened its first full-scale shopping center dedicated entirely to robots on Friday, as part of a broader push to bring robotics from research labs into people’s homes. The four-story Robot Mall, ...

Jesse Orrall (he/him/his) is a Senior Video Producer for CNET. He covers future tech, sustainability and the social impact of technology. He is co-host of CNET's "What The Future" series and Executive ...

For decades we’ve been trying to make the robots smarter and more physically capable by mimicking biological intelligence and movement. “But in doing so, we’ve been just replicating the results of ...

Unitree’s new R1 robot debuts at just $5,566, disrupting the humanoid robot market. R1 features 26 joints, AI vision and audio capabilities for real-world tasks. Launch aligns with China’s AI strategy ...

Welcome to this week’s episode of “man-made horrors beyond human comprehension.” A humanoid robot named DeREK had what you might call a “moment” on the floor of a San Francisco robotics lab this week, ...