ZWHAND Shines at CES 2026: Redefining Robotic Hands for Mass Embodied AI

CES 2026 launched with embodied AI commercialization as its core focus. Following humanoid robots' mass production debut in ...
Tech Xplore

Humanoid robots or human connection? What Elon Musk's Optimus reveals about our AI ambitions

When Elon Musk talks about robotics, he rarely hides the ambition behind the dream. Tesla's Optimus is pitched as an ...
Wall Street Journal

Even the Companies Making Humanoid Robots Think They’re Overhyped

Billions of dollars are flowing into humanoid robot startups, as investors bet that the industry will soon put humanlike machines in warehouses, factories and our living rooms. Many leaders of those ...
Yahoo

MIT roboticist calls out Elon Musk for 'pure fantasy' vision of humanoid robot assistants: '[They] will be long gone and mostly conveniently forgotten'

A high-profile robotics expert thinks Elon Musk's AI ambitions are a pipe dream, according to Fortune. Rodney Brooks was the co-founder of iRobot, the creator of the home robot vacuum Roomba. He ...
BGR

Humanoid Robot Showed Off Its Fighting Abilities By Kicking The Company's CEO

In early December 2025, Chinese robotics firm EngineAI introduced its humanoid robot T800. Unlike those already seen by BGR, including Neura's task-oriented 4NE1 robot, which will eventually help ...
CNET

We May Not Know How Strong AI Humanoid Robots Really Are

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 ...
Digi Times

XPeng's humanoid robot 'catwalk' sparks debate as industry eyes next-gen drive tech

Humanoid robots continue to advance, with XPeng recently showcasing its new-generation humanoid robot IRON, whose lifelike posture has sparked widespread industry discussion. Shortly after, Tesla ...
Futurism

Investors Warn That Humanoid Robots Are the Next Financial Bubble

AI powered robots are slowly making their way into our world, from delivery bots on wheels to caregiver bots for the planet’s growing elderly population. Nothing has captured the imagination of ...
Geeky Gadgets

TRON 2 Modular Humanoid Robot Officially Launches : Redefining the Core of Next-Gen Embodied Robotics

What if robots could not only think, but physically adapt in real time—reconfiguring their form, movement, and behavior to meet the demands of unpredictable environments? That ambition sits at the ...
The New York Times

Does China Have a Robot Bubble?

The Chinese government is betting that robots will drive economic growth. But the bots can’t really do much yet. By Meaghan Tobin and Xinyun Wu Reporting from Taipei, Taiwan Robots made by Chinese ...
techtimes

Figure AI's Humanoid Robot Amazes With Hour-Long Package Sorting Demonstration

Figure AI is demonstrating how humanoid robots are not just for tricks but can be efficient with mundane but critical tasks. The California robotics firm recently demonstrated the capabilities of its ...
Gizmochina

China Sells Humanoid Robot for the Price of an iPhone

China’s Songyan Power will supply 1000 Bumi humanoid robots to Huichen Technology under a new deal. Bumi is a small, lightweight humanoid robot that can walk, run, dance, respond to voice commands, ...