Humans are desperate to put the robots to work. The only problem is, the robots don’t “work” to any degree. These humanoid ...

Many researchers agree that there has been a step change in humanoid capability over the past five years, owing to cheaper ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Journalist, analyst, author, podcaster. In an odd way, that’s probably good news for the United States. Trimming the number of ...

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

NEURA Robotics unveiled the third-generation 4NE1 humanoid at CES 2026, presenting a redesigned platform developed in ...

We're not shipping a lot of humanoid robots yet. But shipments are forecast to almost double each year for the next decade.

Over the next several years, humanoid robots will change the nature of work. Or at least, that’s what humanoid robotics companies have been consistently promising, enabling them to raise hundreds of ...

The price tag is orders of magnitude cheaper than most robots in its class, which can run into tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. Now China’s Unitree Robotics, best known for its nimble ...

Chinese EV company XPENG unveiled its next-gen humanoid robot IRON during its AI Day event in Guangzhou, having it walk onto the stage in a stilted yet strangely lifelike saunter. The reveal swiftly ...

At the 2026 CES show, Hyundai and Boston Dynamics took the wraps off its next-gen humanoid robot, Atlas, that is nearly ready ...

The renowned roboticist Rodney Brooks has revealed how he believes humanoid robots will develop in the coming years, and his suggestions may surprise you. Brooks, an AI pioneer and entrepreneur known ...