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Boston Dynamics replaces its flagship humanoid robot after 10 years with a completely new machine that looks like the Pixar lamp with a mechanical humanoid body.

Short, stumpy robots learned how to play soccer — and improved their skills dramatically thanks to a new AI training technique that combines several pre-existing methods.

Figure 01 learned how to make coffee by watching a human do it, and now it can speak to you like a person.

Scientists used AI neural networks to teach a robot dog new tricks, enabling it to climb wooden crates and hop between them.

By harnessing a huge amount of torque in its legs, the H1 robot can potentially reach 11 miles per hour at top speed.

Boston Dynamics has released footage showing how its flagship Atlas humanoid robot would cope in a factory environment as it lifts heavy struts and puts them into a flow cart.

In a new video, 1X's EVE robots work together in silence in a test environment, performing actions such as sorting mail, handling objects and tidying up a child's toys.

Most robots are preprogrammed to perform specific functions, but Figure's humanoid Figure 01 machine — that learns by watching and corrects its own mistakes — might upend the field.

Tesla's Optimus Gen-2 has come a long way since the firm's first Bumble-C machine in 2022 and can manipulate delicate objects with its fingers.

Tiny biological robots can move on their own, assemble into 'superbots' and encourage nerve cells regrow.