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Chinese scientists build world's fastest humanoid robot — but it's not going to win any sprints just yet
By Drew Turney published
By harnessing a huge amount of torque in its legs, the H1 robot can potentially reach 11 miles per hour at top speed.

Forget making coffee — Boston Dynamics puts Atlas to work lifting heavy automotive struts in latest flex
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
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.

Watch this eerily silent vision of the future — where offices are filled with weird, AI-powered robots
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
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.

This video of a robot making coffee could signal a huge step in the future of AI robotics. Why?
By Drew Turney published
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.

Elon Musk just teased Telsa’s new Optimus Gen-2 robot with a video featuring a funky treat at the end
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
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.

These astonishing biobots can help neurons regrow — but researchers have no idea how
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
Tiny biological robots can move on their own, assemble into 'superbots' and encourage nerve cells regrow.

Robot hand exceptionally 'human-like' thanks to new 3D printing technique
By Ben Turner published
The hand was printed using a technique called slow-curing, which gives plastics more time to set and makes them more durable.

Tiny, shape-shifting robot could one day be used to perform surgery from inside the body
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
A spider-inspired robot called mCLARI weighs less than a gram and could one day be deployed to aid first responders following a natural disaster or help out in surgery.
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