China's humanoid robots industry is booming, but analysts say the units showcased at the Spring Gala aren't all they seem.

On September 25, 2025, Google DeepMind quietly released Gemini Robotics 1.5. To the casual observer, it may have seemed like just another software update, but for the robotics industry, it signaled a ...

Chinese smartphone giant Honor wowed the viewers at the Mobile World Congress 2026 in ...

The Chinese humanoid robot called IRON made its first public appearance in Southern China on Saturday.VCG/VCG via Getty Images After drawing cheers from a crowd at its debut in China, a humanoid robot ...

The world’s earliest humanoid robot, WABOT-1, was created by researchers at Waseda University in Japan. It was capable of walking, picking up objects, and performing simple forms of communication.

The first robots to appear were Noetix’s Bumi models, who performed a comedy sketch. Unitree’s robots later exhibited martial arts alongside child artists, including backflips and trampoline jumps, ...

The 'Big 5' humanoid robot manufacturers will participate in the China Humanoid Robot Conference as part of AW 2026.

A fleet of 50 G1 humanoid robots developed by Chinese robotics company Unitree delivered a synchronized martial arts ...

Many science fiction fans envision a future with flying cars and robot maids. But now, China is close to releasing flying cars, and the robotics industry has already birthed humanoid robots. A ...

Humanoid robots are on the brink of being commercially useful, say Chinese and US firms that in the past three months have announced plans to produce them at scale. Many researchers agree that there ...

Humanoid robots have crossed a line that once belonged firmly to science fiction. In crowded convention halls and viral clips, machines that walk, smile and even misbehave like people are startling ...

Japan unveils its first AI buddhist monk robot as Kyoto University researchers turn to technology to support temples facing ...