Abstract: The ellipse-based segmental varying curvature (ESVC) foot, inspired by the human foot’s rollover shape, has demonstrated substantial improvements in the energy efficiency of bipedal robotic ...

Abstract: This paper proposes the standing balance control for the biped reconfigurable robots. Firstly, based on the Newton-Euler algorithm, the dynamic model of biped reconfigurable robots is ...

UK-based robotics company Humanoid has released a 19-minute documentary that offers a behind-the-scenes look at the process of building humanoid robots. Released on February 13, the company named the ...

Shanghai, Feb. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Shanghai Roboparty Technology Co., Ltd. officially open-sourced its flagship bipedal humanoid robot ROBOTO ORIGIN in January 2026, with its R&D completed in ...

University of Texas spinout Apptronik, a builder of humanoid robots for Google DeepMind among others, on Wednesday announced that it re-opened its Series A to raise a total of $935 million for the ...

For decades, humanoid robots have lived behind safety cages in factories or deep inside research labs. Fauna Robotics, a New York-based robotics startup, says that era is ending. The company has ...

Like something from a galaxy far, far away, robots are getting closer to their big takeover.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Ainsley Harris, senior writer at Fast Company, about the accelerated rollout of delivery robots and how they're being received in communities across the country. A couple ...

A Chinese robotics firm has developed what it suggests is the fastest running humanoid robot in the business. Bolt from MirrorMe Technology is a full-size humanoid bipedal robot that reportedly ...

Chinese automotive company XPeng made a big splash last year with its Terminator-like humanoid robot, dubbed Iron. The bipedal robot — which features certain eyebrow-raising design choices — was seen ...

Last year, 21 humanoid robots squared up against each other in the World Humanoid Robot Games’ half marathon race in Beijing in an unintentionally hilarious debauchery of broken limbs, face plants — ...