Last year, Norwegian-US tech company 1X announced a strange new product: "the world's first consumer-ready humanoid robot designed to transform life at home." ...

Humanoid home robots are slowly entering consumer markets, but questions about privacy, practicality and human oversight continue to surround the technology.

Humanoid robots have officially arrived... sort of. Companies are wheeling out sleek, expensive prototypes with human-like limbs, while cooing PR departments promise a future where your home is ...

A nationwide survey in Japan shows divides in acceptance of home-care robots. Surprisingly, openness and trust, rather than age, determine whether people are willing to let robots into their homes and ...

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CES 2026 highlighted a trend growing over the past few years: The humanoid robots era. What would previously be announcements of fast quadruped robots, dog-like machines running around that would make ...

Memo may not be the world’s fastest barista, but it is impressive—for a robot. I recently watched as Memo, a new home robot from a company called Sunday Robotics, made coffee in an open-plan kitchen ...

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Commentary: The idea of a human-controlled robot in your home might sound weird, but perhaps it's not all that different from what we're used to. Connor is a technology writer and editor, with a ...

Eduardo B. Sandoval is a Friend of The Conversation. Last year, Norwegian-US tech company 1X announced a strange new product: “the world’s first consumer-ready humanoid robot designed to transform ...