Think of actuators as the robot’s muscles —the technology that enables humanoids to move. Actuators come in three types: ...

Researchers have created the smallest walking robot yet. Its mission: to be tiny enough to interact with waves of visible light and still move independently, so that it can maneuver to specific ...

On September 10, 2025, in The Hague, Netherlands, @msmlo_ shared an amusing video capturing a walking robot in the city. In the video, the author films from a car while a humanoid-style robot is seen ...

Investors are pouring billions into companies pitching humanoid robots, but functional versions are decades away.

A four-legged robot designed for autonomous operation in challenging environments has been put through its paces at a depth of more than 400 metres in the tunnels of the Onkalo underground used ...

Osaka, Japan – Researchers from the Department of Mechanical Science and Bioengineering at Osaka University have invented a new kind of walking robot that takes advantage of dynamic instability to ...

When robotics firm Unitree made its G1 humanoid robot available for sale last year, it probably didn’t imagine someone ...

A group of researchers affiliated with Northwestern University, MIT, and the University of Vermont have given a simple request to a custom AI. The AI system that was prompted is trained on robot ...

While quadruped robots may surpass their wheeled counterparts at traversing rough terrain, they still aren't able to maintain their balance when moving along narrow ridges. That could change, though, ...

Caltech and Abu Dhabi’s TII have unveiled X1, a groundbreaking robot that walks, flies, and drives — seamlessly switching ...

Sheehan's 6-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia, they were walking down the halls of UMass Memorial Children's Medical ...