The second humanoid robot half marathon took place in Beijing E-Town on Sunday. More than 100 robot teams participated, including five international teams. A total of 26 brands and more than 300 humanoid robots competed,

A video from a China-based company showing a human-like robot face is spreading online. It's giving major Westworld vibes. AheadForm is a Chinese robotics company founded in 2024 working on combining realistic humanoid robots with artificial intelligence ...

HeadPinz in Lee County is offering more than just strikes and spares at their bowling lanes. WINK News had the chance to see firsthand how a high-tech helper is making a big impact. Jackson, one of the young bowlers, shared his excitement, “It’s fun to ...

Robot Era is a fairly recent addition to the humanoid robot space, having incubated from Tsinghua University in August 2023. But the company already has a number of humanoids in its robot ranks, has developed a dexterous human-like hand, and become quite adept at showing off its creations in fun promo videos.

Remotely operated by their human teams, the robots will be tested for agility and skill competing in 26 events like football, martial arts, gymnastics, and track and field events like running and a 100-metre obstacle race. The robots must fit a long list ...

Hong-Kong-based robotics firm MangDang Technology has debuted its newest creation, an AI-powered Santa Claus robot, designed for educational and entertainment purposes for kids. Users can talk to this robot and ask it to perform several activities with ...

Robots have their advantages, but they don’t have much fun. That’s the takeaway from a just-released 30-second Michelob Ultra Super Bowl spot. The ad (below), from FCB Chicago, shows robots outperforming humans at all kinds of physical activities, but ...

Jun. 20—CHAMPAIGN — Movies and television are dotted with cool robot names: "R2-D2" from "Star Wars," "WALL-E," "Optimus Prime" from "Transformers" and "Rosie" from "The Jetsons." Closer to home (and in real life), Dan Thomas is getting in on the robot fun. Thomas, the superintendent of grounds for University of Illinois athletics, is in charge of "Butkus," the Turf Tank robotic field ...

For decades Hollywood has been fixed on the potential robot uprising, an obsession that has often pitted humans against machines. Today, of course, that concern is even more prescient as AI becomes ubiquitous in our everyday lives, dumbing down works of ...