Shanghai-based Agibot is probably the largest humanoid robot maker in the world. The company shipped roughly 5,100 units in 2025 — a 39% share of the global market — and crossed 10,000 cumulative ...

A robot that performs well in a controlled simulation can struggle when real-world conditions don't match what it was trained ...

The vision of robots as true partners in our daily work has remained just that—a vision. While we’ve seen an explosion of humanoid and semi-humanoid designs recently, these new platforms face a ...

Robotic technology is advancing rapidly, and many futuristic robotic concepts are now moving closer to real-world use. Modern robotics research is no longer limited to factory automation because ...

This weird robot has no face. In fact, there’s no obvious front or back. It does not trot like a dog (technically, 4-legged robots like those from Boston Dynamics or Unitree are called quadrupedal ...

It’s often assumed that lower birthrates could help slow climate change and A.I. disruption. The reality is more complex. By Katrin Bennhold I’m the host of The World. One statistic that stopped me ...