BEIJING — It was not even close as a bright red Chinese humanoid named “Lightning” lived up to its name in a half-marathon pitting humans against robots, smoking its competition on Sunday

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 fundamental,

Companies from around the world traveled to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this month to show off their latest tech. But one category always catches everyone's eye: robots. Ever since Karel Čapek introduced the word "robot" in his 1920 play "R ...

AI’s concealed labor has repeatedly led us to overestimate the technology. Humanoid robots are entering a similar phase. This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here