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Pemba just made robotics history. The modified Unitree G1 became the first humanoid robot to climb to 20,341 feet, summiting Ecuador’s Chimborazo volcano with Mount Everest next on its list. Video: pabloberlangab / X

🇨🇳 A Chinese dancer just took eight robots onto the America’s Got Talent stage and walked away with four yeses from the judges.

Showcasing synchronized motion control and AI-driven coordination, ITECH's Lingyue humanoid robots perform the iconic Thousand-Hand Guanyin dance with remarkable precision.

From carrying heavier loads to navigating more complex environments, DR02 humanoid robot is designed to handle practical operational challenges and support the growing adoption of humanoid robots across diverse scenarios.

NVIDIA announces the first open humanoid robot reference design built for robotics research. The NVIDIA Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid Robot combines the Unitree Robotics H2 humanoid robot, Sharpa Wave five-fingered hands for dexterous manipulation, Jetson Thor onboard compute, and Isaac GR00T open software and models, giving researchers a full-stack platform from data capture to model deployment.

A humanoid robot performing a martial arts routine at a tourist site in Xinjiang struck a young boy standing at the front of the crowd on June 1, knocking him to the ground. The robot was not operating autonomously, it was being remote-controlled by the venue's manager. However, there was no safety barrier separating the machine from the children gathered to watch.

Cornell engineers have developed a robotic collective that behaves less like a machine and more like a material that flows, reshapes, and adapts to its environment without centralized control. The system, called the Cross-Link Collective, consists of dozens of small robots that have limited mobility individually, but together exhibit coordinated and sustained motion. The research demonstrates a robotic system that resembles soft matter, continuously deforming and reorganizing as it moves, driven by what researchers call mechanical intelligence.

Two humanoid robots step into the ring. Gloves up. Crowd watching. Cameras rolling. It looks like the start of a futuristic showdown.

ETH Zurich present an autonomous controller that achieves high-precision grading at expert-operator speed on Load Sensing and Negative Flow Control machines alike.

Chinese cities are beginning to test AI-powered robot barber kiosks that could change how people get haircuts.

Watch Spot crouch, jump, climb boxes and leap across gaps, controlled by a neural network trained with reinforcement learning (RL) and multi-expert distillation.

A modular system empowers the Unitree G1 to execute long-range, vision-driven parkour. By blending human motion data with reinforcement learning, the robot learns multiple skills and intelligently adapts to obstacles on its own.

Figure taught two F.03 robots to clean a room and make a bed in under 2 minutes - fully autonomous.

Push a human off balance and they react instantly. Now try building that into a robot...

Boston Dynamics has once again unveiled its Atlas robot, and as always, it is flawless.

T800 humanoid robot developed by ENGINEAI makes an appearance alongside special police units in Shenzhen. The robot showcases powerful motion control and combat-style movement, while officers seem curious whether its punches are actually as strong as they look.

Japan Airlines is testing humanoid robots at a Tokyo airport to handle baggage and cargo. The trial run, expected to last through 2028

They can work without wheels — but they can also have wheels if they want

Feels a bit like F1

One robot off the line every 30 minutes