If the idea of robots taking on humans in a road race conjures dystopian images of android athletic supremacy, then fear not, for now at least. More than 20 two-legged robots competed in the world ...

Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21-km (13-mile ...

April 2025 brought changes for the robotics industry, including shakeups at large companies, new deployments, and the 2025 ...

Robots that look and move like humans are getting a lot of buzz. Companies, including Amazon and GXO, are already testing humanoid robots in their warehouses. But humanoids are expensive and ...

BEIJING, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Beijing will host the 2025 World Robot Conference (WRC) and the inaugural World Humanoid Robot Games (WHRG) in August, according to a press conference on Wednesday.

The importance of humanoid robots to Beijing, as it looks for solutions to pressing issues including trade frictions with the U.S., population decline, and slowing growth, was underscored when ...

During tests in a Chinese factory, a humanoid robot suffered a malfunction and lashed out wildly, as a video shows. The test engineers switched off the robot in time before it could injure anyone.

Humanoid robots ran a half-marathon against humans for the first time on Saturday in Beijing. The race highlighted how far humanoid robots have advanced, and how far they still have to go.

Beijing (AFP) – Step by mechanical step, dozens of humanoid robots took to the streets of Beijing early on Saturday, joining thousands of their flesh-and-blood counterparts in a world-first half ...

[新华社记者 黄宗治 摄] A Unitree G1 humanoid robot shows a handshake action at an exhibition hall of Unitree Robotics in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, April 23, 2025. The ...