Why build a complicated and awkward human-shaped robot to climb in and weld a car boy together, when a six-jointed machine can get the tool where it needs to go in a fraction of a second?

NASA is no stranger to spacefaring robots. But the first human-shaped robot to fly to the International Space Station is something special. That's why the Smithsonian's National Air and Space ...

There's a growing backlog of orders for Digit, which the company says is the first commercially available human-shaped robot designed for warehouse work. Where it stands: Agility has produced ...

Robots in 2024 are far more complex than their single-armed factory-working predecessors. Modern robots can run, jump, do the ...

Drs. Chad and Autumn Edwards are working with Pepper to study human-robot message design logic. "Isn't she amazing?" Autumn Edwards says, referring to Pepper in the female gender. Pepper often seems ...

“During previous research on a finger-shaped robot covered in engineered skin ... to bind the skin to complex structures by mimicking human skin-ligament structures and using specially made ...

RoboCup teams already use human-shaped robots with advanced artificial intelligence (AI) software systems that enable them make decisions for themselves, such as whether to shoot or pass.