If you tuned in to China’s 2026 CCTV Spring Festival Gala looking for traditional lion dances and nostalgic tunes, you may have done a double-take when what greeted you was a squad of humanoid robots performing kung fu, synchronized moves, and comedy s…
Budapest-based robotics company Allonic has raised $7.2 million in a pre-seed round, marking what investors are calling the largest pre-seed funding round in Hungarian startup history. The raise was led by Visionaries Club with participation from Day O…
The tech wizards at Boston Dynamics are continuing to refine the physical abilities of its Atlas humanoid robot. A new video (above) released by the Massachusetts-based company kicks off with Atlas performing a cartwheel followed by a backflip, which i…
The idea of a humanoid robot building an airplane may sound far-fetched, but a new deal between the European aviation giant Airbus and Chinese robot specialist UBTech suggests that such a scenario could be on the cards. Airbus’s deal with UBTech involv…
A new video released by California-based tech firm Figure AI shows its humanoid robot out for a run with workers from the firm. The robot’s running style looks steady and natural as it jogs along with three guys (or four if you count the person recordi…
Boston Dynamics is showcasing its remarkable Atlas humanoid robot at CES 2026 in Las Vegas this week, and footage of the autonomous machine at an unveiling event may cause your jaw to head south. The Massachussetts-based company has been working on Atl…
Boston Dynamics is a pioneer in the humanoid robot sector, with Atlas first appearing in 2013 before going on to become the advanced bipedal bot that it is today. Since then, thanks to advances in robotics hardware and AI, a slew of tech companies big …
Google’s AI research lab is working with Boston Dynamics to make Atlas act more like a human.
Humanoid robot startups are raising massive funding rounds, and the sales pitch is familiar. Human-shaped machines will soon step into warehouses and factories, and then eventually our homes. But the Wall Street Journal reports a more restrained view i…
It’s been quite a year for humanoid robots, with all manner of increasingly advanced designs coming to our attention. The selections here focus more on physical movement than AI smarts, with the latter expected to come to the fore next year. H1 by Unit…