Researchers at Kyoto University have developed Buddharoid. This is an AI-powered humanoid robot designed to act like a Buddhist priest, amid Japan’s priest shortage.

Humanoid robots have arms and legs, but can they work alongside human beings, or will they replace them? Their use is growing, but are they ready?

BMW is expanding its investigation of humanoid robotic workers at its factories. The automaker has just announced that it ...

On September 25, 2025, Google DeepMind quietly released Gemini Robotics 1.5. To the casual observer, it may have seemed like just another software update, but for the robotics industry, it signaled a ...

NEW YORK, Jan. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The humanoid robot industry is influenced by evolving needs in personal assistance, healthcare, and industrial automation. Trends such as AI-driven human–robot ...

China’s push into humanoid robots is accelerating, with domestic firms shipping more units and iterating faster than U.S. competitors in a still-nascent market.

Four Chinese embodied artificial intelligence (AI) companies took center stage at this year’s nationally televised Spring Festival Gala, showcasing humanoid robots in performances that offered a ...

Qualcomm and NEURA Robotics have announced a collaboration to integrate edge computing with embodied AI, aiming to move cognitive humanoid robots from research labs into large-scale industrial and ...

AI breakthroughs are reviving investor interest in humanoid robots More than 2,000 engineers and investors gathered at the Humanoids Summit China leads global funding and development of humanoid ...

Some robotics companies develop robots that look like people, but the video from the U.K. capital appeared to show a human woman in costume.