Humanoid Robots

Chinese tech company, AheadForm develops ultra-realistic robot head that blinks, nods and mimics human expressions. This AI integration will enhance interactions across education, healthcare and entertainment.

Chinese multi-functional $16,000 humanoid robot set for mass production

Unitree says that its G1 robot is equipped with advanced features, making it highly adaptable for various tasks.

Tesla to have humanoid robots for internal use next year, says Musk

Tesla will have "genuinely useful" humanoid robots in low production for the company's internal use next year and possibly high production for..

Morgan Stanley sees 8 million humanoids by 2040, Tesla powering the transformation

This shift towards robotics is getting adopted a faster rate than even autonomous cars, Morgan Stanley said, with larger corpus of capital expected to be deployed for the development of humanoids.

Elon Musk: Tesla Could start rolling out Optimus robots by 2025

Tesla humanoid robot is still in the lab, but it may be ready to sell by 2025, Chief Executive Elon Musk said. Several companies have been betting on humanoid robots to meet potential labour shortages and perform repetitive tasks that could be dangerous or tedious in industries such as logistics, warehousing, retail and manufacturing. Musk told investors on a conference call that he guessed the Tesla robot, Optimus, would be able to perform tasks in the factory by the end of this year.

Boston Dynamics to retire iconic humanoid robot Atlas after a trail-blazing decade

While Atlas bows out, the landscape of humanoid robotics is evolving rapidly, marked by fierce competition from emerging rivals such as Apptronik’s Apollo, Sanctuary AI’s Phoenix, and Tesla’s Optimus

AI startup Figure raises $70 million to build humanoid robots

Brett Adcock, founder and chief executive at Figure, invested $20 million personally in the round.

Watch: Boston Dynamics’ humanoid robot, Atlas, shows off impressive new skills

In the most recent video from Boston Dynamics, called “Atlas Gets a Grip,” the robot is seen picking planks at a simulated ‘construction site’.

Tesla previews humanoid robot, but Musk cautions it is not ready just yet

"There's still a lot of work to be done to refine Optimus and prove it," Musk told the electric vehicle maker's "AI Day" event being held at a Tesla office in Palo Alto, California.

Top ten countries with highest density of industrial robot workers

Over the past five years global industrial robot sale have doubled. In 2019, South Korea had installed 855 industrial robots per 10,000 employees. Asia now has a robot density of 118 units per 10,000 workers.

Firm develops Android app to control Bluetooth-equipped toilet

A Japanese firm's latest toilet tech is such that it can be controlled using a smartphone. The Daily Mail reports that Lixil, a Japan-based firm, has readied a toilet...

Researchers develop FACE, a robot with emotions

With science progressing blazingly fast, no technology can be written off for the far future with conviction anymore. Roboticists at the University of