China already manufactures humanoid robots by the thousands. A new generation of U.S. start-ups is betting that there is still time to compete. By Meaghan Tobin Visuals by Amir Hamja Meaghan Tobin is ...

Humanoid robots are starting to look less like science fiction props and more like the next major workforce technology. For decades, the idea of machines shaped like us belonged mostly in movies, ...

Humanoid robots -- the fusion of AI and other technologies with a deliberately human-like form -- are poised to increase in popularity through 2026 and beyond. Agentic AI can perceive, reason, plan ...

Researchers have designed a large-scale framework to control humanoid robots using inputs ranging from teleoperation and video to text and music. The system, named SONIC, enables robots to perform ...