On August 16, 2025, a humanoid robot tackled an obstacle course at the World Humanoid Robot Games. Footage showed the machine sprinting, climbing steps, and balancing on beams at Beijing's track. The ...

Since the days of 8-bit graphics, killing in video games has become the norm. You weren’t supposed to be thinking about the consequences or contemplating moral conundrums. You just blasted enemies and ...

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Hundreds of humanoids from 16 countries stumbled over each other while competing in the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing ...

In the latest episode of What the Future, we run down the best highlights and fails from the first World Humanoid Robot Games held last week in China. Jesse Orrall (he/him/his) is a Senior Video ...

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The recently concluded Humanoid Robot Games, a three-day event in Beijing, brought together over 500 humanoid robots, built by 192 universities and 88 private companies, representing 280 teams from 16 ...

Pac-Man, Mario, Tetris, The Legend of Zelda and Sonic the Hedgehog are just some of the breakout franchises from this ...

In mid-August, Beijing’s National Speed Skating Oval – the “Ice Ribbon” built for the 2022 Winter Olympics – hosted a new kind of sporting event. For four days, more than 500 humanoid robots from 16 ...

When robots work safely with humans, they can provide clear benefits. Industries facing labor shortages, such as elder care, could see relief. Physically demanding jobs might also become safer for ...

Developed by MicroFactory, the general-purpose tabletop robot can be trained with the help of AI or human demonstration. The ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told former CDC Director Susan Monarez two days before she was fired that the ...