1X Technologies has opened pre-orders for NEO, a humanoid home robot with a starting price of $20,000 for early access buyers. First shipments are expected to reach U.S. households in 2026, with a ...
As humanoid robotics approach commercialization, developers are still working to improve navigation, manipulation, and skills learning.
Figure Helix 02 targets long-horizon chores under one neural network; 1,000+ training hours support tight-space movement and ...
Despite what you may have seen in science fiction movies, solving the problem of human-like walking for real-world androids is actually fiendishly difficult, and it’s only recently that we’ve seen ...
Foundation’s Phantom robot might be built to fight and die, and Figure’s 03 humanoid robot is probably the smoothest, most agile robot I’ve seen in running, turning, and moving, but EngineAI’s T800 – ...
Nvidia launched its latest robotics chip module, the Jetson AGX Thor, on Monday at $3,499 as a developer kit, according to CNBC. The chipmaker's “robot brain" will ship developer kits next month for ...
Humanoid robots already taking the strain out of mundane production line tasks ...
Chinese robotics firm XGSynBot debuted its Z1 humanoid robot capable of working across multiple ...
Opinion

Rise of the AI Soldiers

The Phantom MK-1 looks the part of an AI soldier. Encased in jet black steel with a tinted glass visor, it conjures a visceral dread far beyond what may be evoked by your typical humanoid robot. And ...
When the Next-Gen Iron humanoid was unveiled to the public earlier this month, strutting fluidly down the runway before a gobsmacked audience, it made headlines – but not for the reasons its creators ...
A humanoid robot developed by NASA for future Mars missions is set to return ...