Despite huge technical progress, these robots are still clumsy at handling everyday tasks in homes or hospitals or other uncontrolled environments. While specialised bots such as vacuum cleaners have become a familiar sight, the fact remains that human homes aren’t designed for robots.

The Chinese robotics company plans to ramp up its humanoid production fourfold this year, after shipping 5,000 robots in 2025.

Agility Robotics Inc. is continuing to be a pioneer in commercializing humanoid robots. The company today said it has signed an agreement with Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc., or TMMC, to deploy its Digit robot in its facilities after a successful year-long pilot.

Transformer mannequin at Ripley's Believe It or Not in London, 2020 (Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital) Would you welcome a robot into your home? Guess what: You probably already have. That’s if you use the loose definition of “robot,” meaning any sort ...

Twenty-five years of the new millennium have passed and we’re still waiting for the futuristic world we were promised: Living in space, hover-cars, jet packs and extraterrestrial encounters. However, one technology straight out of “The Jetsons” is ...

The robots will be unloading totes full of auto parts from an automated warehouse tugger.