R2-D2, C-3PO, WALL-E, BB-8, Marvin, Roz and Baymax. They're emotional, prone to panic or bossy, empathetic and able to ...

These “brains” will be used for construction, logistics, and energy jobs, expanding automation beyond office work.

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Xpeng showcased its IRON humanoid in Shenzhen, but a brief onstage fall highlighted the hurdles ahead of its planned 2026 rollout.

Who needs a robot vacuum when two energetic beagles clean every corner faster than anything.

Talking to a bot can feel meaningful without being pathological. This article explains why context, use, and vulnerability matter.

New research details how Civitai lets users buy and sell tools to fine-tune deepfakes the company says are banned.

McDonald's is betting big on nostalgia, and this time it is speaking directly to the kids of the 1980s who grew up clutching cardboard boxes and plastic toys in the back seat. The chain has revived ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. At CES 2026, we put the robots to the test to see whether they’re ready for real homes — or still stuck in demo ...

Globally, just 13,317 humanoid robots shipped last year. That’s not very many, but it’s forecast to almost double each year over the next decade. Global humanoid robot shipments will hit 2.6 million ...