China’s latest military gadget looks like it was ripped from a science fiction storyboard: a motion-controlled combat robot that throws punches and kicks when a human operator does. The system, ...

Humanoid robots spent 2025 straddling a strange line between breakthrough and blooper reel. They poured lattes, posed in fashion campaigns and even stepped into kickboxing rings, only to trip, ...

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China launched the “world’s first” free humanoid robot combat league in Shenzhen on Monday.

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From surgical robots to humanoid robot fleets for household chores, here's what Nvidia announced about its robots at GTC. Reading time 4 minutes Nvidia is betting on an AI-driven robot workforce to ...

Robot companies are racing toward a breakout year, but they'll have to confront some fundamental problems before making bigger promises. Jesse Orrall (he/him/his) is a Senior Video Producer for CNET.