Arquivos de Tag: Humanoid

Boston Dynamics Assembles a Complete Atlas Humanoid Robot From Custom Parts in One Day

Visitors walking into the Waltham, Massachusetts shop floor often arrive expecting a loose collection of experimental machines, only to find rows of workstations that already resemble a working production line. Boston Dynamics keeps machining, assembly, and repair in the same building so every Atlas unit can move from raw material to a finished, tested robot […]

German police seize humanoid robot that allegedly groped teen girl, and phones of young men who had it

Berlin — German police have seized a humanoid robot after it allegedly touched a 16-year-old girl in an indecent manner and made sexually suggestive gestures toward her. Investigators were trying to determine Wednesday whether the robot’s actions were deliberately controlled by two young men who apparently livestreamed the incident in the western city of Cologne on […]

DEEP Robotics DR02 Humanoid Robots Guide Traffic Through Rain in Hangzhou Streets

Early October brought steady rain across Hangzhou, packing scenic spots, commercial areas, and event venues with visitors and vehicles that strained local traffic crews. Against that backdrop DEEP Robotics sent a batch of its DR02 humanoid robots into Xihu District for practical trials at busy intersections and tourist sites. Units took positions on Zheda Road […]

UBTECH’s Liuzhou Super Smart Factory Builds a Humanoid Robot Every Ten Minutes

UBTECH Robotics commissioned its Industrial Humanoid Robot Super Smart Factory in Liuzhou, in China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on September 12, 2026, with a line timed to finish one industrial humanoid every ten minutes and a planned yearly output above 10,000 machines. Fourteen thousand square meters of floor and 13.8 meters of height now hold […]

Agility’s Digit 5 Humanoid Robot Leaves the Cage, and the Ostrich Knees

Agility Robotics spent three years watching Digit 4 haul totes for paying customers. On September 15, 2026, the Salem, Oregon company showed what that work bought: Digit 5, a 5-foot-11, 284-pound humanoid built to lift 50 pounds, charge in nine minutes, and share aisles with people instead of living behind a fence. Customers told Agility […]

Sparse 3D Traversal, ETH Zürich’s PM-01 Humanoid Swings the Monkey Bars on Raw LiDAR

Humanoid robots can now handle monkey bars. Researchers at ETH Zürich’s Robotic Systems Lab showed an EngineAI PM-01 leaping onto a sparse overhead ladder, swinging hand over hand from one thin rung to the next, and dropping cleanly to the floor in a single unbroken sequence. The work, titled Learning Agile Perceptive Traversal of Sparse […]

Agility’s Digit V5 Humanoid Robot Walks Out of the Cage, Redecorates Room

Agility Robotics posted a short clip this week of Digit rearranging a room, dragging a couch and shifting chairs, bags, and household clutter as if the furniture were just another tote. That demo is the company showing off generalized manipulation: objects of different sizes, weights, and grips, moved through a space built for people. The […]

Highlights from China's World Humanoid Games, and what it means for the future

China’s World Humanoid Robot Games is a technological showcase, but also a possible glimpse into the future of robotics. Anna Coren reports. Highlights from China's World Humanoid Games, and what it means for the future #Highlights #China039s #World #Humanoid #Games #means #future

Humanoid robot soldiers likely only 5-10 years away, one developer behind China’s robotics boom tells CBS News

Beijing — How long before China is ready to deploy humanoid robot soldiers?  That question is on the minds of many of the humans gathered in Beijing right now to watch the World Humanoid Robot Games, and as smashed records highlight the dizzying pace of advancement, one developer tells CBS News the answer is likely […]

Chinese robot beats Usain Bolt’s 100-meter sprint world record in humanoid bot games

A humanoid robot has beaten Usain Bolt’s 100-meter sprint record at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, China on Saturday. The robot, made by Beijing-based X-Humanoid, was able to run the 109 yards in 9.39 seconds, beating the 2009 record of 9.58 seconds set by the Jamaican athlete. At the end of the 100-meter […]