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Humanoid robots take part in a test 100m run ahead of the opening ceremony of the inaugural World Humanoid Robot Games, at National Speed Skating Oval, in Beijing, China, August 14, 2025. (Image Source: Reuters)

From dance floor to war: China readies humanoid robots for combat

September 08, 2026 8:45 am

By 2026, humanoid development had spread beyond military academia into China's defense industry.

Meet Microduck, Hugging Face’s new open-source AI robot that can learn new tricks

August 30, 2026 9:20 am

Microduck is hardly an unusual product for Hugging Face given its acquisition of Pollen Robotics last year to build affordable, open-source AI hardware.

Videos: Chinese robot beats Usain Bolt's 100m record — then crashes at the finish

August 23, 2026 3:57 pm

A Chinese humanoid robot has run the 100 metres faster than Usain Bolt's world record time, Reuters reports, as more than 2,000 robots compete at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing.

The humanoid robot was powered by Qualcomm's Dragonwing IQ10 AI chip.

From science fair to strategic showcase: A decade of China's robot games

August 22, 2026 12:25 pm

2026, the World Humanoid Robot Games add a challenge for robotic hands.

China robot makers seek to turn humanoid hype into useful work

August 20, 2026 9:07 am

DexForce demonstrated humanoid robots packing mobile phones into boxes on an assembly line.

Harsh Goenka trolls Galgotias University over China’s new robot dog: ‘Showcase this’

July 28, 2026 2:10 pm

Industrialist Harsh Goenka’s comment revived memories of a controversy that erupted during the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi.

Researchers trained the four-legged robot to switch between trotting and bounding based on the obstacles ahead. (Image: Jun-Gill Kang)

Robot dog adapts to terrain without human control, leaps and climbs stairs

July 18, 2026 9:27 am

Researchers have developed an AI-powered learning system that enables a four-legged robot to switch between different gaits in real time, allowing it to tackle challenging terrain without human intervention.

A viral video claims to show a humanoid robot attacking office workers in Indonesia, but there is no independent evidence confirming the incident or its cause. (Image:X/ Shiity future)

'Robot uprising' video goes viral: What really happened in this wild office footage from Indonesia

July 08, 2026 5:25 pm

A viral video claims to show a humanoid robot attacking office workers in Indonesia, but there is no independent evidence confirming the incident or its cause.

Genesis AI bets against humanoid trend with general-purpose robot ‘Eno’

June 21, 2026 10:06 am

Instead of building a robot that looks like a human, Genesis AI's Eno combines AI reasoning, human-like hands and a wheeled design to tackle complex tasks across industries.

The rover, which resembles the BB-8 droid from Star Wars, can transform from a spherical shape into a small wheeled vehicle. (Image: JAXA)

Tiny ‘crawling’ robot solves Japan’s moon lander mystery

June 13, 2026 8:55 am

A palm-sized shape-shifting rover helped scientists understand what went wrong with Japan’s SLIM moon landing by capturing an image of the spacecraft lying upside down on the lunar surface.