Robots have long excelled at repetitive factory tasks, but they have struggled with the messy ambiguity of everyday human ...

Even with those limitations, orders for the machines are accelerating. Manufacturers such as BYD and Foxconn, both partners ...

Humanoid robots are moving rapidly from research labs into homes, hospitals, warehouses and care facilities, promising ...

Humanoid robots achieve only up to 50% of human productivity in limited factory tasks, said Michael Tam, chief brand officer ...

By learning from human touch, robots can grip objects more safely and adapt to real-world conditions without massive training ...

Scientists have created a robot that learns lip movements by watching humans rather than following preset rules. The ...

Early demos relied heavily on remote human operators for Neo, but the man behind the machine says Neo is getting better at doing things on its own.

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Humanoid robot companies employ armies of human operators to train their machines by doing tasks like squatting and washing ...

Teddy Warner, 19, has always been interested in robotics. His family was in the industry, and he says he “grew up” working in a machinist shop while in high school. Now Warner is building a robotics ...