The winning time is a massive improvement over last year’s race, when the fastest robot finished in two hours and 40 minutes.

The robots are on trial as the companies operate under a pilot program that expires in May 2027. Chicago’s City Council would need to take action to allow the robots to stay in Chicago after next spring.

Walker S2 is an adult-sized humanoid robot with legs, a torso, and arms. China is sending these robots to patrol their border with Vietnam.

While real dogs still have a major leg up over robots, the machines are catching up. Popular Science previously highlighted a company called Glide that sells a vacuum cleaner shaped mobility aid that uses AI and passive kinetic guidance to help people with impaired vision navigate.

The latest boom in robotics represents a revolution in the way machines have learned to interact with the world.

After a historic first, communications and navigation still obstruct the future for roboticized ground assault.

Agile Robots will incorporate Google DeepMind's robotics foundation models into its bots while collecting data for the AI research lab.

Automation and robotics are rapidly transforming renewable energy development by accelerating construction, reducing costs, and addressing critical labor shortages.

By Siddarth S April 15 (Reuters) - Autonomous food delivery robots and drones could cut costs by several dollars to as low as $1 per order, a shift that could unlock billions of dollars in profits for the global food delivery industry,

We are now in the humanoid robot era, and they're starting to show up in our homes. But are they any good? And what's the path to improvement?