Airbus ordered UBTech’s Walker S2, a full-size humanoid that stands 176 cm tall (5’9"), weighs 70 kg (154 lbs), and walks at about two meters/second (4.5 mph). It has dextrous hands with 11 degrees of freedom and tactile sensors, and can hold 7.5 kg (16.5 lbs) in each hand and 1 kg (2.2 lbs) with each finger.

Hyundai Motors’ Korean labor union strongly opposed the company’s plans to deploy humanoid robots

With stats like that, one can’t help but suspect that the first country to have a million humanoids will be China.

Three robotics experts said humanoid robots need to move beyond flashy demos to performing tasks that are actually useful in the real world at scale.

Researchers in China have unveiled a soft humanoid robot that can shapeshift, float, swim,

Elon Musk spoke about advancements in AI, robotics, and space travel during an appearance at the World Economic Forum on Thursday. Musk said that by the end of next year, he expects to be selling humanoid robots to the public,

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.

On Jan. 22, Louisiana's economic development agency and St. Bernard-based SSE Steel Fabrication announced an agreement with Houston-based tech startup Persona AI to launch a pilot program at SSE to develop humanoid robotics for industrial uses. Greater New Orleans Inc., southeast Louisiana's economic development nonprofit, also is participating.

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Tesla now operates Robotaxis in Austin, Texas without human safety monitors in the driver's seat. While the above sentence is technically correct, the company may have just moved the safety monitors to another car that follows the first one.