Artificial intelligence is a big deal, and one interesting way to use it is to put it inside a small, cute robot. What are ...

The race to build intelligent, autonomous robots is accelerating, with capital flowing into sleek prototypes and promising demonstrations across Silicon Valley, Shenzhen, and Hangzhou. Yet, beneath ...

Scientists have built microscopic, light-powered robots that can think, swim, and operate independently at the scale of ...

Emerging startup Physical Intelligence has no interest in building robots. Instead, the team has something better in mind: powering the hardware with the continuously learning generalist 'brains' of ...

Plenty of startups and companies debuted their humanoid, AI-powered robots at CES 2026, promising all sorts of practical and recreational functionality.

MIT researchers are pioneering a new method for robot training that could create an all-purpose robot brain for all robot types. There’s no question that robotics is transforming our world. Thanks to ...

This adolescent-looking android is the first flying humanoid robot — but the internet is creeped out by how it looks. The Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) recently shared a video that updated ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the research laboratories at the University of Chicago and the scholars who are tackling some ...