Some of the world's most advanced robots showed off their skills at tech shows and sporting events, doing everything from cooking shrimp to running half marathons

Before Atlas takes its first steps into the world of work later this year, I found myself face-to-face with CES 2026's most talked-about robot on the show floor.

If there's one thing that anime is synonymous with, it's robots. From piloted mecha to sentient technology, there are lots of iconic robots in anime over the years. In fact, one of these is seen as the anime character that started it all for the medium.

CES is a huge opportunity annually for companies both large and small to parade products they plan to put on shelves this year.

Dressed in sensible Nordic knitwear, Bernt Bornich’s robotic manservant is more stylish than practical. Ask it to fetch a can of Coca-Cola from another room, and more often than not, something will waylay it in the process. Getting the humanoid robot ...

What’s keeping them off the street is a challenge robotics researchers have circled for decades. Building robots is easier than making them function in the real world. A robot can repeat a TikTok routine on a flat surface, but the world has uneven ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. In an Indian town, workers fold towels while wearing cameras, providing data to teach AI robots how to move and operate in physical spaces. Tech giants Tesla, Boston ...

BEIJING — They aren’t the most graceful athletes, or the fastest. But they’re learning. From Friday to Sunday, human handlers from 16 countries put about 500 bipedal robots through various motions to showcase the promise and limits of embodied ...

Two new AI models allow robots to perform complex, multistep tasks in a way that they couldn't previously. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Google DeepMind has unveiled a pair of ...