On September 5 (local time), humanoid robots (human-shaped robots) captivated audiences at the robot runway event of IFA 2026, Europe’s largest home appliance and IT trade show, held in Berlin. This ...

China is hosting the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, where more than 2,000 robots from 16 countries are competing.

China already manufactures humanoid robots by the thousands. A new generation of U.S. start-ups is betting that there is still time to compete. By Meaghan Tobin Visuals by Amir Hamja Meaghan Tobin is ...

Government funding and manufacturing investment are racing ahead of the robots’ ability to operate beyond choreographed demonstrations – like the dances and boxing matches that have made humanoids ...

China has opened a fully automated smart factory where humanoid robots assemble and test other humanoid robots, highlighting the country.

The Chinese robot industry is at it again. As companies continue to make progress with humanoid robots, Xpeng has now shown that its next-generation IRON robots can be built by robots. In one clip, we ...

UBTECH has begun production at a new humanoid robot factory in Liuzhou, China, which it says is the world’s first intelligent facility designed for 10,000 units annually. The company announced the ...

BEIJING — Chinese humanoid robots broke records set by humans, including beating Usain Bolt's 100-meter sprint world record, on the opening day of the Olympics-like World Humanoid Robot Games in ...

The U.S. is shutting out more foreign-made drones and robots. China’s scale means the global competition may simply move elsewhere.

Robots are moving out of laboratories and exhibition halls and into shopping malls and commercial streets across China. As ...

The Federal Communications Commission deployed its most powerful trade weapon Tuesday against Chinese physical AI — announcing that new models of Chinese humanoid and quadruped robots, along with ...

Robots are prepared ahead the opening ceremony of the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) BEIJING (AP) — Chinese ...