From expressive robot faces to factory deployments, these seven stories shaped how 2025 will be remembered in humanoid ...

A new video surfacing from a Tesla demonstration in Miami this weekend shows the Optimus humanoid robot taking a nasty fall. But it’s not the fall itself that is raising eyebrows, it’s the specific ...

Musk reposted the 38-second video on his X profile, which was originally created by Alex Utopia and shows Tesla's humanoid robots doing a variety of everyday jobs. Since Musk posted the clip, it has ...

Memo may not be the world’s fastest barista, but it is impressive—for a robot. I recently watched as Memo, a new home robot from a company called Sunday Robotics, made coffee in an open-plan kitchen ...

ABB’s Flexley Mover P604 is designed to lift and transport objects across a variety of payloads in a variety of settings using 3D Visual SLAM navigation. Accurate to within 10 mm, the positioning ...

Incremental clickers and automation games can be divisive – some people love the hands-off approach, while others aren’t bothered by the minimalist style of play. If you fall into the former camp, ...

The robot, known as AIDOL, staggered onstage during a technology showcase in Moscow. Organizers blamed the mishap on calibration and lighting issues. By Neil Vigdor and Sanjana Varghese It was an ...

SoftBank announced in early October 2025 that it has agreed to acquire Swiss industrial giant ABB's robotics business for US$5.375 billion, with the deal expected to close in the second half of 2026.

Following SoftBank's acquisition of ABB's robotics business, the global industrial robot landscape has shifted from a European-Japanese balance to dominance by Japanese firms and China's Midea Group.

Robots may be one of the greatest 21st-century inventions, but up until Oct. 28, you couldn’t purchase one to help out with daily household tasks, such as emptying the dishwasher or vacuuming your ...

The 1X Neo can do the dishes, clean the kitchen, even fold laundry. WSJ’s Joanna Stern spent time with the humanoid—and its creator—to see what it can really do and how much still requires a human ...

We’ve already been impressed by the astonishing balance and control of Unitree’s G1 humanoid robot, with an earlier video showing it performing flips and other acrobatic moves with aplomb, and another ...