What if robots could not only mimic human actions but also think, adapt, and problem-solve like us? This is no longer the realm of science fiction. With the latest advancements in artificial ...

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Figure AI, a startup based in San Jose, California, has drawn attention in recent months for its sleek, humanlike black-and-gray robots doing basic tasks like folding laundry and putting away ...

Tesla chief Elon Musk said in a call with investors on Wednesday that his team is “on the cusp of something really tremendous” with Optimus, the humanoid robot that it’s been working on since 2021.

The heat of the ongoing AI boom has spilled over to a famously difficult hardware space — humanoid robotics. Forbes has learned that a pair of Silicon Valley ventures, each with more than $100 million ...

A few short months ago, almost every robot made by the hundreds of companies working on humanoid robots could charitably be described as slow, topping out at around three mph. Walking was on the edge ...

Figure AI makes humanoid robots and they have raised $1 billion where the company is valued at $39 billion. Figure’s CEO, Brad Adcock, dropped the news at a TED Talk. This $1 billion funding (Series C ...

A pair of swivelling, human-like robotic arms, built for physical artificial intelligence research, mirror the motions of an operator in a VR headset twirling his hands like a magician. With enough ...

PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- An AI-powered humanoid robot is a sophisticated machine designed to resemble the human body and behavior, equipped with artificial intelligence to ...

On a BMW assembly line in South Carolina, a humanoid robot has quietly reached a milestone that many human workers never see, wrapping up a career after helping build more than 30,000 BMW X3 sport ...