For years, humanoid robots have been built to be strong, precise, and durable. They rely on cameras for vision, sensors to gauge force, and highly accurate systems to carry out tasks. What they’ve long lacked is the ability to sense and respond to their own bodies. That gap is now starting to close thanks to […]
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Nearly half of our attention in face-to-face conversation is drawn to lip movements. Yet robots still have difficulty reproducing them accurately. Even the most sophisticated humanoids manage little more than puppet-like mouth motions—assuming they have a face at all. We place disproportionate weight on facial expressions overall, and on lip movement especially. An odd stride
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Although robotic automation is advancing quickly, most systems have difficulty adjusting their pre-trained movements to environments with objects that vary in stiffness or weight. To address this, a team of researchers in Japan has created an adaptive motion reproduction system based on Gaussian process regression. Their approach models the relationship between human motion and object
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Chinese startup Matrix Robotics has officially introduced MATRIX-3, its third-generation humanoid robot, representing a significant advance in physical AI. The platform is a complete from-scratch overhaul of algorithms, hardware, and applications, moving humanoid robots beyond rigid task performance toward flexible, real-world interaction. Built to be safe, autonomous, and highly adaptable, MATRIX-3 integrates biomimetic perception, precise
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Boston Dynamics has introduced an industry-ready version of Atlas, a humanoid built for real-world use in warehouses and factories. Designed to work nonstop in harsh conditions, Atlas uses AI to adjust to its surroundings, and production is already underway. After an attention-grabbing debut filled with eerie visuals, flips, and dance routines, Boston Dynamics is now
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Kawasaki, which once described Corleo as a distant 2050 vision, has moved the hydrogen-powered, four-hooved robotic horse into production and plans to release the first model in just four years. We first covered the mountain-climbing concept last April, when it was little more than rough CGI. Kawasaki’s Safe Adventure Team plans public rides at Expo
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Researchers at Pohang University of Science and Technology in South Korea have designed a paper-thin robot that can exert tremendous force. Published in Nature Communications in July, the study suggests it may have applications in surgery or industrial machinery. The robot mimics the proteins that drive human muscle movement. In humans, the motor protein myosin
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At CES 2026, Jackery unveiled a groundbreaking sustainable energy device, the Solar Mars Bot. This solar-powered robot finds sunlight on its own and serves as a portable power station. The Solar Mars Bot is built to move independently, requiring minimal human guidance, and continuously seeks out the optimal sunlight locations during the day. Autonomous Sun-Seeking
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Engineers say the robot is so tiny it’s barely visible, yet it can independently “sense, think, and act.” According to the team, the device is the smallest programmable robot ever made that can move on its own through fluid, reducing the size of earlier designs by about 10,000 times. The First Tiny Device with a
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Kawasaki is now moving its once-far-off 2050 vision—the hydrogen-powered, four-hooved, all-terrain robotic horse called Corleo—into production and plans to debut the first model in just four years, decades ahead of the original schedule. We first covered this mountain-scaling machine in April last year, when it existed only as a concept accompanied by some rough CGI
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