A humanoid robot is assisted by support technicians after collapsing at the start line of the Beijing E-Town Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon on April 19, 2025, in Beijing, China.

Sony launched a robot dog called Aibo more than two decades ago. It sold about 150,000 units from 1999 until 2006 and then unveiled an advanced version in 2018, selling about 20,000 units in the ...

Humanoid machine performs real-world task in significant development in robot revolution. The robot called Apollo can lift more than 25kg and potentially perform repetitive tasks that are, in the ...

For context on the pricing, Tesla's Optimus Gen 2 humanoid robot (while admittedly much more advanced, at least in theory) is expected to cost at least $20,000.

When Figure AI, a high-profile humanoid robot startup, announced a commercial agreement with automaker BMW early last year, it was a signal to venture investors and the rest of the robotics ...