MirrorMe Technology's Bolt became the fastest running humanoid robot demonstrated outside computer simulations when it reached a top speed of 22 mph.

When soft music is playing in the background, a brief exchange with a robot can evoke unexpected feelings of intimacy. Researchers were surprised to discover how much of a role the background music played in the interaction.

Fauna Robotics is launching Sprout as a developer platform for humanoid robots. The robot features 29 degrees of freedom and NVIDIA compute power.

Is it really the best time to arm them with spears and swords? The post Chinese Robots Can Now Run Up Walls appeared first on Futurism.

The Chinese robotics company plans to ramp up its humanoid production fourfold this year, after shipping 5,000 robots in 2025.

It’s warm bot-tied. Techsperts are sounding alarm bells following the release of an eerily realistic humanoid service bot named Moya with camera eyes and, most creepily, warm skin. Dystopian footage shows the lifelike automaton interacting with guests during its debut at the Zhangjiang Robotics Valley in Shanghai.

Its skin is literally warm — and we're not sure we want to know why. The post This Robot With a Working Human Face Is Incredibly Unsettling appeared first on Futurism.

Gilroy;'>TECHNOLOGY is reshaping industries, societies, work, leisure, and life itself. Until the recent past, artificial intelligence and robots were just an imaginative concept from science fiction — perhaps like the movie concept of apes with intelligence superior to humans.

Eye-catching martial arts performance at China gala had viewers and experts wondering what else humanoids can do