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The televised Spring Festival Gala put on by the state-run China Media Group featured an impressive synchronized martial arts routine.

Chinese Robots Can Now Run Up Walls

By Victor Tangermann

A stylized image of a soccer player in mid-air, wearing a uniform with the number 17, overlaid with an orange tint. In front of the player is a blue delivery robot labeled "COCO" and "Coco Robotics." The background features a grid pattern with two horizontal blue stripes and four red six-pointed stars, resembling the Chicago flag.

Large Area of Chicago Bans Delivery Robots After Resident Outcry

A split image showing a humanoid robot performing martial arts moves in a traditional Chinese courtyard. On the left, the robot is executing a one-handed handstand while a person in red traditional attire performs a flying kick behind it. On the right, the robot is balancing on one leg with its arms raised, appearing to be in mid-motion. The background features ornate red pillars, decorative window frames, and tiled roofs typical of classical Chinese architecture.

They Gave a Robot a Sword

During a tech demo at a mall in Shenzhen, China, over the weekend, Xpeng's Iron humanoid robot took a tumble for all to see.

Chinese Humanoid Robot Does a Demon Twist and Faceplants With a Thud During Demonstration

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese robot company DroidUP showed off Moya, a "warm" robot that features human-like skin and eerily animated moving facial features.

This Robot With a Working Human Face Is Incredibly Unsettling

By Victor Tangermann

A man in a blue lab coat is inspecting or adjusting one of many humanoid AgiBot robots arranged in rows. The robots have black, glossy heads and silver and black bodies, standing on platforms with wheels. The background is plain white, emphasizing the robots and the man.

Trade Unions Alarmed by Robots Designed to Do Blue Collar Work

Dearborn police are the latest to make use of dystopian drone hives to surveil their cities from the skies.

Police in Detroit Suburb Install Hives That Can Instantly Deploy Drones to Fight Crime

A new render of China's conceptual spacecraft called the Luan Niao, an orbital mothership designed to launch uncrewed fighter drones from high above the planet.

China Provides Glimpse of Colossal Orbital Aircraft Carrier

In a new video, Figure's black-and-white humanoid robot, dubbed Figure 02, can be seen seamlessly unloading and loading a dishwasher.

New Helix Video Shows Robot Loading and Unloading Dishwasher Pretty Damn Well

By Victor Tangermann

Full-grown adults are embracing AI companion toys in China as the government tries to reconcile a tricky contradiction.

Chinese Adults Taking Strange AI Devices to Bed With Them

A video appears to show three Russian soldiers emerging with their arms raised and surrendering to a robot with a machine gun.

Russian Soldiers Seen Surrendering to Gun-Wielding Robot

By Victor Tangermann

The delivery robot apparently did not heed the extremely loud blare of the train horn moments before its doom.

Delivery Robot Gets Stuck on Train Tracks, Gets Obliterated by Locomotive

By Frank Landymore

Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggested Tesla is ready to move on from the EV and is looking to capitalize on the next big hype cycle.

Elon Musk Says His Optimus Robot Is So Dope That People Will Forget Tesla Ever Made Cars

By Victor Tangermann

The Department of Homeland Security released a new video featuring something striking: an officer operating a Chinese drone.

There’s Something So Embarrassing About Homeland Security’s New Drone Video That We’re Gonna Have to Sit Down for a Minute

Kawasaki has announced that it's started to work on turning its ambitious vision for a four-leged robotic horse into a reality.

Kawasaki’s Robot Horse Is Going Into Production

By Victor Tangermann

During a live demo at this year's CES convention in Las Vegas, Boston Dynamics showed off the unnerving agility of its humanoid Atlas robot.

The Way Boston Dynamics’ New Robot Moves Is Skin-Crawlingly Unnatural

By Victor Tangermann

We're increasingly sure that humankind would catch an epic beatdown as humanoid robots show great advances in martial arts acumen.

If the War Against the Machines Is Fought Via Martial Arts, Humans Are Gonna Catch an Epic Beat Down

By Victor Tangermann

A man controlling a Unitree robot accidentally made the humanoid kick him in the balls, forcing the man into a groaning heap.

Man Operating Robot Accidentally Makes It Kick Him Directly in the Nutsack

By Sharon Adarlo

Engineers at Disney Research Hub have unveiled how they built a robot version of the talking snowman from the "Frozen" films.

Disney’s Robot Olaf Is a Straight Up Nightmare

By Frank Landymore

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover set a record by driving a quarter mile in a single day, doing so autonomously.

NASA Now Letting Mars Rover Drive Autonomously

By Frank Landymore

A venture capitalist is warning investors that the AI robots sector could be experiencing the start of a financial bubble.

Investors Warn That Humanoid Robots Are the Next Financial Bubble

By Sharon Adarlo

Unitree's G1 robot made its major stage debut by appearing alongside Chinese singer Wang Leehom during a Friday night concert in China.

Robots Tear Up Stage as Backup Dancers

By Victor Tangermann

A sheriff in Sweetwater County, Wyoming still has no answers as unexplained drone sightings drag on into their 13th month.

Sheriff Puzzled by UFOs Hovering Over Power Station

Basketball star Kyrie Irving gets into an altercation with a Unitree G1 humanoid robot, and it doesn't end well for the little machine.

Kyrie Irving Has “Incident” With Humanoid Robot

By Frank Landymore

Jake the Rizzbot, a bipedal, slang-slinging humanoid, was allegedly assaulted and permanently damaged by streamer IShowSpeed.

Streamer Sued for Assaulting Gay Robot

By Victor Tangermann

The Chinese robotics firm EngineAI lets its humanoid robot loose on its CEO, whom it promptly proceeds to lay out.

Video Shows Robot Attacking CEO

By Frank Landymore

A new video appears to show a Tesla Optimus humanoid robot stumbling backwards after its teleoperator tried to take off their headset.

Amazing Video Shows Tesla Optimus Teleoperator Taking Off Headset, Causing Robot to Stumble and Collapse

By Victor Tangermann

Mike Winkelmann, also known as the digital artist Beeple, has a bizarre new art instillation with billionaire heads on robot dog bodies.

Billionaires’ Fleshy Heads Put on Robot Dog Bodies

A Rudolph-themed drone show was a major disappointment for English families who braved a muddy swamp to attend.

Christmas Drone Show for Children Ends Flops Pathetically

A recent video shows how a humanoid robot can turn itself into a surprisingly creepy crawling machine, using the full extent of its limbs.

Alarming Video Shows Humanoid Robot Demon-Scuttling

By Victor Tangermann

After building a flying hover-sword earlier this year, Chinese sword influencer Fan Shisan has created a swarm of floating blades.

Chinese Man Unleashes Swarm of Flying Swords

Chinese officials are warning that the country's humanoid robotics industry could be forming a massive bubble.

China Is Officially Scared of Robots

By Victor Tangermann

A pilot program has unleashed a hoard of delivery robots onto Chicago sidewalks, prompting outrage from locals.

Residents Rage Against Fleet of Delivery Robots Taking Over Chicago

An AgiBot A2 has completed a 66-mile, three-day pilgrimage without powering down, breaking previous world records.

Robot Walks for Three Days Straight, Hotswapping Its Battery Over and Over in New World Record

Researchers have programmed a Unitree G1 humanoid robot to play basketball, almost perfectly mimicking the skills of a human athlete.

This Video of a Robot Playing Basketball Is EXTREMELY Impressive

By Victor Tangermann

A former safety engineer at leading robotics firm Figure also alleges the robot left a gash in a stainless steel door.

Whistleblower Says He Was Fired for Warning Execs That New Robot Could Crush Human Skull

By Frank Landymore

British military tested out a powerful laser that can take down high-speed drones which have become widely available in the battlefield.

British Military Attacks Drones With Huge Laser

By Sharon Adarlo

NASA has an audacious plan to save a space telescope by using a rocket launched midair from a former passenger airliner.

Bonkers NASA Mission Next Year Will Drop Rocket Out of Plane, Blast Off From There

By Sharon Adarlo

A YouTuber's attempt to create an animatronic Aristotle-bot went slightly off the rails when it called for the elimination of humanity.

Terrifying-Looking Robot Powers Up, Immediately Declares Humanity Is a “Resource” to Be “Manipulated or Eliminated”

Chinese company XPeng showed off a robot with distinctly female anatomy, including pronounced breasts and hips, sparking a discussion.

Robotics Company Explains Why Its Terminator-Style Robot Features Prominent Bazongas

By Victor Tangermann

XPeng's new "Iron" robot is a horrifying abomination without its skin, but that doesn't mean it's not an impressive piece of machinery.

This Company’s Terminator-Style Robot Is Low-Key Terrifying

Russia unveiled a humanoid robot, dubbed AIdol, during a flashy showcase in Moscow — only for it to fall on its face.

Russia’s First Humanoid Robot Just Failed So Spectacularly During It’s Debut That We’re Suspicious the Entire Thing Was an Elaborate Joke

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk offered an idea to curtail crime during his latest meeting with the board of directors: robots that stalk criminals.

Elon Says His Robot Will Follow Criminals Around to Make Sure They Never Offend Again

Electric vehicle company XPeng has released a video of its "Iron" robot without skin, and the results are pretty disturbing.

Robotics Company Builds Straight-Up Terminator

Chinese company Unitree is unleashing robotic dogs to fight fires in all kinds of real-world disaster scenarios.

Chinese Firefighters Using Robot Dogs With Huge Hoses Attached

Researchers “Embodied” an LLM Into a Robot Vacuum and It Suffered an Existential Crisis Thinking About Its Role in the World

By Victor Tangermann

Danish Hussain recently suggested that Tesla's Optimus robot will be interfacing with Neuralink brain-implant devices.

Neuralink Head of Surgery Says Robot-Human Interface Happening “Very Soon”

Every day, dozens of human "data collectors" repeat each activity hundreds of times to train Tesla's Optimus robots.

Secret Elon Musk Lab Is Collecting Data on Every Human Activity to Train Robots

By Frank Landymore

A viral clip shows a Unitree G1 robot trying to cook, causing destruction inside a home -- and wearing a maid outfit, for some reason.

Disastrous Video Shows Robot Trying to Cook, Destroying Interior of House

Owners of the NEO butler-bot from 1X will have to schedule a time for remote operators to plug in and complete tasks.

$20,000 Robot Servant Comes With a Major Catch

AI-powered dinosaurs are coming, pumped out by robotics companies looking to shave off a piece of the edu-tainment market.

China Unleashing AI-Powered Robot Dinosaurs

The self-driving squad car is rolling out as part of a year-long trial in coordination with the non-profit Policing Lab.

Florida Unleashes Autonomous Police Cruisers That Deploy Thermal Imaging Drones

Leaked documents reveal how Amazon plans to stop hiring humans so its workforce of robots can replace their jobs.

Secret Plans Reveal Amazon Plot to Replace 600,000 Workers With Robot Army

By Frank Landymore

During Wednesday's Tesla earnings call, CEO Elon Musk made some strangely suspicious remarks about securing control over his "robot army."

Elon Musk Makes Suspicious Remarks About His Robot Army

By Victor Tangermann

Western executives warn that China's heavily roboticized manufacturing industry could quickly leave the West behind.

Western Executives Shaken After Visiting China

By Victor Tangermann

A dazzling video shows a quadcopter drone gently shooing unwanted critters away from poultry farms with a laser light show.

Japanese Farmers Send Out Automated Laser Drones to Defend Chickens

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images

Amazon Drones Kamikaze Into Construction Equipment, Burst Into Flames

By Frank Landymore

A video of one of Waymo's autonomous ride-hailing vehicles driving over the carefully groomed lawn of a golf course has gone viral.

Waymo Says There’s a Perfect Reasonable Explanation for Its Car Roaming a Golf Course

By Victor Tangermann

A viral video shows a delivery robot in Los Angeles brake checking and cutting off a man with cerebral palsy using a mobility scooter.

Delivery Robot Torments Disabled Man

By Frank Landymore

A video making its rounds on social media shows an engineer from a startup called Skild AI taking a chainsaw to the limbs of a robot dog.

New AI Can Control a Robot Even If Its Legs Get Chainsawed Off

By Victor Tangermann

Recent DARPA robots include sea-based microdrones, cockroach-style surveillance bots, and even cyborg insects.

DARPA Going Hard on Insect-Sized Spy Robots

A video showing a robotics engineer violently yanking a humanoid robot around by a chain wrapped around its neck is making its rounds online.

Disturbing Video Shows Man Jerking Robot Around by Chain Around Its Neck

By Victor Tangermann

Named Robin the Robot, the chirpy AI-powered bot is designed to behave and sound like a seven-year-old girl.

Hospitals Deploying Robot Programmed to Act Like Child to Comfort Pediatric Patients

By Frank Landymore

Called the "first fully autonomous humanoid-operate store," the kiosk chain is said to be rapidly expanding to 100 locations.

China Opens Bodega Entirely Run by Robot