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A video that has gone viral on social media shows a humanoid robot's face glancing around the room with a quizzical expression.

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Alarming New Video Shows Robot Making Incredibly Realistic Facial Expressions

By Victor Tangermann

A new viral video shows a kickboxing and seemingly unstoppable humanoid robot shrugging off a flying dropkick from a human being.

Unstoppable Martial Arts Robot Can Take a Direct Dropkick Without Falling Down

By Victor Tangermann

Humanoid robot startups have bragged they'll ship or test thousands of robots by the year's end. So where are they?

When You Read the Fine Print, Humanoid Robots Are Going Absolutely Nowhere

By Frank Landymore

Tesla has a long way to go until it can successfully have AI-powered bipedal robots replace human jobs, according to a new video.

Elon Musk’s New Optimus Robot Demo Is So Painful It Will Make You Wince

By Victor Tangermann

At least six news sites in the UK and US have run a pretty obvious fake news story about "pregnancy robots" — and they're still live.

Mainstream Publications Are Getting Suckered by a Ridiculous Fake News Story About a “Pregnancy Robot”

By Noor Al-Sibai

An event in Beijing drew hundreds of competitors from around the world in what's being described as the first ever Robot Olympics.

Hundreds of Robots Competed in the World’s First Robot Olympics. The Results Were Unintentionally Hilarious

As a new robot drummer video shows, talent runs the gamut in robots about as much as it does for human musicians.

Scientists Taught a Robot to Play the Drums and He Is Shockingly Horrible at It

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a San Francisco, four humanoid robots make up a machine-based fight club known as REK, which uses trains its bots as prize fighters.

Humanoid Robots Are Beating Each Other to Pulp in an Underground Fight Club

By Noor Al-Sibai

Two pint-sized robots were seen boxing at an AI conference in Shanghai, and we've gotta say, they're pretty cool.

We Must Admit That This Video of Two Small Robots Punching Each Other With Boxing Gloves Is Pretty Awesome

By Noor Al-Sibai

In an impressive new demo, humanoid robot company Figure founder Brett Adcock showed off a robot effortlessly loading a washing machine.

Wild Video Shows Humanoid Robot Loading a Washing Machine Pretty Well

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla is already having trouble meeting even the modest 2025 goals it set for producing its Optimus humanoid robots.

Tesla’s Optimus Robots Have Reportedly Run Into Severe Trouble

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese company UBTECH recently showed off its bipedal Walker S2 robot contorting its arms to hot swap one of its battery packs.

Wild Video Shows Robot Changing Its Own Battery

By Victor Tangermann

A video making the rounds on social media shows a humanoid robot flailing its arms and legs, seemingly trying to break free of a harness.

Alarming Video Shows Experimental Fighting Robot Thrashing Uncontrollably

By Victor Tangermann

In the few weeks since being unveiled, Jake, a slang-spewing "rizzbot," has moved to West Hollywood and come out as queer.

Jake the Rizzbot Moves to California, Comes Out as Gay

By Noor Al-Sibai

Humanoid robotics company Figure showed off its Figure 02 robot using a sophisticated visual language system to sort packages.

Watching This Humanoid Robot Sort Packages Is Quite Something

By Victor Tangermann

The leader of Tesla's humanoid robot program is leaving the company, and he swears Elon Musk had nothing to do with it.

The Head of Tesla’s Humanoid Robot Program Says That He DEFINITELY Wasn’t Fired and Is Only Leaving to Spend Time With His Family, Not Because Elon Musk Is on the Warpath

By Noor Al-Sibai