Xpeng Motors CEO He Xiaopeng yesterday played down concerns after the company’s humanoid robot, IRON, fell during its first public appearance at a shopping mall in Shenzhen, calling the incident a ...

To get to a general-purpose robot, developers need a unified robotics foundation model, according to Skild AI. The company yesterday said it has raised close to $1.4 billion, bringing its valuation to ...

Skild AI Inc., a startup that develops artificial intelligence software for robots, has raised $1.4 billion from a group of prominent investors. Today’s funding announcement comes about a month after ...

SHANGHAI, Jan. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AGIBOT, a leading robotics company specializing in embodied intelligence, was ranked No.1 globally in both humanoid robot shipment volume and market share in ...

Since 2020, Samsung has been dangling a yellow ball in front of us. That sphere is a robot named Ballie that Samsung has teased and demoed for home use, including serving as a smart speaker. Today, ...

This past week, word came out of changes at the Disc Golf Network (DGN), with two veteran commentators not being invited back to the DGN booth for the 2026 season. Given this news, we thought it would ...

The do-it-all home robot won’t be here any time soon. The do-it-all home robot won’t be here any time soon. is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism. He previously worked at ...

LG’s new robot promises to tackle household chores so you don’t have to. South Korean home appliance brand LG showcased its CLOiD robot at CES 2026. The AI-powered robot is meant to perform common ...

It wouldn’t be CES without SwitchBot unveiling something absolutely bonkers, but the Onero H1 is still very much a head-turner. The H1 is a household robot, complete with arms, head and a face, built ...

Though 2025 may be remembered for the artificial intelligence boom, not far behind has been the emergence of advanced humanoid robotics. And while the U.S. and the West more broadly have somewhat ...

On a day in Pasadena, a robot walked across the California Institute of Technology campus with a second robot secured on its back. The two machines moved as a coordinated robot duo called X1, built ...