Thanks to new technologies like artificial intelligence, scientists are increasingly freed from the constraints of the laboratory. It raises questions about how much humans should outsource to robots.

Figure AI claims its three humanoid robots completed over 24 hours of continuous autonomous package sorting without any human control in a warehouse test.

Figure’s Helix-powered humanoid robots worked past 17 hours and handled over 22,000 packages in a livestreamed warehouse-style test.

Researchers hope to build a facility with thousands of robots capable of performing experiments independently by 2040.

The technical foundation in robotics is maturing, and the shift from deterministic automation to adaptive intelligence could ...

Embodied AI and autonomous agents are increasingly viewed by investors as one of the next major growth areas for the sector, UBS says Chinese tech companies are racing to deploy artificial ...

Mint Incorporation Limited (“Mint” or the “Company”, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”, NASDAQ: MIMI), a Hong ...

Digit walks into an Amazon warehouse on two legs. The bipedal robot picks up containers and carries them to conveyor belts, working three shifts a day with occasional breaks to recharge. It moves ...

Research team led by Dr. Jeong-Jung Kim (third from left) of the Department of AI Machinery, Research Institute of AI Robotics, KIMM, which developed the RoGeTA (Robot General Task AI) framework. A ...

AI’s concealed labor has repeatedly led us to overestimate the technology. Humanoid robots are entering a similar phase. This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI.

Figure AI, a U.S. humanoid robot company, has surpassed 81 hours as of 11 a.m. on the 17th, live-streaming on YouTube a ...

Boise, ID, May 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Work Optional, an AI automation and custom software development firm (formerly known as Radiant AI), today announced its rebrand, the launch of its new ...