BEIJING, China — Humanoid robot technology has greatly improved in the past year, and a race Sunday proved just how far the science has advanced. Just a year ago, robots trailed behind humans for racing speed, but the winner of a half-marathon race for ...

Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. A mere year ago, the half marathon for humanoid robots in ...

Honor's "Lightning" android won the 2026 robot half marathon, smashing the human world record for the same distance. The robot is said to use the same cooling tech as Honor's smartphones. Honor might be best known for its smartphones,

The latest boom in robotics represents a revolution in the way machines have learned to interact with the world.

Saronic builds robot warships for the U.S. Navy -- and won a $392 million contract last year. Saronic needs even more money though, and so raised $1.75 billion in private funding last month. All of the companies named so far are publicly traded defense stocks.

Unitree is bringing its R1 to international markets. It arrives with some aerobatic capabilities and an entry-level price, but the question of what you'd actually do with it remains open.

Pragmata features a grizzled soldier and a robot child but doesn’t have the emotional bond of The Last of Us or The Walking Dead.