But if you shrink that robot down, give it the ambulatory capabilities of a human and bathe the whole thing in AI, Hyundai reckons it can replace the most unreliable element of the modern assembly line: the human laborer. Enter Atlas, one of those humanoid ‘bots I mentioned up top there. As it turns out, Atlas can do more than dodge a hockey stick.

An appliance company based in China has developed a six-armed, wheeled “super humanoid” robot for the factory line. The MIRO U from Midea Group, features a humanoid head and a torso that aligns with human-height workstations and includes six fully actuated bionic limbs capable of performing three tasks at once.

Spot, Boston Dynamics' first commercial robot, was first shown to the world in 2016 — but that didn't stop Hyundai from showing it off at CES six years later. It seems to be finding success in a few niche roles: as an inspection robot, and in some bomb disposal squads.

Bright Machines Inc., a robotics startup that helps manufacturers more efficiently make products such as servers and batteries, has secured $126 million in fresh funding. The Series C round was announced this morning. Bright Machines received the bulk of ...

Agility Robotics is opening a first-of-its-kind factory in Salem, Oregon where it will mass produce a line of humanoid robots called Digit. The new factory, which Agility has dubbed the RoboFab, will produce up to 10,000 units a year and employ 500 people ...