Grew up back East, got sick of the cold and headed West. Since I was small I have been pushing buttons – both electronic and human. With an insatiable need for tech I thought “why not start a website ...

Experience is a great teacher. Ask [Jeneus], who, in high school, tried to make a program that played Othello. It didn’t go well. But years later, the idea produced an impressive Othello ...

Petoi has been shrinking Boston Dynamics down to desk size for almost a decade now. Dr. Rongzhong Li started the company in ...

Annemarije de Boer is a Los Angeles-based director and visual storyteller specializing in technology reviews and digital innovation journalism. Drawing from her BA in Psychology and decades of ...

A bipedal humanoid robot that walks, recovers from falls, follows people by camera, and understands speech commands can now be built for under $400 in hardware — using an Android phone priced at $50 ...

In a preprint posted to arXiv, the team describes a bipedal robot that uses a smartphone as its torso, eyes, and brain. The idea is to skip the costly extras. Small research humanoids usually need ...

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Two-legged robots go head-to-head in an unusual competition showcasing impressive engineering and creativity. Trump calls on Ilhan Omar to resign after birth name report The race to find next James ...

When I first saw a video of Modo Robotics's Beni robot, I didn't really know what to make of it. I just knew that I wanted to play with it. It's adorable. But I wasn't sure that was enough. Adorable ...

DONGGUAN, CN / ACCESS Newswire / September 22, 2026 / Microduck's appeal lies in how much movement it brings to a small frame. Stepping, turning and shifting posture make compact biped robotics ...

At the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, a humanoid robot named Tiangong Ultra ran the 100-metre sprint in a staggering 8.64 seconds, shattering Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt’s legendary human ...