Humanoid robots have quietly crossed a threshold from lab demos to real industrial work, and the software making that leap possible is Google’s Gemini family of AI models. Instead of being ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. -- Unlike traditional competitions limited to indoor or scripted tasks, ATEC2026 evaluates whether robots can ...

A robot that performs well in a controlled simulation can struggle when real-world conditions don't match what it was trained ...

A humanoid robot pilot in South Carolina did more than BMW expected. The next move says plenty.

Figure, a robotics company developing humanoid robots that operate via AI, is running a livestream of one of its robots sorting packages in real time to show off its capabilities. The livestream was ...

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

The real measure for robotic capabilities involves conducting “quantitative, large-scale evaluations” in real-world ...

Connecting the dots: Even the most advanced AI struggles outside the lab. In real-world tests, large language models stumble when it comes to spatial reasoning, situational awareness, and handling ...

What does the world's largest humanoid robot company think about the future ot work, the future of robots ... and how we should think about Chinese robotics companies?

Most robots have fixed body designs that cannot adapt to new environments or survive damage, making them fragile outside controlled settings. Researchers used AI-driven evolution and Lego-like modular ...