For centuries, people tried to build ornithopters that flapped like birds, but none became a practical path to human flight. The Wright brothers got off the ground not because they simply imitated, but because they moved beyond flapping and focused on the principles of lift and control.

Chinese startups are churning out more humanoid robots than their U.S. rivals, despite far lower valuations.

Can a robot keep up with Serena Williams? Researchers have taught a humanoid robot to play tennis with humans — and it can hold its own. Chinese AI robotic company Galbot designed software to teach a Unitree G1 humanoid robot to play tennis against a ...

CES 2026 highlighted a trend growing over the past few years: The humanoid robots era. What would previously be announcements of fast quadruped robots, dog-like machines running around that would make us all scared (or curious), evolved into proper ...