The AI-powered robot is named AIdol. It is made by the Russian robotics firm Idol. As it walked over to the reporters, the Russian robot waved as the main theme song from Rocky, Gonna Fly Now, played in the background. AIdol was guided by two men. However, the robot fell after a few seconds, and several of its components broke.

XPENG's Iron robot was revealed with its inner workings exposed, sans clothing or any covering, but that may not be its final form.

From delivery robots to AI assistants that mimic humans, the line between humans and machines is blurring. Witness how the humanoid-robot dystopia is arriving earlier than anyone expected.

Enter NEO, a humanoid robot created by 1X, an artificial intelligence and robotics company based in Palo Alto, California. The robot became available for preorder on Oct. 28 for $20,000 for those who want to own it, and $499 per month for anyone who wants to try it out through 1X's subscription option.

We learned the hard way that the distance between a great demo and a great deployment is measured by what happens when technology is used at the edge of its capacity.

However, Ray says he became concerned about Neo after the Wall Street Journal published a story in which technology columnist Joanna Stern tried a demo and found that the robot is being remotely controlled, meaning the device is actively watching and listening (with its four onboard microphones) to everything that’s going on in your home.

Anthropic believes AI models will increasingly reach into the physical world. To understand where things are headed, it asked Claude to program a quadruped.

The first units are expected to ship to customers in the US in 2026. There is a $499 monthly subscription alternative to the $20,000 full purchase price, although it will be available at an unspecified later date. A broader international rollout is promised for 2027.