Many companies are focused on building robots, or the hardware components to help them move, grip objects, or interact with the world around them, Silicon Valley-based OpenMind is focused under the ...

Spot’s trajectory quickly diverted from inside a lab to under the limelight. Within months, the robot was strutting across ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Humanoid robots struggle with basic tasks like walking safely and lack the dexterity needed for complex human-like ...

Robots that look and move like humans are getting a lot of buzz. Companies, including Amazon and GXO, are already testing humanoid robots in their warehouses. But humanoids are expensive and complex, ...

SALEM, Ore. — In an office park opposite an Amazon warehouse, the robots are at work. A trio of six-foot-tall machines with ostrichlike legs and two jointed arms work in shifts, walking off a charging ...