The feat occurred at an even in Beijing that pitted robots against human runners. The humanoid robotics market is on the rise and could reach 1 billion machines by 2050. A 5′ 5″ bipedal robot named Lightning just crushed the human world record time for running a half marathon,

Ukraine is using unmanned ground vehicles armed with bombs, guns or rockets to carry out attacks and keep its soldiers out of harm’s way.

On the morning of April 19, 2026, a bipedal humanoid robot built by Chinese tech company Honor crossed the finish line of a half-marathon in Beijing’s Economic-Technological Development Area, known as E-Town,

Walker S2 is an adult-sized humanoid robot with legs, a torso, and arms. China is sending these robots to patrol their border with Vietnam.

Humanoid robots have quietly crossed a threshold: they are no longer just research prototypes or sci-fi props. They walk, run, lift, learn workflows, and increasingly interact with human environments designed for human bodies. That matters because the ...

We are now in the humanoid robot era, and they're starting to show up in our homes. But are they any good? And what's the path to improvement?

The naysayers don't like the threat to jobs and consider the robots a sidewalk nuisance, while others don't want to stop technological progress and say the robots actually are safer than alternatives.

Chicago’s delivery robots join services like Uber and Lyft in helping us through mundane tasks and burdens to an easier life.