A recent breakthrough has been achieved by a Zhejiang University team in China, in collaboration with Hangzhou-based startups. They have developed a humanoid robot capable of running 10 meters ...

The Chinese government is betting that robots will drive economic growth. But the bots can’t really do much yet. By Meaghan Tobin and Xinyun Wu Reporting from Taipei, Taiwan Robots made by Chinese ...

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Humanoid robots are on the brink of being commercially useful, say Chinese and US firms that in the past three months have announced plans to produce them at scale. Many researchers agree that there ...

If you ever wanted to win a bar bet about a world record, you probably know about the Guinness book for World Records. Did you know, though, that there are some robots in that book? Guinness pointed ...

I've Seen It With My Own Eyes: The Robots Are Here and Walking Among Us ...

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TAIPEI: Robots made by Chinese startups have danced on television, staged boxing matches and run marathons. When one company debuted its most recent robot last month, people online in China thought it ...