WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Friendly robots, the ones people love to love, are quirky: R2-D2, C-3PO, WALL-E, BB-8, Marvin, Roz and Baymax. They’re emotional, prone to panic or bossy, empathetic and able to ...

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This paper studies how minimum wage policy affects firms’ adoption of automation technologies. Using both state-level measures of robot exposure and novel plant-level data on industrial robot imports ...

Robots perform at a fair in a park on the second day of the Lunar New Year of the Horse in Beijing on February 18, 2026. On Feb. 16, hundreds of millions of households watched as humanoid robots from ...

Chinese technology company Xiaomi announced on March 2 that it has deployed humanoid robots in EV assembly operations. Xiaomi CEO Li Jun revealed this development on his official WeChat account.

MMI is starting FDA-approved human trials for its tiny robot to use needles the size of eyelashes to help clear waste from the brains of Alzheimer’s patients. For the past few months, neurosurgeons at ...

One of the coolest things we saw at CES earlier this year was the HONOR Robot Phone — HONOR’s Android handset with a built-in camera gimbal on the back. At the time, the Robot Phone was a ...

The rivalry between Hyundai Motor Co. and Tesla is intensifying amid the rise of humanoid robots. Hyundai’s ownership of Boston Dynamics has positioned it as a leader in the field of robotics, as it ...

While the Honor Magic V6 is the brand’s biggest announcement at MWC 2026, the Robot Phone and humanoid robot are perhaps the ones the company is more excited about. While no one has really had a ...

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The AgiBot X2 can do hip-hop moves, Tai Chi, and even a full split. I saw it at MWC 2026 and was captivated. I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer electronics, overseeing an experienced team of ...