Most people love window shades, but many dislike the tedium of having to open and close them over the course of each day.

Honda Motor Co. President and CEO Toshihiro Mibe, left, stands beside the company's P2 bipedal humanoid robot, the predecessor to ASIMO, at a ceremony in Wako, Saitama Prefecture, on April 28, 2026.

Planetary exploration may be about to get a major speed boost. Researchers tested a semi-autonomous robot that can move from rock to rock, analyzing each without waiting for human instructions. The ...

Gasps of shock gave way to groans of disappointment at Disneyland Paris on Monday. The debut of a walking, talking Olaf from Frozen ended abruptly when the robot froze, literally, then toppled over.

First lady Melania Trump on Wednesday was escorted by a walking, talking humanoid at the White House as she met with her counterparts at a children's technology summit. The robot accompanied Trump on ...

(ABC) — First lady Melania Trump was joined by a special guest at the White House on Wednesday: a walking, talking humanoid robot. Named “Figure 03,” the shiny black and white robot strolled side by ...

If you have read Melania Trump’s memoir or watched her film, you know our First Lady isn’t an inherently interesting person. But I’ll give her this: She does have a fascinating habit of leaning into ...

Standing at 4 feet tall, Unitree’s R1 Air can run, flip, walk on its hands, and jump-kick a watermelon into pulp. The humanoid robot has 26 joints and AI vision, and it connects to an app that allows ...

If any module detaches from the assembly or sustains damage, the rest of the machine will find a way to keep moving, fulfilling its primary mission. Perhaps the most interesting part of the project is ...

When you get an email saying Olaf is in town for one day only, you drop what you’re doing and make plans to meet him. That’s what happened last week, as io9/Gizmodo was invited to the research and ...

After acquiring Arduino last October Qualcomm has announced a new single-board computer called the Ventuno Q. Pricing and availability aren’t known, but it will be powered by a Dragonwing IQ8 ...