Humanoids & Legged Robots

1+ hour, 28+ min ago   (884+ words) When your game stutters, you swap in a new graphics card; when you run out of RAM, you add an extra memory stick. A custom-built PC can keep up with evolving usage demands by replacing and adding components. What if…...

8+ hour, 25+ min ago   (252+ words) Notebookcheck Meta originally engineered the "Neural Band" as the input device for its Ray-Ban Display augmented reality glasses. Instead of relying on cameras to track hands in midair, the wristband uses surface electromyography (sEMG) to read the tiny electrical signals…...

15+ hour, 25+ min ago   (240+ words) According to The Rundown AI, startups redesign homes for robots, militarize humanoids, deploy a humanoid ambulance, and monetize robot data. Key hurdles include sensor accuracy in varied home layouts and ensuring compliance with safety standards. Solutions involve modular AI software…...

14+ hour, 52+ min ago   (1651+ words) Nature Neuroscience (2026) Cite this article There were slight differences in how each participant attempted the speech, gesture and other movements in this work, which are described at the end of this section. Across sensory targets, 13–20 sensations were performed and accurately…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (480+ words) The new ‘robot ambulance’ will deliver engineers and replacement humanoids to keep robots working when breakdowns strike. Japanese tech giant GMO Internet Group (GMO Air) has just unveiled what has been dubbed Japan’s first “robot ambulance.” Effectively a kind of…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1543+ words) JPMorgan's new math says robot labor is nearing $10 an hour. Factories with chronic vacancies are already saying yes. Nvidia’s (NVDA) Jensen Huang believes that one day, manufacturing robotics will be a $50 trillion industry. But what are you supposed to do…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (222+ words) Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos Evan Ackerman is IEEE Spectrum’s robotics editor. Monkey bars are challenging for humans and humanoids it seems. Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (229+ words) On July 27, one day before the US ban, China's MIIT and its state assets regulator launched a program to move humanoid robots from testing into real-world factory operation at the 10,000-unit scale by end of 2026, a timeline that now runs…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (55+ words) Robots and autonomous agents are increasingly expected to perceive the world, reason about what they see, and act on that understanding in real time, all while relying on wireless networks that are crowded, noisy, and far from perfect. A new…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (939+ words) Why can a robot do a backflip but struggle to fold a shirt? The answer is surprisingly complicated. A humanoid robot can run, jump, dance, and even perform a backflip, yet ask it to fold a shirt, pick up a…...