Constraining policies to select behavior modules allows reinforcement learning transfer from simulation to real robot swarms.

A feather star–inspired soft swimming robot achieves multimodal 3D maneuverability with minimal actuation using a mechanically intelligent body design.

Agility Robotics has debuted its first humanoid robot engineered to work safely near humans without risking harm to flesh-and-blood coworkers. Such safety features could unlock many more opportunities ...

Microduck is a programmable robot launched last week by Hugging Face's French subsidiary Pollen Robotics. Each of the duck-shaped robots contains its own set of sensors, motors and on-device computing ...

Hugging Face unveiled the Microduck on Thursday, a cute little duck-like robot that sells for $399 — and ships before Christmas. Clem Delangue, CEO of Hugging Face, said the Microduck is an ...

Each Microduck can also sing with its own unique generated voice. Each Microduck can also sing with its own unique generated voice. is a news writer covering all things consumer tech. Stevie started ...

In the past few days your social media feeds may have been full of videos of humanoid robots sprinting, jumping and performing various incredible (and not so incredible) feats. This is because the ...

The World Humanoid Robot Games is back for a second year, and the bots are just as unsettling and impressive as they are ridiculous and unwieldy. On the first day of the Games, two humanoid robots ...

A humanoid robot has beaten Usain Bolt's 100-meter sprint record at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, China on Saturday. The robot, made by Beijing-based X-Humanoid, was able to run the 109 ...

China’s humanoid robots are achieving superhuman feats of athleticism. But how that translates into the real world is still an open question, experts said. By Yan Zhuang In 2009, Usain Bolt set the ...

The world's fastest man record was shattered on the first day of the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Saturday. Jamaican Usain Bolt's 100-meter dash record of 9.58 set in 2009 was edged by a ...

Tiangong Ultra's time faster than 9.58-second human world record Robot won heat on opening day of the World Humanoid Robot Games Second-place robot clocked 9.47 seconds after early lead More than ...