Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21-km course. The robots ...

Humanoid robots are to run together with humans in a half-marathon in Beijing. The distance is a stumbling block for the robots. More than 20 robotics companies that have developed humanoid robots are ...

A robot attends the Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon held in Beijing (Ng Han Guan/AP) In one small step for robot-kind – thousands of them, really – humanoid robots ran alongside actual humans in a ...

In one small step for robot-kind – thousands of them, really – humanoid robots ran alongside actual humans in a half-marathon in the Chinese capital Beijing on Saturday. The bipedal robots of various ...

Humanoid robots are no longer the stuff of science fiction. Imagine a world where robots not only collaborate with us in factories but also greet us in stores, aid in surgeries and care for our loved ...

Moving an object from one location to another—picking and placing—is an ideal application for industrial robots due to the robots’ repeatability, throughput and favorable return on investment. It is ...