Humanoid robots have been getting a lot of buzz this year. But quadrupeds — the mechanical “dogs” — are emerging as the true proving ground for embodied artificial intelligence.

If your teenager is spending more time building their own tech than playing video games, it might be time to give them a more hands-on challenge. Robotics kits have come a long way from simple wheels ...

What if your childhood Tamagotchi could step off the screen and into the real world? Imagine a tiny robot, complete with blinking eyes and lifelike movements, responding to your voice and following ...

Babo's utility extends to sparking an emotional connection with users by mimicking natural human conversation. It offers a ...

Scientists have trained a four-legged robot to play badminton against a human opponent, and it scuttles across the court to play rallies of up to 10 shots. By combining whole-body movements with ...

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Watch: Robot dog learns to play badminton – and it's not half bad By Abhimanyu Ghoshal August 26, 2025 ETH Zurich's reinforcement learning-based system enables this four-legged bot to track a ...

Unitree Robotics recently dazzled us with its R1 humanoid robot, and now it’s unveiled something even more astonishing: a super-robust dog-like robot called the A2 Stellar Explorer. In a video ...