In the viral clip, the full-sized humanoid robot named DeREX is suspended from a crane inside a factory in China. Surrounded by two handlers, it suddenly starts thrashing its limbs without warning.

General-purpose robots remain rare not for a lack of hardware but because we still can’t give machines the physical intuition ...

Since 2024, a video has circulated online purportedly showing surveillance footage of a small robot, named Erbai, convincing 12 other humanoid robots at a robotics showroom in China to leave their ...

In September 2025, a story about an artificial-intelligence robot that apparently was the first of its kind to experience post-traumatic stress disorder spread across social media. According to the ...

Russia’s ambitious attempt to showcase its technological prowess in artificial intelligence and robotics encountered an unexpected setback when the country’s first AI-powered humanoid robot tumbled ...

Robots are being put through all kinds of abuse these days. They’re being kicked, punched, shoved, and even dragged by a chain around their neck — all in an apparent effort to teach them how to adapt ...