Walker S2 is an adult-sized humanoid robot with legs, a torso, and arms. China is sending these robots to patrol their border with Vietnam.

Last year’s inaugural race saw many of the participating humanoids stumble, careen out of control, or just lie down at the starting line, and only six made it across the finish line.

China’s humanoid robot half marathon showed real gains in speed and autonomy, even if the race still revealed clear technical limits.

The first casualty of the next war will most likely not be mourned or missed. “This year, the Army started fielding our first robots outside the [explosive ordnance disposal] community,” said Christine Wormuth, secretary of the Army, in a speech at an ...

On Sunday morning in a Beijing suburb, a red, humanoid robot completed a half-marathon in 50 minutes and 26 seconds — about seven minutes faster than the men’s world record.

CHUALAR, Calif. – Looking like the ungainly combination of a Transformer and Edward Scissorhands, the robot slowly trundles across the field of tiny plants. It uses three high-resolution cameras to peer down at the ground below. Lit by synchronized ...

They’re stone-cold killing machines. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has approved the deployment of its machine-gun-toting “Fury” robots to the frontlines to help its ground soldiers fight off the Russian invaders. The NRK Lyut — Ukrainian for ...