BEIJING — It was not even close as a bright red Chinese humanoid named “Lightning” lived up to its name in a half-marathon pitting humans against robots, smoking its competition on Sunday

A Coco deliverybot crosses a street in front of San Pedro Square Market in downtown San Jose. The Santa Monica-based robotics company deployed 20 of the bots in downtown San Jose in April 2026. (Photo courtesy Coco Robotics)

Chinese startups are churning out more humanoid robots than their U.S. rivals, despite far lower valuations.

NEURA Robotics (NEURA) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced a strategic agreement to accelerate Physical AI at scale b

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

Ukraine is using unmanned ground vehicles armed with bombs, guns or rockets to carry out attacks and keep its soldiers out of harm’s way.

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Ukraine’s military is increasingly using robots to replace human soldiers, even in combat assault missions, helping to counter Russia’s manpower advantage.

The company, which deploys AI-guided robot arms for food production, says it is looking to expand its services to provide for a broader array of customers.