Companies from around the world traveled to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this month to show off their latest ...

When Elon Musk talks about robotics, he rarely hides the ambition behind the dream.

A practical look at the top robots and humanoids making waves, including Tesla Optimus and Boston Dynamics Atlas.

Imagine for a moment that you’re in an auto factory. A robot and a human are working next to each other on the production line. The robot is busy rapidly assembling car doors while the human runs ...

My first fight with a robot started badly.

I’ve been teaching robotics at the University of Washington for more than a decade. Every class begins with “robotics news of the week.” For years, humanoid robots appeared only occasionally—usually ...

Realbotix aims to make its robots as human as possible, and at CES 2026, I had an opportunity to interview them and see how ...

The takeaway: At a time when investors are placing multibillion-dollar bets on humanoid robots, the people building them describe a more complicated picture. Engineers and executives working on the ...