Neo Beta humanoid unveiled ahead of limited rollout to people’s homes

Back in February, Norway’s 1X showed off the progress it had made with its pick-and-place workplace humanoid, Eve. Now the OpenAI-backed company has released video footage of its latest prototype, a bipedal butlerbot named Neo Beta.Continue ReadingCate… Continue reading Neo Beta humanoid unveiled ahead of limited rollout to people’s homes

Engineers building a jet-powered flying humanoid for disaster response

Imagine that you’re injured on a remote mountain path but have managed to contact emergency rescue. The first to arrive on the scene could be a small humanoid robot wearing a jetpack if Italian research bears fruit.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, T… Continue reading Engineers building a jet-powered flying humanoid for disaster response

Watch: Humanoid homebot tackles impressive array of household chores

A few short months after Chinese startup Astribot released jaw-dropping video footage of its humanoid helper, the company has now unveiled a launch video for the S1 – which shows the bot making waffles, feeding the cat, serving tea and shooting hoops.C… Continue reading Watch: Humanoid homebot tackles impressive array of household chores

Video: $16,000 humanoid robot ready to leap into mass production

China’s Unitree Robotics is a relatively recent entry in the general-purpose humanoid robot space, but its $16,000 G1 model is already proving itself to be quite the performer. So much so that the company has now revealed a version that’s ready for mas… Continue reading Video: $16,000 humanoid robot ready to leap into mass production

Figure redesigns its humanoid robot from the ground up for slick new F.02

California-based robotics outfit Figure has today announced its second-generation humanoid robot, which is initially being aimed at production lines in commercial settings, but the company is promising a bipedal butler in our homes in the near future.C… Continue reading Figure redesigns its humanoid robot from the ground up for slick new F.02

Video: Humanoid housebot gets stuck into domestic chores

We’re already seeing humanoid robots entering the workplace in limited trials, but when will we be able to kick back and let the service droid take care of household chores? A new video from Germany’s Neura Robotics shows this dream is inching ever clo… Continue reading Video: Humanoid housebot gets stuck into domestic chores

Video: Figure 01 humanoid trains for its first job assembling BMWs

Nearly six months ago, Figure announced its gleaming silver humanoid robot had got its first job working at a BMW manufacturing plant. It’s been training up for the occasion, and new video shows how far this general-purpose worker has come.Continue Rea… Continue reading Video: Figure 01 humanoid trains for its first job assembling BMWs

GR-1 humanoid takes a multi-camera approach to the world around it

Instead of equipping its sharp-looking GR-1 general purpose humanoid with a full next-gen sensor suite including such things as radar and LiDAR, Fourier Intelligence’s engineers have gone vision-only.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTags: … Continue reading GR-1 humanoid takes a multi-camera approach to the world around it

Video: Humanoid chauffeur put in the driving seat for robotaxi future

Japanese researchers have released footage of a humanoid robot called Musashi sitting in the driving seat of an electric micro-car to examine a possible future direction for autonomous vehicle technologies.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, Technology… Continue reading Video: Humanoid chauffeur put in the driving seat for robotaxi future