XPENG’s humanoid robot, Iron, is not your typical factory machine. Standing 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighing 154 pounds, Iron combines advanced artificial intelligence with human-like movement ...

And right out of the gate, they are offering the Reachy 2, a super-interesting humanoid robot designed as a "lab partner for the AI era." So, what makes Reachy 2 stand out? Well, first off ...

It looks like humanoid robots have a long way to go before catching up with human runners. Beijing’s E-Town tech hub hosted what it described as the world’s first humanoid half-marathon on ...

The winning robot finished the race in two hours and 40 minutes Michael Nied has been a digital news editor with PEOPLE since 2025. He has previously been published by Just Jared, PopCrush ...

Humanoid robots ran a half-marathon against humans for the first time on Saturday in Beijing. The race highlighted how far humanoid robots have advanced, and how far they still have to go.

The world’s first half-marathon with humanoid robot participants in Beijing has offered a striking glimpse into the progress and challenges of the country’s robotics industry, as only six out ...

The robot is powered and steered by an alternating magnetic field which is externally generated along a single axis. As the bot's two magnets are simultaneously attracted to and repelled by that ...

BEIJING — In the global race to produce robots that are smarter and faster, China’s humanoids have come a long way. Robots from cutting-edge Chinese companies can dance and spin or do ...

About 12,000 human athletes ran in a half-marathon race in Beijing on Saturday, but most of the attention was on a group of other, more unconventional participants: 21 humanoid robots. The event ...

A robot sorts lug nuts before attaching wheels to electric cars at a Zeekr plant in Ningbo, China.Credit...Qilai Shen for The New York Times Supported by By Keith Bradsher Keith Bradsher ...

BEIJING: Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday (Apr 19), the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a ...

If the idea of robots taking on humans in a road race conjures dystopian images of android athletic supremacy, then fear not, for now at least. More than 20 two-legged robots competed in the world ...