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Torchbearer humanoid robot 'Kuavo' (front) runs during the torch relay for China's 15th National Games in Shenzhen, on 2 November 2025. Photo: UNB/Xinhua/Jiang Han

Robots, AI, and high-tech innovations on display at China's National Games

On the athletics field, robotic dogs transport javelins, reducing manual labour and improving safety

Representational image. Photo: Alex Knight on Unsplash

UK turns to helper robots as social care crisis deepens

Photo: Ant Group

Jack Ma-backed company launches China’s first humanoid robot

A remote-controlled robot unit for removing nuclear contamination is unveiled in Japan, aiming to clean Fukushima nuclear plant that suffered a meltdown following the 2011 quake-tsunami disaster. Photo: AFP

Robots deployed for Fukushima radioactive debris removal

Robots march in for the opening ceremony of The World Humanoid Robot Games held in Beijing, China,15 August, 2025. Photo: AP/Ng Han Guan/UNB

Beijing launches first World Humanoid Robot Games with hip-hop and martial arts

Humanoid robot "Tiangong" participates along with human runners in the E-Town Half Marathon & Humanoid Robot Half Marathon in Beijing, China April, 19 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

China pits humanoid robots against humans in half-marathon

MIT engineers grew an artificial, muscle-powered structure that pulls both concentrically and radially, much like how the iris in the human eye acts to dilate and constrict the pupil. Image: MIT

MIT engineers create artificial muscle that mimics real tissue

Ai-Da Robot, a humanoid robot artist. Photo: Collected

First artwork by humanoid robot sells for $1.3m

A humanoid robot developed by Ex-Robots winks at the World Robot Conference in Beijing, China August 21, 2024. Photo: REUTERS

China robots conference spotlights the changing face of humanoids

A 6-axis robotic arm picks up sorting containers at the Amazon fulfillment center in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., April 30, 2019. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo

Amazon advances automation with over 750,000 robots, replacing 100,000 jobs

A group of Japanese researchers have created a humanoid robot with "living" skin. Photo: The University of Tokyo

Scientists create humanoid robot with 'living' skin that can smile

Thermite RS1 is a high-performing, durable and reliable firefighting robot with remote control, real-time HD and infrared video capabilities for safe navigation in hazardous areas. Photo: Collected

Sound waves, robots and drones: The future of firefighting

GrayMatter creates physics-informed AI technologies and integrates them with industrial robots, sensors and tools. Photo: Courtesy

Ariyan Kabir’s GrayMatter makes ‘digital workers’ for factory floors