The future of factory floors and domestic help just got a lot faster. Recently, Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock dropped a short video on social media, teasing the extraordinary speed and agility of the ...

In a world where self-driving robotaxis glide through major city streets without drivers behind the wheel and delivery drones ...

Last Sunday, at the Beijing E-Town Half Marathon, a red humanoid robot of a type named Lightning finished the course in 50 minutes and 26 seconds—faster than the human world record. Its long legs were ...

A few short months ago, almost every robot made by the hundreds of companies working on humanoid robots could charitably be described as slow, topping out at around three mph. Walking was on the edge ...

Sony’s child-shaped walking robot already knows a few hip dance steps and can kick a miniature soccer ball. Now, it can jog — a new trick developers say is ingenious because it requires the machine to ...

Humanoid robots outran the fastest human competitors while surpassing the human world record during a half-marathon event held in Beijing on April 19. The demonstration of fast-improving robotic speed ...

WATCH IT: Robot goes for a jog at the University of Georgia during Georgia AIM event Spectators check out a jogging robot during an AIM event at the University of Georgia on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025.