Scientists in China have claimed that the world’s first humanoid robot surrogate could soon give birth to a live baby. The project, led by Dr Zhang Qifeng of Kaiwa Technology in Guangzhou, aims to ...

You may have seen this mind-blowing headline: China is reportedly working on a humanoid robot capable of becoming pregnant and giving birth to human babies. This news smacks of science fiction, yet it ...

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 ...

General-purpose robots remain rare not for a lack of hardware but because we still can’t give machines the physical intuition ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the research laboratories at the University of Chicago and the scholars who are tackling some ...