Even with our reassurances about safety, people readily imagined hazards: humanoids could trip, stumble, or tip over; they might glitch, run out of battery, or malfunction. The idea of a robot handling hot surfaces or sharp objects were also mentioned by multiple participants as serious concerns.

Ant joins the likes of Elon Musk’s Tesla in doubling down on AI-powered robotics. While the field has been plagued with hyped-up promises and underwhelmingly slow progress on even basic tasks for decades, many believe that software advances will finally help the field overcome decades of slow and deeply underwhelming progress.

Many lonely people would rather deal with a robot than interact with an actual human, according to research co-led by Newcastle University.

A Chinese-made Unitree R1 robot walked Manhattan streets and shopped for shoes as part of KraneShares' $28 million AI robotics fund promotion campaign.

Humanoid robots promise to take on dull and dangerous jobs. But is that really true? what about the future of human work?