They’re trying to be… helpful. Or at least comforting. Or at the very least, adorable. Here are the standouts. ...

Robots at CES 2026 are smarter, more helpful and more fun. Here are our favorites so far.

I spent my childhood longing for him to bring me fun drinks on his little tray while I reclined on the sofa, glued to back-to ...

Google DeepMind is launching two new AI models designed to help robots “perform a wider range of real-world tasks than ever before.” The first, called Gemini Robotics, is a vision-language-action ...

US President Donald Trump claims robots and artificial intelligence will boost US jobs, not destroy them. But will AI really ...

The rise of humanoid robots isn’t just a technical story – it’s a test of how much human connection we’re willing to ...

Since its debut at the end of last year, Gemini 2.0 has gone on to power a handful of Google products, including a new AI Mode chatbot. Now Google DeepMind is using that same technology for something ...

An AI-enabled robot can carry on such processes by autonomously handling delivery, restocking and routing within set ...

When people ask “will robots will take my job,” they often picture automation replacing human workers. But the real question isn’t whether robots will take jobs—it’s how they will change the way work ...

The model, called Skild Brain, enables robots to think, navigate and respond more like humans. Its launch comes amid a broader push to build humanoid robots capable of more diverse tasks than the ...