At this stage of the robotics race, it's probably fair to assume that a few of us have a bit of humanoid malaise. After all, ...

Elon Musk told investors that Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot will revolutionize the world. But most of it could belong to ...

Humanoid robots have quietly crossed a threshold: they are no longer just research prototypes or sci-fi props. They walk, run ...

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NEW YORK -- As the new robot called Sprout walks around a Manhattan office, nodding its rectangular head, lifting its windshield wiper-like “eyebrows” and offering to shake your hand with its grippers ...

If humanoid robots really are about to enter the mainstream, the first signs of that trend might appear in these three stocks.

The vision for humanoid robots is one in which they sense and adapt to real-world environments in real-time, exactly as a human would. Like your average human, they combine perception, intelligence ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. LAS VEGAS, Jan. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AGIBOT, a leading robotics company specializing in embodied intelligence, ...

Boston Dynamics' Atlas appears to have an edge over Tesla's Optimus.

The 4-foot-tall humanoid robot that’s in front of me seems, quite honestly, a bit drunk. It leaps from one leg to the other, waving its arms. After 30 seconds or so it abruptly stops, then strides ...

Last year, when The New York Times reported that Amazon's robotics team's ultimate goal was to automate 75% of the company's ...