A robot sorts lug nuts before attaching wheels to electric cars at a Zeekr plant in Ningbo, China.Credit...Qilai Shen for The New York Times Supported by By Keith Bradsher Keith Bradsher ...

China’s halt this month on exports of magnets containing heavy rare earth metals has affected Tesla’s plans to manufacture Optimus robots. By Keith Bradsher Reporting from Shanghai Elon Musk ...

Humanoid robots ran a half-marathon against humans for the first time on Saturday in Beijing. The race highlighted how far humanoid robots have advanced, and how far they still have to go.

The winning robot finished the race in two hours and 40 minutes Michael Nied has been a digital news editor with PEOPLE since 2025. He has previously been published by Just Jared, PopCrush ...

China’s humanoid robot manufacturers are charging full steam ahead to mass production, which a new report said would boost the total value of automata made on the mainland this year to about 4.5 ...

Kris Kraus, a managing director and portfolio manager at investment firm Pimco, joins WSJ’s Take On the Week podcast to talk about indicators on consumer health, and what we should—and shouldn ...

Musk said the rare earth magnets are needed for the arm of the robots in order to allow the machine powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to fit in small spaces. China has approximately 44 ...

April 23 (Reuters) - Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday that the production of its Optimus humanoid robots had been affected by China's export restrictions of rare earth ...

For years, technologists have dreamed of outfitting homes with robots to handle chores like cleaning floors, loading dishwashers and even fetching a glass of water. While some of the tasks ...

While the robot’s primary evaluation will focus on cerebral oncology, specifically for performing biopsies, it is also being considered for other applications, such as administering targeted ...