Tech companies are collectively spending billions to turn the age old sci-fi trope of humanoid, general-purpose robots into reality. So far, that momentous effort has mostly produced staged ...

Bipedal (two-legged) robots are sophisticated machines, but they are not the most graceful when things go wrong. A simple push, fall or an obstacle can send them crashing to the ground, often ...

A new research effort by Disney experts and university engineers shows how robots can now manage controlled landings when they fall. The project answers a key question in robotics about what happens ...

The first Russian 'humanoid' robot powered by artificial intelligence stumbled on stage during its debut walkout in Moscow on Tuesday (November 11) and landed face down. AIDOL, as designers named the ...

Russia’s first humanoid AI robot made its debut in Moscow, but when it walked on the stage, the machine lost its balance and fell down. Staffers were left scrambling to pick it up while another tried ...