Can a robot keep up with Serena Williams? Researchers have taught a humanoid robot to play tennis with humans — and it can hold its own. Chinese AI robotic company Galbot designed software to ...

Researchers at Columbia University published a study (via Science) in January 2026 that details their methods for getting a humanoid robot to look and sound a lot more like a person. They got it ...

Humanoid robotics companies have already shown their machines can run at 22 mph, land backflips and even pull off front flips. So the new proving ground is not raw speed or acrobatics. It is control ...