A Saudi humanoid robot was captured groping a female reporter on camera — and the company behind it is defending its behavior. In the video, the so-called android is seen decked out in the white thobe ...

This blond, "female" robot named Aria is powered by AI for her conversation skills, with 17 motors driving her facial expressions so she appears as human as possible. Corinne Reichert (she/her) grew ...

Chinese EV company XPENG unveiled its next-gen humanoid robot IRON during its AI Day event in Guangzhou, having it walk onto the stage in a stilted yet strangely lifelike saunter. The reveal swiftly ...

A “fully autonomous” AI robot has raised eyebrows after appearing to grope a reporter during an interview at a technology festival in Saudi Arabia. Journalist Rawya Kassem was speaking in front of the ...

This year’s Arthur C. Clarke award for the year’s best science fiction novel was awarded last month to Sierra Greer’s Annie Bot. Over the course of the novel, Annie, a sentient sex robot programmed to ...

Chinese automotive company XPeng has been making a major splash with its Terminator-like humanoid robot, dubbed Iron. Footage of the company’s announcement showed the robot sauntering across the stage ...

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Robots were around every corner during CES 2025 this week, but there was one that got very close to sounding and looking like an actual human. CNET's Jesse Orrall interviewed Realbotix's Aria, a blond ...