Their metallic frames covered in supple, lifelike skin, a posse of new Chinese robots meant for companionship can offer users AI-generated conversation or a hand to hold, complete with manicured nails.

Also, they dance!

Chinese firm UBTech has introduced the UWORLD U1 Series, which it describes as the

Unitree G1 humanoid robot KOID told CNBC that "only time will tell" if the AI boom is actually a bubble. KOID is manufactured by Unitree, one of China's hottest tech companies, and the Nvidia-powered robot shares a name with an ETF launched in June by ...

Bringing robots that look and move like humans to households and factories is closer than ever. But despite promises from a growing number of startups, fully autonomous humanoid robots are still years away. There’s a few good reasons for that — chief ...

Norwegian robotics company 1X has unveiled new 25-degree-of-freedom (DOF), tendon-driven hands for its NEO