humanoid robots

Google DeepMind has introduced Gemini Robotics 2, a model suite intended to give humanoid robots whole-body control rather than limiting them to tabletop arm movements. In a demonstration highlighted by Robotics & Automation News, Apptronik’s Apollo 2 humanoid walks to retrieve a watering can...

Salamanca City Central School District has paused its planned deployment of “Sally,” a nearly $60,000 Realbotix humanoid robot intended for high school STEAM courses, after objections from New York education officials, teachers and residents put student privacy and the robot’s classroom role...

A viral video circulated on July 6, 2026, by Streamline Feed and other outlets shows a humanoid robot in a workplace making rapid kung fu-like motions near staff before workers intervene, with no serious injuries reported and the robot’s identity still unverified. That uncertainty matters as...