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These robots can figure out how to do a task

Humanoid Robots’ 88% Fail Rate: Completing Home Tasks

Humanoid robots are shockingly bad at completing common household tasks safely, according to the 2026 AI Index Report from Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.

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These robots can figure out how to do a task after watching humans do it

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Humanoid robot breaks half-marathon record

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After running and dancing, Chinese robot firms target household chores

Chinese robots can run and dance but chores still challenging

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Robot wins half-marathon race for robots in Beijing, beating human record

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Robot Easily Beats Human Record at Beijing Half Marathon

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Robots run with humans at half marathon in Beijing

A half marathon in Beijing on Saturday tested the limits of humanoid robots.

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Robot breaks world record for half-marathon despite spectacular crash into wall

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Robot named Lightning blows past human runners to set half-marathon record in Beijing

See why tech companies are paying people to do chores

Tech firms aim to trigger a robot revolution with video of humans doing housework. Gig workers are paid up to $25 an hour to film themselves doing various tasks.

The Robot Revolution Needs Human Help—and It’s Creating a New Gig Economy

Millions spent on humanoid robots depend on gig workers recording daily tasks, signaling a shift in AI training and work.

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New AI model helps robots learn unseen tasks with less training

Teaching a robot arm to pick up a new object used to require thousands of practice runs. Google DeepMind says it has cut that number to roughly 100, a shift that could reshape how quickly machines adapt in warehouses,

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Humanoid robot able to do complex tasks with little code added

Aug. 20 (UPI) --A humanoid robot can now perform complex tasks with a large behavior model without needing hand programming for each task. Boston Dynamics and Toyota Research Institute announced this breakthrough Wednesday in a press release. In a video ...

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Why humanoid robots are learning everyday tasks faster than expected

Last September roboticist Benjie Holson posted the “Humanoid Olympic Games”: a set of increasingly difficult tests for humanoid robots that he demonstrated himself while dressed in a silver bodysuit. The challenges, such as opening a door with a round ...

Smithsonian Magazine

Nine Tasks Robots Can Do That May Surprise You

SoftBank's humanoid robot "Pepper" can lead funerals. Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO/Alamy Live News News of a Japanese robot conducting Buddhist funerals got us thinking about how our robot-filled future is fast becoming our robot-filled present. Robots ...