It's been 24 years since CNET first published an article with the headline The robots are coming. It's a phrase I've repeated in my own writing over the years -- mostly in jest. But now in 2026, for ...

As the new robot called Sprout walks around a Manhattan office, nodding its rectangular head, lifting its windshield wiper-like “eyebrows” and offering to ...

Ai-Da becomes the first humanoid robot to design a building with the Space Pod, showcased at Denmark’s Utzon Center.

Fauna Robotics’ Sprout encourages human interactions with an expressive face and a soft foam body.

Robots don’t have to be large and imposing to be impressive. As this tiny quadruped from [Dorian Todd] demonstrates, some simple electronics and a few servos can create something altogether ...

Early demos relied heavily on remote human operators for Neo, but the man behind the machine says Neo is getting better at doing things on its own.

OpenAI has opened a secret 24-hour robotics lab to train AI on household chores. Is the robot butler finally coming in 2026?

OpenAI has rapidly scaled its robotics lab over the past year and plans to open up a second lab, insiders say.

Your smart home may be a long way from having a humanoid robot. They are expensive and still unable to perform tasks beyond a ...

Job seekers are getting paid to train AI to do their old roles. The buzzy startup Mercor employs tens of thousands of contractors, who use their job-specific expertise to refine the output of large ...

Explorer 1500 Ultra is built to survive magnitude-9 earthquakes. Solar Gazebo creates an independent living space anywhere. Solar Mars Bot eliminates the need to carry a power station. Jackery, a name ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. At CES 2026, we put the robots to the test to see whether they’re ready for real homes — or still stuck in demo ...