If you’re ever short of a tennis partner to knock a ball with, UBTECH Robotics’ Walker S2 humanoid robot could change everything. A new video released by the Chinese tech company shows the Walker S2 humanoid robot wielding a tennis racket pretty much like a pro,

My dog is smart, but without an opposable thumb, he still can't open the door to let himself out. Humanoid robots have a similar problem. Why it matters: Despite huge breakthroughs in artificial intelligence that enable these clever machines to learn from human feedback or their environment,

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang also offered a counterintuitive prediction about how robots will affect human jobs.

At the CES trade show in Las Vegas this week, robots poured coffee, played ping pong, dealt poker hands and folded laundry — all within a few feet of one another.

Humanoid robots were the stars of the show at CES 2026, with the physical AI tech showing off how it can fold laundry, deal cards, and more.