With stats like that, one can’t help but suspect that the first country to have a million humanoids will be China.

On Jan. 22, Louisiana's economic development agency and St. Bernard-based SSE Steel Fabrication announced an agreement with Houston-based tech startup Persona AI to launch a pilot program at SSE to develop humanoid robotics for industrial uses. Greater New Orleans Inc., southeast Louisiana's economic development nonprofit, also is participating.

We're not shipping a lot of humanoid robots yet. But shipments are forecast to almost double each year for the next decade. Here's who's leading now

Companies from around the world traveled to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this month to show off their latest tech. But one category always catches everyone's eye: robots. Ever since Karel Čapek introduced the word "robot" in his 1920 play "R.

Many researchers agree that there has been a step change in humanoid capability over the past five years, owing to cheaper parts as well as innovations such as improved battery power and artificial-intelligence algorithms, which allow for better perception and autonomy.

Hyundai Motor Group showed off Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot at CES earlier this month. The company said it plans to build a factory capable of producing

Raj Subramaniam said "super humanoid robots" with a "couple of elbows" would be better at automating deliveries.

Elon Musk appears at Davos for the first time, speaking on stage at World Economic Forum in Switzerland. Speaking directly with co-host Larry Fink, Elon says self-driving is basically solved, pointing to Tesla robotaxis and rapid Full Self-Driving updates.