On September 25, 2025, Google DeepMind quietly released Gemini Robotics 1.5. To the casual observer, it may have seemed like just another software update, but for the robotics industry, it signaled a ...

Humanoid robots are beginning to take on household tasks, showing how AI-powered machines could soon assist with chores in ...

Last year, Norwegian-US tech company 1X announced a strange new product: "the world's first consumer-ready humanoid robot designed to transform life at home." ...

LG has debuted a home robot that's designed to cook, clean, and manage chores using advanced Physical AI. Part of LG's "Zero Labor Home" vision, the wheeled humanoid features dexterous hands and ...

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For the second year in a row, Roborock was the talk of CES in Las Vegas. At the 2025 show, the Saros Z70 wowed with the world's first robot vacuum with a mechanical arm to clear obstacles from its ...

From high-performance robot vacuums with roller mopping systems to fully automated window-cleaning robots, here’s how to choose the right ECOVACS cleaner for your home.

Less than two years since it was founded, San Francisco-based startup Weave Robotics is accepting pre-orders for its first home robot, which promises to do one thing well: fold your laundry.

Humanoid home robots are slowly entering consumer markets, but questions about privacy, practicality and human oversight continue to surround the technology.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robots that climb, mop, mow and manage daily chores are still in high demand, despite the industry’s continued challenges. At CES ...