In tourist-heavy areas, the robots are designed to act almost like interactive wayfinding kiosks on wheels.

Pedestrians ask a robot traffic management police for directions in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, on May 1, 2026.

The field of robotics is undergoing a profound transformation driven by rapid advances in artificial intelligence, particularly large language models and ...

Hangzhou, a major tech hub in eastern China, has deployed 15 humanoid robots to assist with traffic control during the busy May holiday period. The AI-powered machines manage pedestrians, direct ...

Unlike traditional mobile robots, legged robots leverage their distinctive “leg” structures to traverse obstacles and adapt to uneven terrain, demonstrating exceptional mobility when confronted with ...

We sometimes call chatbots like Gemini and ChatGPT “robots,” but generative AI is also playing a growing role in real, physical robots. After announcing Gemini Robotics earlier this year, Google ...