Tesla CEO Elon Musk has made the company’s Optimus robot a central tenet of its future business strategy. Just last month, Musk predicted money will no longer exist in the future and work will be optional within the next 10 to 20 years thanks to a fully fledged robotic workforce.

Computer-use agents and self-clicking AI browsers make for great demos but struggle to offer obvious utility to most people. One might argue for a different path to broadly useful and flexible AI agents,

Xpeng's humanoid robot moves so realistically that crowds believed it was fake, marking a major advancement in robotics technology ahead of 2026 commercial launch.

Stanford researchers have become the first to demonstrate that machine-learning control can safely guide a robot aboard the ISS, laying the groundwork for more autonomous space missions.

Hyundai Motor Group's mobile platform is available in two configurations, adapted to suit various industry needs.

Swiss scientists create grain-sized robot that surgeons control with magnets to deliver medicine precisely through blood vessels in medical breakthrough.

Want to get your own? You can shop this post-Cyber Monday sale holdover at Amazon, where the Eureka E20 Plus Robot Vacuum and Mop Combo is up for grabs at just $310, normally $450. That’s a discount of $140 and 31% off.

The first units are expected to ship to customers in the US in 2026. There is a $499 monthly subscription alternative to the $20,000 full purchase price, although it will be available at an unspecified later date. A broader international rollout is promised for 2027.