Unlike an incubator that supports premature babies, this robot would replicate the entire gestational process from conception to delivery.

Humanoid robots have showcased their talents at the opening ceremony of the first World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing. The event began on Thursday evening.

While Ukraine has been developing hundreds of "iron soldiers" for combat, evacuation, and scouting, Russia is testing its own ground-based drones too.

The world’s first humanoid robot surrogate could give birth to a live baby, scientists have claimed. Experts are developing technology that will mimic a pregnancy from conception to delivery, with the infant growing inside an artificial womb and receiving nutrients through a tube.

The inaugural World Humanoid Robot Games, running from Aug. 15-17, opened Friday with soccer, sprints, kickboxing and table tennis, as well as a healthy number of face-plants. The games feature 280 robot teams from 16 countries and hundreds of bipedal bots vying for medals and whatever passes for bragging rights among robots.

Grid Aero wants to build fleets of low-cost, long-range autonomous cargo planes that could foil Chinese defenses designed to choke off U.S. forces.

As a new robot drummer video shows, talent runs the gamut in robots about as much as it does for human musicians.

CNBC's Diana Olick joins 'Power Lunch' with an inside look at how robotics are helping with solar power operations.