The robot, known as AIDOL, staggered onstage during a technology showcase in Moscow. Organizers blamed the mishap on calibration and lighting issues. By Neil Vigdor and Sanjana Varghese It was an ...

XPeng’s next-generation “Iron” humanoid robot turned heads and floored jaws when it was seen walking very much like a human last week. The Chinese company, better known for electric vehicles than ...

Russia unveiled a humanoid robot, dubbed AIdol, during a flashy showcase in Moscow — only for it to fall on its face, both figuratively and literally. Footage of the event, which went viral this week, ...

Chinese EV company XPENG unveiled its next-gen humanoid robot IRON during its AI Day event in Guangzhou, having it walk onto the stage in a stilted yet strangely lifelike saunter. The reveal swiftly ...

A highly anticipated Russian humanoid robot's debut fell flat when the machine face-planted during a live presentation in Moscow this week. On Tuesday, Nov. 11, the robot, named AIDOL, made its ...

Chinese EV maker XPeng has unveiled its next-generation IRON humanoid robot at the 2025 XPeng Tech Day, calling it “the most human-like humanoid robot.” The IRON robot features a bionic ...

"What is truly frightening is not to fall, but not to get back up," the company behind the robot wrote in a statement MAXIM SHIPENKOV/EPA/Shutterstock A humanoid ...

A Russian-made robot stumbled and fell on its face just seconds after being revealed at a November 10 presentation in Moscow. At what was supposed to be its grand unveiling, the robot, named Aidol, ...

On a day marked by anticipation and excitement, Russia’s first humanoid robot made its stage debut on November 12, 2025. The robot, a symbol of the country’s technological aspirations, strutted to the ...

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Xpeng founder He Xiaopeng introduces Iron, a new humanoid robot. Credit: Jade Gao / AFP via Getty Images Xpeng, a Chinese electric vehicle company, stunned social media with the introduction of its ...