Humanoid robots are moving rapidly from science fiction into factories, workplaces and potentially our homes, powered by advances in AI and billions of investment.

With companies racing to deploy humanoid robots while regulation, worker protections and labor agreements struggle to keep up. A major political and societal backlash?

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (R), accompanied by Unitree Robotics CEO Wang Xingxing (3rd R) visits a showroom of Unitree Robotics products in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang Province on ...

IFA is all about technology and innovation, with companies from around the world presenting their visions for the future. In 2026, many of those visions include humanoid robots, and companies brought ...