Humanoid robots are often marketed as the next leap in automation—machines that can walk, talk, grasp objects, and think independently.

For decades, humanoid robots have lived behind safety cages in factories or deep inside research labs. Fauna Robotics, a New York-based robotics startup, says that era is ending. The company has ...

Since late 2024, humanoid robots and lithium-ion batteries (especially solid-state batteries) have repeatedly appeared together in industry headlines.

Humanoid robots have quietly crossed a threshold: they are no longer just research prototypes or sci-fi props. They walk, run, ...