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There are a handful of companies out there building their own humanoid robots, but the face is such a tricky feature, that many ignore it altogether.

Did you see a viral video recently claiming that McDonald’s was testing out robot workers at its stores? The video was picked up by news outlets like the New York Post and strongly suggested that McDonald’s could be on the verge of replacing humans. But an executive at McDonald’s has set the record straight.

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A delivery robot shattered the glass of an Old Town bus shelter Tuesday in the second such incident of its kind. Video captured the moments after the robot, belonging to Coco Robotics, damaged the bus shelter near the intersection of Larrabee Street and North Avenue.

Video from Haidilao Hot Pot in Cupertino shows a now-viral robot dancing wildly, knocking items off a table as employees step in trying to restrain it. Reportedly, human error was to blame.

Since 2024, a video has circulated online purportedly showing surveillance footage of a small robot, named Erbai, convincing 12 other humanoid robots at a robotics showroom in China to leave their charging stations and "go home." One October 2025 Facebook ...