From a Star Wars-style droid for your home to a Pixar-inspired lamp bot, these are the most interesting and innovative robots we've seen so far at CES.
From a disembodied torso to a "friendly" robot with unnervingly human facial expressions, here are seven of the most advanced humanoid robots in the world.
Robots were once consigned mainly to routine tasks in manufacturing and logistics, but now they are slowly spreading their mechanical limbs and stretching into many other areas of life and science.
Bipedal robots have found navigating uneven terrain a steep challenge but a new hardware upgrade means they can detect their environment and respond quicker than ever before.
Lifelike humanoid robots have competed in the world's first humanoid robot combat competition, with four Chinese teams pitting advanced fighting robots against each other.
The first World Humanoid Robot Games are underway in China, with robots competing against each other in track and field, soccer, kickboxing and other events.
