AI has been a rather controversial topic, but situations (like this one involving Russia's first AI-powered robot) remind us that it's still a work in progress.

Russia's highly anticipated unveiling of its first AI-powered humanoid robot, AIDOL, was meant to showcase the nation's technological independence. Instead, the event in early November 2025 at ...

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 ...

Russian engineers ran their new humanoid robot on stage, Rocky Balboa-style, in what was supposed to be the beginning of a new era in robotics for the nation They then proceeded to watch it epically ...

MOSCOW, Nov 19 (Reuters) - An AI-powered robot danced for President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday at an exhibition put on by Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, designed to showcase the company's ...

What just happened? It seems that even Vladimir Putin isn't overly impressed with Russia's attempts to build an AI-powered humanoid robot. During what looked like a fairly awkward exchange in which ...