The artificial intelligence boom, which has brought techies flocking back to the city, has fueled a resurgence of live — and sometimes futuristic — events. A humanoid robot and its “coach” at a recent robot boxing match in San Francisco. Trophies ...

With the emergence of several walking robots lately, it makes sense that we'd see an acceleration in robotics worldwide. For example, there's Xpeng's humanoid robot with synthetic skin, or the 1X Neo humanoid robot that's already up for pre-order.