If you haven't seen the video from Boston Dynamics new version of its Atlas robot, check it out here: https://bostondynamics.com/blog/electric-new-era-for-atlas/
I've got to admit, the way it gets up from lying on the floor is more than a little creepy, like some distorted demon from a horror movie. Still, it does demonstrate its agility.
Atlas is all electric, no specs on how long the batteries last at this point. Though the original inception of Atlas looked, like, well, a robot, a bit on the clunky side but man it could move. The 001 version looks more humanoid and I'm going to suggest, falls into the 'uncanny valley.'
Tesla also unveiled their humanoid, Optimus Gen 2. One thing I did note is that it has fingers. Its video of Optimus folding clothes is a little misleading as it is not operating autonomously.
The newest and most unnerving rovbot is Figure.ai's 01. It uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to teach itself new tasks. The robot is tied to a cloud service (at least in the demo--not sure it they are releasing this thing into the real world yet), so it has access to all that stuff that your digital assistant has. So we have a robot, that in some ways, can think for itself. That's not completely true but it can learn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq1QZB5baNw
There are a few other companies dipping their toes into this field (with some big dollars thrown in for good measure) so I expect we may see exponential development over the next few years. This is worrying in some ways but also exciting.
A few years ago when I was teaching at Fairmont State University, I attended a seminar at Carnegie Mellon University on robotics. (My wife said I'd found 'my people.') and had the honor and privilege of of meeting Howie Choset, of the Robotics Institute at CMU. I was impressed with his infectious enthusiasm and willingness to share information. Then there are the bio inspired robots, in particular the snakes. You can find some neat