A Freaky Humanoid Robot That Sweats as It Does Push-Ups

Continuing their quest to make me feel even worse about being a lazy human, robots can now do sit-ups and push-ups and something called a back extension, which I had to look up because that's how lazy I am. Today in Science Robotics, researchers from the University of Tokyo show off a humanoid that is strikingly lifelike not just in how it looks, but how it moves. The machine is a radical departure from the stiff, bumbling humanoids that have so far done a whole lot of falling on their faces. Kengoro is its name, and badminton is its game, even though it's not super great at it. Oh, also, it can sweat.