Like something out of an early Transformers movie, researchers at Caltech have just demonstrated how a humanoid and a drone ...

Manufacturers often struggle to automate tasks where there’s too much variation or complexity for traditional robots. Universal Robots and Inbolt solve this by equipping cobots with human-like vision ...

China installed 295,000 industrial robots in 2024, exceeding the combined total of all other markets, according to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). Globally, 524,000 new units were ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week’s best and worst from Kim Strassel, Allysia Finley and Kyle Peterson. While the U.S. celebrates its dominance in artificial-intelligence software, China is quietly ...

The hype around delivery robots has fizzled, but DoorDash is still determined to launch Dot, an adorable red bot. It can ride on roads and in bike lanes, where it will face daunting challenges. When ...

China is making and installing factory robots at a far greater pace than any other country, with the United States a distant third, further strengthening China’s already dominant global role in ...

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Renowned roboticist Rodney Brooks has a wake-up call for investors funneling billions into humanoid robot startups: You’re wasting your money. Brooks, who co-founded iRobot and spent decades at MIT, ...

A lot of the stuff we use today is largely made by robots—arms with multiple degrees of freedom positioned along conveyor belts that move in a spectacle of precisely synchronized motions. All this ...

China has embarked on a campaign to use more robots in its factories, transforming its manufacturing industries and becoming the dominant maker. By Meaghan Tobin and Keith Bradsher Meaghan Tobin ...