Factory floors used to be loud with human voices. Not anymore. Instead, more and more factories have a monotonous, almost hypnotic hum. It’s the sound of a million arms that never tire. We’re talking, ...

China has embarked on a campaign to use more robots in its factories, transforming its manufacturing industries and becoming ...

Last year, more than half a million industrial robots were put to work in global factories — with 54% of them in China alone.

There are an estimated 4,664,000 working industrial robots in the world, according to the International Federation of ...

The speed at which industrial robots are being deployed isn't slowing down. In 2024, 542,000 were deployed globally – the second-highest annual total on record - ...

When robots learn to reason before moving, the line between artificial intelligence and human-like agency begins to blur.

FRANKFURT, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The new World Robotics report shows robot installations in China grew by 5% and reached a new peak of 290,258 units in 2022. This was 52% of all installations ...

Americans who want to compete have to spend more time with regulatory lawyers than engineers.

If the idea of robots taking on humans in a road race conjures dystopian images of android athletic supremacy, then fear not, for now at least. More than 20 two-legged robots competed in the world’s ...

Remotely operated robots are set to begin work in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant’s basements next week, Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) announced on March 21. Their mission: remove ...

In the past few decades, China has rapidly transitioned from one of the poorest nations on Earth to the global kingpin in robotics production. Between 2022 and 2023, the People’s Republic installed ...

Remotely operated by their human teams, the robots will be tested for agility and skill competing in 26 events like football, martial arts, gymnastics, and track and field events like running and a ...