Bionic hand data could help ABB robots grip delicate objects better, raising big questions about the next wave of factory automation ahead.

How can robots and humans work together as effectively as possible in the operating room of the future? Researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and TUM University Hospital ...

Humanoid robots have quietly crossed a threshold from lab demos to real industrial work, and the software making that leap possible is Google’s Gemini family of AI models. Instead of being ...

The latest boom in robotics represents a revolution in the way machines have learned to interact with the world. Roboticists used to dream big but build small. They’d hope to match or exceed the ...

Robots are no longer limited to carefully controlled lab settings. They’re sorting packages, navigating warehouses, assisting on factory floors and supporting a growing range of business operations, ...

See the top humanoid robots built for factory work, including Tesla Optimus, Figure AI, Apptronik Apollo, Agility Digit, and more.

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 ...

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Figure AI says three of its humanoid robots crossed more than 24 hours of continuous autonomous operation after a test that was supposed to last only eight hours kept running. The California-based ...

Genesis AI unveils Eno, a wheeled general-purpose robot with dexterous hands and AI reasoning, targeting industrial customers ...

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Hyundai wants to bring humanoid robots into American car factories in a big way. The company is looking at a future where Boston Dynamics' Atlas robots work alongside people inside U.S. auto plants.