Simultaneously, a wave of agile, RaaS-native companies such as Locus Robotics, inVia Robotics, and Knightscope have built their business models entirely around the subscription framework, often ...

Japanese investing conglomerate SoftBank Group is buying a robotics company as the financial behemoth says physical AI is its next frontier. SoftBank announced on Wednesday that it has acquired Zurich ...

The Pepper humanoid robot developed by SoftBank. SoftBank Group—controlled by Japan’s richest person, Masayoshi Son—has agreed to buy the robotics unit of Swiss industrial giant ABB Ltd. for $5.4 ...

ZURICH/TOKYO, Oct 8 (Reuters) - SoftBank Group (9984.T), opens new tab has agreed to buy the robotics business of Swiss engineering group ABB (ABBN.S), opens new tab in a $5.4 billion deal, as the ...

What if the future of robotics wasn’t just about machines performing tasks, but about creating humanoid systems that could adapt, learn, and evolve alongside us? Enter the Unitree G1 Kungfu Kid V6.0, ...

Serve Robotics just put its 1,000th robot in service. Robots are coming on line at the rate of 380 per month. The goal of 2,000 robots in service by the end of 2025 is in reach. Without context, it's ...

Machine Design sat down for an exclusive interview with the newly appointed president of Teradyne Robotics Jean-Pierre Hathout at the Fabtech 2025 Show held in Chicago from Sept. 8-11. The seasoned ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—“Aircraft should fly themselves!” is scrawled on a whiteboard at Reliable Robotics’ offices here. Recently two staff members watching on monitors tracked the flight path of a ...

Humanoid robots may get all the headlines, but they’re usually not the right fit to get a particular job done. These robotics and automation honorees trade faces for functionality, applying ...

The Figure 03 humanoid robot will be unveiled on Thursday. Beyond what looks like a wide choice of new fabric coverings, we currently have little to go on, suffice to say that the contraption itself ...

SoftBank Group Corp. agreed to acquire ABB Ltd.’s industrial robots unit at an enterprise value of almost $5.4 billion, reflecting billionaire Masayoshi Son’s growing bets on emerging technology in ...

A new Amazon robotics fulfillment center has opened in Bristol, Indiana. The 800,000-square-foot facility uses robots and conveyor belts to process orders. Since opening in September, the center has ...