Omron , one of the world's largest industrial automation companies, has inaugurated its new Automation Center in Bengaluru, India, marking a milestone in the company's long-term commitment to advance ...

The deal marks a major push by SoftBank founder and CEO Masayoshi Son into robotics, as he expands investment activity after a period of retrenchment. SoftBank, whose forays into robotics include the ...

Foundation models and vision systems enable robots to handle unstructured tasks instead of single preprogrammed motions, accelerating real-world deployments. The robotics market could reach anywhere ...

The acquisition brings together SoftBank's AI know-how and ABB's robotics expertise as companies race to stay ahead of tech advances. Japan's SoftBank Group has agreed to acquire the robotics branch ...

ZURICH/TOKYO (Reuters) -SoftBank Group has agreed to buy the robotics business of Swiss engineering group ABB in a $5.4 billion deal, as the Japanese investor forges ahead with a strategy to fuse ...

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 ...

SoftBank Acquires ABB’s Robotics Business for $5.4B Your email has been sent SoftBank has struck a definitive deal to acquire ABB’s robotics business for $5.375 billion, doubling down on founder ...

In small factories across America, agile automatons are making everything from parts for AI supercomputers to the hulls of America’s future autonomous naval weapons. Once a luxury reserved for big ...

Aug. 22, 2025 — Astronomers using AI have captured a once-in-a-lifetime cosmic event: a massive star’s violent death triggered by its black hole companion. The explosion, known as SN 2023zkd, not only ...

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 ...

Selina Xu leads China and AI research in the office of former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt. Helen Zhang is deputy chief of staff and director of research and projects there. Schmidt invests in ...

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 ...