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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) disclosed on Tuesday that it is acquiring hardware startup Arduino to expand the San Diego-based chipmaker's presence in the automation and robotics markets. Terms of the deal ...

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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 ...

Stryker recently opened a 140,000-square-foot research and development center in Bangalore, India, focused on robotics, artificial intelligence, digital health, and product security, and announced a ...

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