Tesla and Nvidia produce much noise on the topic, but there are real benefits to human-like robots, writes JOHAN POTGIETER, cluster industrial software lead at Schneider Electric.

Beijing "is investing in robots to position itself as the global manufacturing leader," Oxford Economics said. By 2030, some 14 million robots could be working in China, "dwarfing" the rest of the ...

In other innovative examples, robots were equipped with sensors so sensitive to the touch, they can pick up raspberries without crushing them. “Think about how you could apply that in manufacturing,” ...

Breathless headlines predict the end of manufacturing jobs, as robotics and artificial intelligence combine to make human workers obsolete. Videos touting this viewpoint show robots jumping ...

For more than five years, a team has been developing and testing control software under Alphabet's X moonshot factory, aimed at making industrial robots smarter and easier to use. Now the project ...

For years, cobots have been shown to make manufacturing processes faster and more efficient, but research shows that fewer than 10% of manufacturers use them. The “rent-a-robot” model—which ...

Robots enter new sectors The potential offered by AI-enabled robotics is influencing sectors far beyond manufacturing. In 2024, these technologies are expected to bring substantial efficiency ...

T he solid-state battery seems to be the holy grail for EVs. They promise so many improvements over today's batteries, which use liquid electrolytes. They can last longer, charge faster, store more ...

Machines are expected to displace about 20 million manufacturing jobs across the world over the next decade, according to a report released Wednesday by Oxford Economics. North Carolina is among ...

The CEOs of manufacturers Agility Robotics and Apptronik share why the machines aren't going to take employment away from human workers anytime soon.

Whitaker suggests that when industrial robots take over the more mundane aspects of producing goods and services, then there is more room for the creative skills that only human workers can offer.