A hot potato: Recent efforts by tech companies to develop increasingly human-like autonomous robots have invited endless comparisons to the Terminator films. While the criticisms are usually made in ...

Across industries, companies are feeling the squeeze from labor shortages, rising costs and nonstop pressure to boost efficiency. Robots are quickly becoming real-life solutions, and their promise has ...

Agility Robotics is well into construction of a 70,000-sq-ft facility in Salem, Oregon, with the capacity to produce more than 10,000 units per year of the company's Digit humanoid robot – which will ...

Digit is a humanoid robot that can perform various tasks, such as carrying boxes, opening doors, and climbing stairs. Digit is not just a machine but, as the company claims, a robotic co-worker that ...

A May 8 Instagram post (direct link, archived link) features a video appearing to show security footage of a robot working on an assembly line. "Robot attacks factory worker!" reads the text in the ...

Factory floors used to be loud with human voices. Not anymore. Instead, more and more factories have a monotonous, almost hypnotic hum. It’s the sound of a million arms that never tire. We’re talking, ...

BOT or NOT? This special series explores the evolving relationship between humans and machines, examining the ways that robots, artificial intelligence and automation are impacting our work and lives.

Robot maker Apptronik partnered with supply chain giant Jabil to test and produce its humanoid robots. Apptronik says the Apollo robots will perform simple tasks, supporting workers in Jabil's ...

Robots have been a constant presence on factory floors for so long nobody really cares how they got there anymore. But all of the robots currently in use are simple mechanical arms or other shapeless ...

A hot potato: The prospect of humanoid robots building more humanoid robots sounds like something from science fiction, but an Austin-based company has just signed a deal that could eventually lead to ...