Robots & Robotics covers the machines, systems, and technologies that enable physical automation and intelligent interaction with the real world. This topic focuses on the design, development, and deployment of robotic platforms across industrial, commercial, and public environments. Coverage includes robotic hardware, sensing and actuation, control systems, autonomy, and human-robot interaction. It also examines how advances in artificial…
JD.com founder Richard Liu said at the APEC China CEO Forum that robots will replace the company's 700,000 delivery workers "sooner or later", pairing the prediction…
U.S. industrial robot installations grew 11% year-on-year to 38,000 units in 2025, according to the International Federation of Robotics, with food industry adoption surging 30% as…
NVIDIA has announced Halos for Robotics, the industry's first full-stack safety architecture for physical AI systems, drawing on 18,600 engineering years of autonomous vehicle safety development,…
Sanctuary AI has validated a 99.5% task success rate and 2.54-second cycle time on a wire-plugging task at a global Tier 1 automotive supplier's live production…
Kawasaki Robotics has debuted the RL030N at Automate 2026 in Chicago, an 8-degree-of-freedom robot described as the industry's first platform designed specifically for physical AI applications,…
CYBERDYNE and Pegasus Tech Ventures have launched a JPY 10 billion ($60 million) corporate venture capital fund to invest in startups developing robotics, physical AI, healthcare,…
Autonomique, a Physical AI software company spun out of SRI, has moved its robot autonomy platform from a paid pilot to live production deployment at F&P…
As Genesis AI's Eno joins a growing list of robots that reject bipedal human appearance in favor of functional minimalism, the industry is quietly splitting into…
D-Link has publicly confirmed its entry into robotics for the first time, establishing a dedicated subsidiary focused on AI therapeutic robots with software and platform services…
Chinese automaker Seres has unveiled Xiaosai, its first humanoid robot, designed for visual recognition, autonomous greeting, and voice interaction, as the company expands its embodied AI…
Swiss deep-tech company Verity has won the 2026 IERA Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Robotics and Automation for its fully autonomous indoor drone system, deployed…
Genesis AI has unveiled Eno, its first general-purpose robot, featuring a wheeled base, height-adjustable articulated tower, and proprietary dexterous hands matched to human hand dimensions, powered…