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The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation has challenged union claims that General Motors’ installation of 50 AI-integrated robots at its Factory Zero EV plant caused the layoff of more than 1,000 workers. The analysis attributes the workforce reduction primarily to weaker EV demand rather than automation.
The 2026 World Robot Conference opens in Beijing on August 19 with more than 300 exhibiting companies, a 36% increase in exhibitors from 2025, as China accounts for 90% of global humanoid robot shipments and its robotics sector revenue exceeds 90 billion yuan in the first five months of 2026.
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 the country climbs to eighth globally in robot density – still roughly ten times behind China’s annual installation pace.
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, alongside patented Pulseboard weld…
Standard Bots has raised $200 million in a Series C co-led by General Catalyst and RoboStrategy at a $1 billion valuation, funding expansion of its Glen Cove, New York factory…
KUKA has opened an immersive showroom at its Augsburg headquarters featuring two industrial robots moving a 65-inch display in synchronized choreography in front of a large-scale Samsung LED backdrop, combining…
Nvidia and Doosan Robotics have announced plans to connect Doosan's agentic robot operating system with Nvidia's simulation and training infrastructure, targeting an intelligent robot solution launch in 2027 and an…
Decathlon says robotic warehouse systems from Exotec have significantly boosted productivity across several European facilities, highlighting both the promise and tensions of logistics automation.
RoboForce has raised $52 million in a round led by YZi Labs to expand deployment of its TITAN physical AI robots. The company is targeting labor shortages across sectors including…
ABB Robotics is integrating NVIDIA Omniverse simulation technology into its RobotStudio platform to train factory robots using synthetic data and digital twins, aiming to close the long-standing gap between virtual…
Japan’s robotics industry posted its strongest quarterly orders on record in early 2025, driven by global labor shortages and surging demand for industrial automation.
Following a successful pilot at the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada facility, the companies have signed a Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) agreement.
RoboDK has launched RoboDK CAM, a software platform designed to automate toolpath generation and robot programming for machining cells, aiming to reduce integration time and engineering complexity.
ABB Robotics is calling for standardized methods to measure industrial robot energy consumption. The initiative aims to improve transparency and comparability across automation deployments.
London-based startup Humanoid moved from concept to a functional alpha prototype of its HMND 01 robot in seven months, compressing a development cycle that typically takes up to two years.