Robotics Industry News

Surgery robot 'game-changing' for cancer patients in Sheffield

Cancer patients are due to benefit from a new surgical robot in Sheffield after a funding boost. Sheffield Hospitals Charity has funded Northern General Hospital's da Vinci Xi surgical system with a £1.45m donation - said to be its largest…

Qualcomm's partnership with Neura Robotics is just the beginning

German robotics startup Neura Robotics has inked a partnership with semiconductor giant Qualcomm to build the next generation of robots and physical AI. The deal is the latest coupling in the emerging physical AI industry between robotics startups…

Former Google AI researcher sets up AI robotics startup in Tokyo

A Silicon Valley-born AI startup is turning to Japan to prove AI can reshape one of the world's largest industrial robot supply chains. Integral AI Inc, a five-year-old company founded by former Google researchers Jad Tarifi and Nima Asgharbeygi…

LG CNS invests in US robotics firm to accelerate physical AI push

LG CNS has made a strategic investment in U.S. robotics company Dexmate to strengthen its hardware capabilities for industrial humanoid robots. The company announced on Tuesday that it became the first Korean firm to invest in the U.S. company…

This was about principle, not people'-OpenAI's robotics hardware lead resigns

Caitlin Kalinowski, an OpenAI employee who oversaw hardware within the robotics division, is leaving the company. Kalinowski's decision came shortly after OpenAI's deal with the Pentagon was announced in late February. In a post on social media…

These Self-Configuring Modular Robots May One Day Rule the World

Horizon: Zero Dawn and Horizon: Forbidden West: both really great games, no? In entirely unrelated news, we were fascinated to read a recent paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on what the authors are calling…

Humanoid robot offers a peek into a future without chores

Figure is gradually prepping its humanoid robot to competently take on household chores. While the California-based company has ambitions to deploy its robot in industrial settings like factories and warehouses, it also plans to create a robot…

Does anyone really need a robot vacuum? We tested 14 to find out

Should I get a robot vacuum cleaner ? Until recently, for most people the answer was no. Even the best robot vacuums had a tendency to mount chair legs and get stuck, wheels feebly pawing at the air, or to have a nervous breakdown in a confined…

Georgia Tech students build moon-like lab to test robots for future missions

From Redcoats To Robots: AI Is Challenging Our Republic's Future

This week, thousands of workers are receiving pink slips. They are not being let go due to inflation or outsourcing to foreign countries. To the contrary, they are being fired because booming sectors of the economy no longer need them. Indeed, it…

The US Army wants to see if it can get robots to rescue wounded troops like they're doing in Ukraine

In a fight against a formidable enemy, there's no guarantee medical evacuation crews will be able to reach wounded troops. Facing this possibility, the US Army is looking at using ground robots instead to get injured troops off the battlefield. The…

Burleson robots turning heads while helping make sidewalks safer for everyone

Some unusual new 'residents' have been rolling through neighborhoods in Burleson, sparking curiosity, selfies and even a few viral moments online. The small, Wall-E-like robots may look like something out of a movie, but city leaders say they're…

Nvidia and ABB launch partnership for AI-enabled autonomous robots

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Qualcomm Launches Dragonwing Robotics Hub, Announces NEURA AI Robotics Collaboration

Qualcomm and NEURA Robotics have announced a collaboration to integrate edge computing with embodied AI, aiming to move cognitive humanoid robots from research labs into large-scale industrial and domestic environments. By combining Qualcomm's new…

A new edition of 'Rise of the Robots' will be available on June 2, 2026

I'm pleased to announce that a new edition of my New York Times bestselling book, Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future will be published on June 2nd. The book has been extensively updated to cover the latest advances in…