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A Human, A Robot And A Digital Worker Walk Into A Factory: The New Industrial Workforce
Chief Product Officer at IFS with a passion for developing and adapting technology that adds differentiating value for businesses. AI is causing a shift in our world, the magnitude of which has not been seen since the invention of the printing…
Robotics meets ultrafast lasers: Could a new generation of tools transform manufacturing?
Industrial robotics is experiencing a remarkable surge in investment and innovation. As artificial intelligence accelerates automation across industries, manufacturers are increasingly looking beyond traditional robotic tasks such as gripping…
FCC Grants First Robotics Ban Exemption to a Robomower Company
The FCC this week released a public notice stating that the U.S. Department of War (DoW, formerly the Department of Defense) has “granted Conditional Aprovals for certain routers and advanced robotics devices.” That includes four…
Are Robots Ruining the Treasury Market?
Listen and subscribe to Everybody's Business on Apple, Spotify, iHeart and the Bloomberg Terminal. US bonds are the biggest, baddest, most beloved financial asset on the planet. But for the last few months, they've been flashing red and scaring…
HMS Networks announces a friendly public takeover offer for all shares in ROBOT S.A.
HMS Industrial Networks SLU, a wholly owned subsidiary of HMS Networks AB (publ) (“HMS”), has today entered into a share purchase agreement relating to ROBOT, S.A. (publ) (“Robot”) and has announced a cash delisting…
What a smarter factory robot still can't fix
A robot arm that runs the same weld a few thousand times a day is a solved problem. Ask it to find a part that never lands in quite the same place, pick it up without crushing it, and fit it into a housing that varies by a millimetre. That's the…
Maven Robotics launches with $100M to scale its industrial robots - SiliconANGLE
Industrial robotics startup Maven Robotics Inc. launched today with $100 million in Series A funding, two years after it started working with its first customer. Founded in 2024, the Santa Clara-based company began with mixed-case palletizing and…
The killer robots behind Ukraine's warfare 'revolution' hunting the frontline
In a tiny Ukrainian workshop near the frontline ‘Chimera' is preparing his robot army for battle. Lined up in a row, the four-wheeled unmanned vehicles known as 'Hyenas' will crawl toward Russian lines full of explosives. Hunting, looking to…
Laser weapons, space dogfights, and humanoid robots: The future of the battlefield
Laser weapons have become operational for the U.S. and Israel, with contracts awarded to firms like AeroVironment, Lockheed Martin, and nLight. Companies such as Boeing are also supplying systems to militaries abroad, indicating expanding…
Meet Ottava, J&J's surgical robot leading the healthcare giant into a lucrative new market
Johnson & Johnson is diving head-first into the deep end of the competitive robotic surgery market. The payoff for investors won't happen overnight, but management believes it will be worth the wait. J & J's Ottava received approval from the Food…
A new generation of robots is taking shape in Switzerland
The companies now face the challenge of converting innovative research into viable businesses in the face of intense global competition from the United States and China. From humanoids, drones and self-driving vehicles to machines that operate in…
Trump dismisses fears over AI as Ted Cruz says he'd prefer 'US killer robots'
President Donald Trump has dismissed concerns about artificial intelligence posing an existential threat to humanity but stressed it was important for the U.S. to “win” the battle for control of the technology with China. Speaking to…
FCC Cuts Swedish Smart Mower Maker a Break With First Exemption to Robot Ban
It's been just over a month since the US banned foreign-made advanced robots, which include robot vacuums and certain pool-cleaning bots. But this week, the FCC announced the first exemption to the rule, clearing several robot lawn mowers from a…
From Robot Models to Bold Minimalism: Seoul Fashion Week Shows Another Side of K-Culture
The phenomenon that is K-culture continues to deliver fresh young stars, swear-by skincare, award-winning cinema (KPop Demon Hunters, Parasite), a Nobel Prize writer (Han Kang in 2024), and trendy food (bingsu, anyone?) But what of South Korean…
FedEx workers locked out after striking over robot fears
FedEx has locked out thousands of its workers after they took part in a massive industry-wide strike over fears of getting replaced by robots, in a sign that the union campaign targeting the logistics sector is quickly escalating. The US-based…
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