The Pepper humanoid robot developed by SoftBank. SoftBank Group—controlled by Japan’s richest person, Masayoshi Son—has agreed to buy the robotics unit of Swiss industrial giant ABB Ltd. for $5.4 ...

Japanese investing conglomerate SoftBank Group is buying a robotics company as the financial behemoth says physical AI is its next frontier. SoftBank announced on Wednesday that it has acquired Zurich ...

ZURICH/TOKYO, Oct 8 (Reuters) - SoftBank Group (9984.T), opens new tab has agreed to buy the robotics business of Swiss engineering group ABB (ABBN.S), opens new tab in a $5.4 billion deal, as the ...

HydroSpread, a breakthrough fabrication method, lets scientists build ultrathin soft robots directly on water. These tiny, insect-inspired machines could transform robotics, healthcare, and ...

Freaked-out viewers are hoping the engineers quit while they’re a head. Robots are looking far less robotic as time goes on. Now, a Chinese robotics company is alarming viewers after unveiling the ...

A video from a China-based company showing a human-like robot face is spreading online. It's giving major Westworld vibes. AheadForm is a Chinese robotics company founded in 2024 working on combining ...

Will autonomous androids built by Elon Musk take over Mars, like he’s promised? Not according to a leading robotics expert. In an interview with Forbes, Christian Hubicki, head of the Optimal Robotics ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Humanoid robots struggle with basic tasks like walking safely and lack the dexterity needed for complex human-like ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has bet his EV maker on selling millions of humanoid robots, prognosticating earlier this month that the initiative could eventually make up a whopping 80 percent of Tesla’s value.

Construction robots have been around for a while, automating challenging tasks on job sites. The new kid on this block is called Charlotte, and it's billed as being autonomously capable of building a ...

Serve Robotics passed 1,000 robots in service earlier this week. Now we know who those robots will be working for: DoorDash. Serve is teaming up with the food delivery giant to help deliver more food.

When a robotics pioneer who has spent decades building humanoid machines recommends that you stand at least nine feet away from any full-size walking robot, you should probably listen. “My advice to ...