China continues to lead the world in industrial robotics, installing a record 295,000 robots in 2024 alone, which accounts for over half of all global installations. This growth is part of a global ...

From SoftBank expanding spending into robotics to a fluffy robot companion for care homes and therapeutic settings, we round up the week's big stories from the AI revolution. Ciara Lee reports.

ABB, which planned to spin out its ABB Robotics & Discrete Automation group, is now selling it to SoftBank, as President Sami Atiya departs.

The Dispatch reports the U.S. is dominant in global business, housing 17 of the top 20 companies, due to favorable policies and investor appetite.

Humanoid robots are becoming the new battleground in technology, following artificial intelligence (AI), with countries worldwide vying to dominate the market. China, which has held the title of the ...

Yewande Oluwole, 5, and her sister Jadesola, 3, love astronomy and can name every planet—even the dwarf planets. But peering through a refracting telescope at a tree branch on the University of ...

Self-driving cars could create a $10 trillion opportunity in the ride-hailing industry, according to Cathie Wood's Ark Investment Management. Tesla developed its own autonomous robotaxi, but the ...

SoftBank's acquisition of ABB's robotics units reflects billionaire Masayoshi Son's renewed interest in robots. The company was behind the development of humanoid, Pepper, which was unveiled in 2014.

AI holds major potential to help South African freight operators, logistics firms and importers cut delays, reduce costs and overcome inefficiencies, unlocking smarter, faster, more resilient supply c ...

Tech investment giant SoftBank Group said Wednesday it will buy Swiss-Swedish firm ABB Robotics for nearly $5.4 billion as part of its plans to bring artificial intelligence into the physical realm.

Let’s rewind a bit. When robots started showing up in factories decades ago, they were nothing like what we have in 2025. The earliest machines—mostly just stiff mechanical arms—did repetitive tasks ...