In small factories across America, agile automatons are making everything from parts for AI supercomputers to the hulls of America’s future autonomous naval weapons. Once a luxury reserved for big ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I explore humans, technologies, and what’s next. Dec 01, 2025, 01:14pm EST As factories finalize 2026 budgets, a costly choice ...

Discover how industrial robots boost manufacturing automation with faster production, tighter precision, and measurable ROI. Explore benefits, applications, worker impact, and implementation ...

AgiBot, a humanoid robotics company based in Shanghai, has engineered a way for two-armed robots to learn manufacturing tasks through human training and real-world practice on a factory production ...

Discover how industrial robots drive manufacturing automation, boosting factory efficiency, quality, and safety while enabling smarter, flexible production for automotive, electronics, and other ...

CES 2026 was awash in walking, lifting, interacting machines. But robots that actually look human aren't necessary in industrial settings. The focus is shifting from humanoid appearance to ...

Watching a nimble robot check for flaws along the side of a massive steel tube crafted to simulate the reactor of a nuclear ...

As robotic devices – including delivery and service bots as well as utilitarian drones – proliferate and develop increasing degrees of autonomy, managing fleets of robotics will become increasingly ...

Humanoid robots are increasingly viewed less as futuristic prototypes and more as a practical route to bring artificial intelligence into human-designed environments. Over the last 12 months, market ...

China installed 295,000 industrial robots in 2024, exceeding the combined total of all other markets, according to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). Globally, 524,000 new units were ...