Abstract: A modern smart factory runs a manufacturing procedure using a collection of programmable machines. Typically, materials are ferried between these machines using a team of mobile robots. To ...

SoftBank Acquires ABB’s Robotics Business for $5.4B Your email has been sent SoftBank has struck a definitive deal to acquire ABB’s robotics business for $5.375 billion, doubling down on founder ...

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 ...

Industrial robots like robotic arms are basically everywhere, albeit usually out of the public’s eye in factories. This also means that they get replaced and scrapped all the time, making for many ...

A new federal investigation into robotics and industrial machinery imports could reshape supply chains, costs and innovation for machine design engineers. With public comments due by Oct. 17, industry ...

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 ...

Worldwide installations of industrial robots reached 542,000 units in 2024, more than doubling the figure from a decade ago, and coming in as the second highest number of units installed in a single ...

Factory floors used to be loud with human voices. Not anymore. Instead, more and more factories have a monotonous, almost hypnotic hum. It’s the sound of a million arms that never tire. We’re talking, ...

China is the world’s most dominant power in automating its manufacturing — installing nearly 10 times as many robots in its factories as the United States, according to new data. Last year, more than ...

The US Commerce Department said Wednesday that it had opened new national security investigations into the import of personal protective equipment, medical items, robotics and industrial machinery.

Statistics released today on factory automation show that 542,000 industrial robots were installed in 2024—more than double the number 10 years ago— according to the International Federation of ...