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 ...

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 ...

When Seth Winterroth left his job at GE Ventures to help launch Eclipse in 2015, robotics was on his mind. Or more specifically, the number of early-stage robotics startups that were struggling to ...

Robotics stocks span surgical systems, warehouse automation, and industrial vision, offering diverse exposure to the $260 billion robotics market by 2030. Established players like Intuitive Surgical ...

MathWorks, a leading developer of mathematical simulation and computing software, revealed that a ransomware gang stole the data of over 10,000 people after breaching its network in April. The company ...

The first World Humanoid Robot Games are underway in China, with robots competing against each other in track and field, soccer, kickboxing and other events. Humanoid robots are racing, fighting and ...

ABSTRACT: After the era of fossil fuel exploitation, researchers have begun to exploit solar energy, which is stored using rechargeable batteries. In Burundi, lead-acid batteries are often used for ...

Pillay is an editorial fellow at TIME. A humanoid robot from Unitree Robotics during the Global Developer Conference in Shanghai on Feb. 21, 2025. At this year’s Spring Festival Gala—China’s ...

We sometimes call chatbots like Gemini and ChatGPT “robots,” but generative AI is also playing a growing role in real, physical robots. After announcing Gemini Robotics earlier this year, Google ...

Insights on how AI is transforming robotics applications, from autonomous mobile robots using visual SLAM technology to robots working in unstructured environments and handling unfamiliar objects. A ...

NEURA Robotics is presenting several innovations at Automatica 2025 this week in Munich, Germany. They include the world premiere of the third generation of its 4NE1 humanoid robot, the market launch ...