BMW quietly proved robots can handle real factory shifts — a small operational test that could reshape labor costs and auto stock valuations.

Robots have long excelled at repetitive factory tasks, but they have struggled with the messy ambiguity of everyday human instructions. Microsoft’s new Rho-alpha model is an attempt to close that gap,

Analysts forecast a fully automated car assembly line by 2030, driven by humanoid robots. This transformation will redefine factory jobs, demanding new skills.

Even with those limitations, orders for the machines are accelerating. Manufacturers such as BYD and Foxconn, both partners with UBTech, are experimenting with humanoids to offset

Agility Robotics is wrapping up construction of a factory in Salem, Oregon, where it plans to mass produce its first line of humanoid robots, called Digit. Each robot has two legs and two arms and is engineered to maneuver freely and work alongside humans ...

You just knew this was coming. No doubt, you've heard about the staffing shortages in factories. And guess what? The solution seems to be robots. At Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing in Hungary, they’ve swapped out some of their human workers for humanoid ...

Bright Machines Inc., a robotics startup that helps manufacturers more efficiently make products such as servers and batteries, has secured $126 million in fresh funding. The Series C round was announced this morning. Bright Machines received the bulk of ...

Microsoft’s Rho-alpha pushes robots beyond assembly lines using language commands, tactile sensing, and heavy simulation training

A robotics technician at Tesla’s troubled Fremont, California, manufacturing plant is suing the Elon Musk-owned automaker for $51 million after he says an out-of-control robot suddenly struck him without warning, leaving the 50-year-old employee ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday unveiled an ambitious, but familiar, goal for his company's autonomous vehicle business. "We expect to have fully autonomous vehicles in probably, I don't know, somewhere between a quarter and half of the United States by the end of the year,