The Chinese government is betting that robots will drive economic growth. But the bots can’t really do much yet. By Meaghan Tobin and Xinyun Wu Reporting from Taipei, Taiwan Robots made by Chinese ...

In the future, a caregiving machine might gently lift an elderly person out of bed in the morning and help them get dressed. A cleaning bot could trundle through a child’s room, picking up scattered ...

GM has filed a new trademark application for “uMan Robot Assist,” a name intended for use with new robots technology designed for industrial manufacturing. The trademark was filed on December 9 th, ...

What if the future of industrial automation could fit in the palm of your hand? Imagine a robot arm so compact it could rest on your desk, yet so precise it operates with sub-micrometer accuracy, a ...

Japanese industrial robot manufacturer Fanuc announced on December 1, 2025, that it will partner with Nvidia to develop AI-driven robots capable of performing tasks based on verbal commands. The ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The field of robotics is hot right now. So is “disembodied” AI, but where we have already seen models like ChatGPT roll out to ...

Parallax Worlds, a startup building hyper-realistic virtual simulations to stress-test robots before deployment, today announced it raised $4 million in a seed round. Developing and deploying robots ...

Meet Phantom MK1: an imposing humanoid robot designed to transform battlefields, the moon and even Mars—and it may already be taking jobs near you. The 5-foot-9, 176-pound steel and plastic android ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio --Ohio’s manufacturers are asking the state Supreme Court to reverse a decision that makes data centers pay more to connect to the electric grid. In their appeal, the Ohio Manufacturers ...

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 ...