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Robotics

  • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
    Lex
    March of the humanoids still has some way to go Premium content

    Regulators, ethicists and nation-states will be all over robotics in the workplace from every conceivable angle

    A close-up view of a humanoid robot's metallic arms and hands
  • Monday, 30 December, 2024
    Robin Harding
    AI does not mean the robots are coming

    The technology will transform existing machines, such as cars, long before it allows the creation of androids

    Illustration of a robot covered in cobwebs with its head slumped forward
  • Sunday, 29 December, 2024
    Nvidia
    Nvidia bets on robotics to drive future growth

    US chipmaker looks to new industries amid rising competition in core AI business

    Nvidia logo and illustration from Nvidia website showing a robot
  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2024
    Visual story
    Are the robots finally coming?

    Advances in physical AI means machines are learning skills previously thought impossible

    Blueprint-style illustration of a robot with an extended arm and mechanical hand against a background grid, highlighting technical details and robotic components
  • Thursday, 14 November, 2024
    Special ReportBest Employers: Asia-Pacific
    ‘Robot revolution’ forces China’s human workforce to adapt

    Factory machinery is evolving fast. Can the workers who will use it keep up?

    Robotic arms on the assembly line at the Zhejiang Leapmotor Technology Co. production facility in Jinhua
  • Wednesday, 16 October, 2024
    LexTechnology sector
    Hong Kong’s IPO market could benefit from robo-vehicle boom Premium content

    If Horizon reaches its $696mn target, it would be the city’s largest initial public offering this year

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk waving next to his long-promised robotaxi during a launch event at the Warner Brothers studio lot near Los Angeles
  • Friday, 11 October, 2024
    Tesla Inc
    Elon Musk unveils Tesla’s ‘Cybercab’ robotaxis

    EV leader plans to start making self-driving cabs before 2027 and sell them for less than $30,000

    A sleek, futuristic Tesla Robotaxi is parked on a street with both of its doors open upwards. The car is a metallic gold colour and features a streamlined design with smooth, minimalistic wheel covers
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    News in-depth
    Artificial intelligence breakthroughs create new ‘brain’ for advanced robots

    Google, OpenAI and Tesla race start-ups to develop AI robotic systems in effort to transform healthcare and manufacturing

    Robot made by ANYbotics, a Zurich-based robotics start-up
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    Leo Lewis
    The robots preparing to get their hands on your lunch

    Technological strides have made automata soft and sensitive enough to pack bento boxes

    María Hergueta illustration of robot hands decorating a cupcake
  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2024
    Special ReportAI for Schools
    AI for Schools: Looking to the jobs of the future

    This time around, technology is shaking up the more highly-skilled white-collar roles

    A sequence of repeated images showing a man in a suit shaking hands with a woman standing on a suitcase against a blue background with wavy lines
  • Tuesday, 14 May, 2024
    Tech Tonic podcast26 min listen
    China's race to tech supremacy: Shenzhen speed

    How the city of Shenzhen is helping China win the global tech race

  • Friday, 5 April, 2024
    News in-depthGermany
    Germany’s robotic stores must rest on Sundays, too

    Regional chain Tegut forced to close automated shops to comply with centuries-old ban

    A man walks into a Tegut self-service store
  • Tuesday, 26 March, 2024
    Special ReportFuture of AI
    ‘Humanoid’ robot wave signals change on the production line

    AI training for manufacturing workers could minimise job losses

    The image is a collage of a quadruped robot on a rocky terrain, a female factory worker, and a robotic hand
  • Friday, 15 March, 2024
    Mercedes-Benz AG
    Mercedes trials humanlike robots for ‘demanding and repetitive’ tasks

    German carmaker looks to droids as it struggles to recruit reliable workers

    Robotics in Mercedes-Benz production at its factory in  Hungary
  • Thursday, 29 February, 2024
    Microsoft, OpenAI and Nvidia back $2.6bn robot start-up

    Figure AI aims to transform labour market as it raises total $675mn in a funding round that also includes Jeff Bezos

    Figure robots
  • Wednesday, 28 February, 2024
    Amazon.com
    Amazon to invest in start-ups that combine AI with robotics

    Franziska Bossart, head of ecommerce giant’s $1bn innovation fund, vows to increase deals aimed at automating retail network

    Franziska Bossart
  • Monday, 26 February, 2024
    Lex
    The Japanese robots are coming, Europe Premium content

    EU’s tight labour market combined with tech advances mean demand for robot workers is increasing

    A Fanuc industrial robot moves a vehicle during a demonstration at a robot exhibition in Tokyo
  • Sunday, 11 February, 2024
    Ann Harrison
    Now is the time to put people before robots

    Policymakers must act to ameliorate the impact of automation on incomes

    Automated welders on a car production line
  • Monday, 22 January, 2024
    News in-depthJapanese business & finance
    Japan turns to avatars, robots and AI to tackle labour crisis

    Farmers, retailers and builders rethink business models as world’s fastest-ageing society runs out of workers

    An avatar at Lawsons retail store in Japan
  • Monday, 25 December, 2023
    Artificial intelligence
    Naver’s Rookie robots-on-wheels test new ways of office working

    Korean tech company ready to export IT systems that direct automated workforce through the 5G cloud

    Naver’s Rookie robots act as office helpers as they roam from floor to floor in its futuristic headquarters in South Korea
  • Saturday, 9 December, 2023
    Ocado Group PLC
    Ocado to ramp up use of robotic arms to speed-pack shopping

    Online supermarket will double the number of robots with arms at Luton warehouse

    Ocado robotic arm
  • Wednesday, 18 October, 2023
    Special ReportUS Manufacturing
    Robotics offers route for US manufacturing renaissance

    Advances in automation and AI provide an opportunity to compete globally

    Two persons on stage presenting a humanoid robot
  • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
    Security companies are turning to robots as the labour shortage bites

    Most androids focus on repetitive tasks, augmenting human labour, say executives

    A Knightscope security robot
  • Sunday, 27 August, 2023
    South Korean business & finance
    Chinese robot waiters fuel Korean anxiety over labour shortages

    Imported machines designed to serve diners in restaurants outnumber homemade rivals

    A artificial intelligence serving robot delivers meal during a demonstration at a restaurant on September 15 2020
  • Thursday, 20 July, 2023
    Special ReportAI for Schools
    The FT AI glossary

    Want to know the difference between supervised and unsupervised learning? Or the definition of God-like AI? Look it up here

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