China has surpassed Germany and Japan in the adoption of industrial robotics, according to the latest report by the International Federation of Robotics, reflecting the country’s efforts in pushing forward the use of automation technologies in manufacturing. China recorded 470 robots per 10,000 employees in 2023, up from 402 units a year earlier. The country…
BERLIN — China has overtaken Germany in the use of robots in industry, an annual report published by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) showed on Wednesday, underscoring the challenges facing Europe’s biggest economy from Beijing. In terms of robot density, an important indicator for international comparisons of the automation of the manufacturing industry, South…
Elon Musk Tesla Optimus robot prototypes walk onto a stage. Screengrab from We, Robot livestream Elon Musk has been working on the Optimus humanoid robot for years. At Tesla’s Robotaxi event last month, the robots poured drinks and played rock-paper-scissors with guests (though they were remotely controlled by humans). Musk said this summer that Tesla…
The director of the science fiction movie I, Robot, has weighed in on Elon Musk‘s recently unveiled robot and vehicle designs. Australian filmmaker Alex Proyas posted a series of photos on X, formerly Twitter, on October 13 showing the designs of Tesla‘s Optimus Robot, Robotaxi, and Robovan next to stills from the movie that showed…
On paper, Thursday night’s “We, Robot” event may have belonged to Tesla’s robotaxi, but the real star of the show was Optimus. Elon Musk’s humanoid robot wowed attendees as a half dozen or so navigated their way safely through the crowd at Warner Bros. studio lot in Hollywood entirely untethered. Just two years ago, the…
Inside many Amazon warehouses are workers known as “water spiders,” who pick up and move the numerous plastic storage bins used to shuttle goods around the facility, and who restock worker stations with merchandise, boxes, and other material. At a warehouse in Sumner, Wash., recently, a special crew of workers stepped in to help the…
New York City is becoming a boomtown for the robot business as companies are developing and using them to provide massages, install roof shingles, automate medical testing and much more. “New York benefits from being a global city… we have access to global capital customers in other cities,” said Jacob Hennessy, who runs the New…