Robotics · Page 2
humanoids, drones, self-driving vehicles and machines that move on their own
Renting Robots Is Harder Than It Looks
A RoboBusiness panel in October will press the leaders of three robotics companies on the real costs of selling robots as a service, not a one-time purchase.
Construction robots are helping build homes faster, but humanoid builders are still science fiction
A labour shortage and a housing gap of 1.2 million homes are pushing the building industry toward automation. The real gains right now come not from robots swinging hammers, but from machines that prevent costly mistakes and factories that build homes indoors.
Agility's Digit 5 Has Human-Style Legs, Nine-Minute Charging and a Safety Squat
The updated humanoid can lift 50 pounds, work 20 hours a day, and sit on the floor to switch itself off when a person walks close, all lessons learned from three years on real factory floors.
InOrbit opens up its robot fleet software so companies can stop rebuilding the same tools from scratch
OpenRobOps gives robotics developers a free, production-ready foundation for managing fleets of robots, along with the first working version of a new global communication standard for industrial machines.
Three people who've done it will tell you how to get a robot past the prototype stage
Adrian Macneil, John Mackey and Boris Sofman bring hard-won scaling lessons to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Register before 25 September to save up to $200.
Robots are still waiting for their ChatGPT moment. Here is why.
Nvidia's Les Karpas says the biggest thing holding back general-purpose robots is not the hardware. It is data. And solving that problem is far harder than it sounds.
A man who cannot drive says driverless cars cannot arrive soon enough
Lars Janssen has a visual condition that rules out a licence forever. New safety data from the US suggests the autonomous vehicles he is waiting for may already be safer than most human drivers.
How watching humans work could teach the next generation of factory robots
A robotics engineer explains how first-person camera footage of people doing real tasks could cut the time and cost of training industrial robots.
The Texas Drone Maker That Saw the China Problem Coming a Decade Early
Hylio built its supply chain in America long before Washington made it a legal requirement. Now farmers squeezed by falling crop prices and rising costs are finding out why that matters.
Teradyne Robotics Files Patent Lawsuit Against JAKA Robotics in Europe
The maker of Universal Robots cobot arms is taking its Chinese rival to a European court over three patents covering robot joints and user interfaces. Here is what is at stake.
Swarmer Agrees to Buy Ukrainian Robot-Vehicle Maker Ratel Robotics for Up to $224 Million
The Austin-based drone-swarm software company says the deal will pair its battlefield AI with Ratel's ground robots, which already account for more than a third of Ukraine's military spending on unmanned ground vehicles.
The Robot That Packs Your Sports Gear: How Comau Built an AI Warehouse System for Decathlon
An Italian robotics company has tested a flexible picking-and-packing robot inside one of the world's biggest sports retailers, and the results could reshape how your online order gets fulfilled.
Maven Robotics raises $100 million to put warehouse robots to work 16 hours a day
The Santa Clara startup beat established robot makers to its first big contract with nothing but a pitch and a factory tour. Now it has $100 million and a plan to build 250 machines.
Meet the Robot Bricklayer That Learned the Hard Way About Black Bricks
A U.S. construction startup called Monumental is sending teams of robots to lay bricks on real sites. What it has discovered on the job is reshaping how the industry thinks about automation.
Unitree's stock has lost half its value since its first day of trading. Here's why that's complicated.
The Chinese robotics company behind a $13,500 humanoid robot is profitable, shipping thousands of units, and still worth $30 billion. So why are investors pulling back?