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Manufacturers Say Industry Will Never Close Skills Gap
But automation has already started to fill the 415,000-job void—kind of.
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A composite image of the robotic leg — with integrated artificial muscles — bending at the ankle and knee.
Automation
‘Bone-ified Muscles’ Could Be Robots’ Next Flex
Bioinspired artificial muscles enable robotic limbs to push, lift and kick.
July 29, 2025
A Waymo vehicle drives in San Francisco, Thursday, July 3, 2025.
Redzone
Waymo Plans to Dispatch Robotaxis in Dallas Next Year as its Driverless Expansion Races Ahead
Waymo's robotaxis have already provided more than 250,000 trips across major U.S. cities.
July 29, 2025
Mechanical engineering professor Dan Negrut poses with a space rover used for testing.
Redzone
Robotic Space Rovers Keep Getting Stuck
But UW engineers have figured out why.
July 28, 2025
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The Future of Manufacturing: Top 5 Jobs in an AI-Powered Era
Humans and AI are collaborating to reshape manufacturing's destiny.
July 25, 2025
Industrial robotic arms positioned symmetrically on automated manufacturing assembly line.
Automation
Robotic Slip Prevention Method Could Bring Human-Like Dexterity to Industrial Automation
Robots predict when an object might slip and adapt their movements in real-time to prevent it.
July 25, 2025
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Walt Disney Robot Made with Same Tech He Helped Pioneer 60 Years Ago
July 18, 2025
These Truss Links self-assembled to form a tetrahedron.
Robots That Grow by Consuming Other Robots
July 18, 2025
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Ceasefires Don't Happen in Cyberspace
July 17, 2025
EPFI's EleBot.
Elephant Robot Demonstrates Bioinspired 3D Printing Technology
July 17, 2025
Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland signs autographs on the 18th green watched by the new Spidercam, top right, following a practice round for the British Open golf championship at the Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, July 15, 2025.
Spidercam Brings Golf's Oldest Major Into Modern World
July 17, 2025
The Automated Ball-Strike System plays on the scoreboard after a pitch call was challenged during the first inning of a spring training baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the San Diego Padres, Feb. 26, 2025, in Phoenix.
Robot Umpires to Make All-Star Game Debut
July 15, 2025
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Kawasaki Develops Nurse Assistant Robot with Foxconn
July 11, 2025
ABB's four new variants.
ABB Evolves Small Robot Family with Greater Speed, Precision and Choice
July 9, 2025
Teams using autonomous T1 robots from Booster Robotics compete in the inaugural RoBoLeague robot soccer competition held in Beijing, Saturday, June 28, 2025.
China's Humanoid Robots Generate More Soccer Excitement Than Their Human Counterparts
July 1, 2025
Digital Twin
Making Digital Twins Epic
June 24, 2025
A Waymo minivan arrives to pick up passengers for an autonomous vehicle ride, April 7, 2021, in Mesa, Ariz.
Waymo's Robotaxis to Start Carrying Passengers in Atlanta, Expanding Uber Partnership
June 24, 2025
High-tech automated manufacturing facility with robotic arms and control systems.
Driving Automation with Advanced Technologies: A New Era for Manufacturing
June 24, 2025
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AI Work Instructions. Automated from Your CAD.
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AI Work Instructions. Automated from Your CAD.
Automated work instructions with DFM, tribal knowledge capture, 3D animations, and shop floor analytics.
August 5, 2025
A Comau industrial robotic arm.
Automation
Comau Expands Into New Market Sectors By Collaborating with Additive Manufacturing Players
Comau’s customers will be able to print parts on demand with repeatable results.
June 16, 2025
A Saildrone 'Voyager', uncrewed surface vehicle (USV), is moored at the Koge Marina in Koge, eastern Denmark, Monday, June 16, 2025.
Automation
Denmark Tests Unmanned Robotic Sailboat Fleet with Tensions High in the Region
Silent guardians of the sea: Robotic vessels redefining naval surveillance.
June 16, 2025
The Flexiv-Isaac Bridge App in Action.
Automation
Flexiv, Nvidia Join Forces in Robotics Simulation
Flexiv's new app allows for controlled robotics applications in hyper-realistic virtual environments.
June 13, 2025
Scientists have developed a low-cost, durable, highly-sensitive robotic ‘skin’ that can be added to robotic hands like a glove, enabling robots to detect information about their surroundings in a way that’s similar to humans.
Automation
Single-Material Electronic Skin Gives Robots the Human Touch
The 'skin' can detect signals from over 860,000 tiny pathways in the material.
June 13, 2025
Coco’s growing fleet of autonomous delivery vehicles.
Automation
Coco Robotics Raises $80M to Expand Autonomous Delivery, AI Platform
Funding helps Coco scales toward 10,000 vehicles.
June 12, 2025
Elizabeth Blackert is a Rice University doctoral alumna who is the first author on the study.
Automation
Light, AI Drive Precise Motion in Soft Robotic Arm Developed at Rice
AI meets soft robotics: Laser-guided arms redefine technological flexibility.
June 10, 2025
Research Team Photo.
Automation
Quadrupedal Robot Takes On Rough Terrain
WATCH: This robot runs over walls like a cat.
June 9, 2025
Wandercraft's Calvin model.
Automation
Renault Group Finalizes Partnership with Robotics Company Wandercraft
Renault's bold leap into the future of industrial automation.
June 6, 2025
People and AI robots working together in a distribution warehouse.
Automation
It’s On Humans to Adapt to Working Alongside Humanoid Robots
The surprising human skills needed for robot collaboration.
June 4, 2025
Researchers have created dynamic structures that leap into the air on a predetermined schedule without intervention from computers or external stimuli. Precisely when these “metashells” jump, and how high they jump, is engineered into the physical structure of the materials. This image combines time-lapsed photos to show one of these 'metashells' leaping into the air from a snowy surface.
Automation
Researchers Find Autonomous Structures Can Be Programmed to Jump Days in Advance
WATCH: To make the structure jump, researchers 'set it and forget it.'
June 3, 2025
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Automation
Robots Run Out of Energy Long Before They Run Out of Work to Do
Feeding them could change that.
June 2, 2025
Eric Markvicka (left), Robert F. and Myrna L. Krohn Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, along with graduate students Ethan Krings (right) and Patrick McManigal (not pictured), recently presented work on an intelligent, self-healing artificial muscle at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation.
Automation
Nebraska Engineers Develop Self-Healing Muscle For Robots
The device detects injury, heals it and resets to detect future harm.
June 2, 2025
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Automation
DHL Group Signs MOU with Boston Dynamics for Additional 1,000-Robot Deployment
The logistics company has invested more than $1.1 billion in automation over the last three years.
May 22, 2025
Boston Dynamics humanoid robot Atlas.
Automation
Boston Dynamics, LG Innotek Collaborate to Introduce Vision Systems to Atlas Bot
Partnership will equip Atlas with LG Innotek’s new mobile camera technology.
May 21, 2025