Today, robots are common in production line automation in the manufacturing industry. Other high use areas include food processing, healthcare, warehousing, and logistics.

Automation isn’t a new trend in manufacturing, of course. The automotive industry, for example, used 43% of the robots in the world in 2016.

Breathless headlines predict the end of manufacturing jobs, as robotics and artificial intelligence combine to make human workers obsolete. Videos touting this viewpoint show robots jumping ...

Machines are expected to displace about 20 million manufacturing jobs across the world over the next decade, according to a report released Wednesday by Oxford Economics. North Carolina is among ...

For more than five years, a team has been developing and testing control software under Alphabet's X moonshot factory, aimed at making industrial robots smarter and easier to use. Now the project ...

In other innovative examples, robots were equipped with sensors so sensitive to the touch, they can pick up raspberries without crushing them. “Think about how you could apply that in manufacturing,” ...

Commercialisation of smart mobile robots due to technological advancement in robotics is expected to drive the market over the next years. Mobile robots have made remarkable advances in recent years.

Robots enter new sectors The potential offered by AI-enabled robotics is influencing sectors far beyond manufacturing. In 2024, these technologies are expected to bring substantial efficiency ...

Beijing "is investing in robots to position itself as the global manufacturing leader," Oxford Economics said. By 2030, some 14 million robots could be working in China, "dwarfing" the rest of the ...

Robots are getting better at doing human jobs. That's probably good for the economy — but there are some serious downsides, too. Machines are expected to displace about 20 million manufacturing ...