Compared to manual workers, industrial robots are stronger and faster and can work 24/7. And yet, the presence of industrial robots in global manufacturing is extremely low. According to IFR reports, ...

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 has ...

AI-enabled and virtual training gets robots to work faster—and will empower a more flexible era of automation. In partnership withSiemens Imagine the bustling floors of tomorrow’s manufacturing plant: ...

In cognitive manufacturing, production is being transformed as humans increasingly work alongside intelligent robots. We are entering a new industrial revolution, the cognitive industrial revolution, ...

With the explosion in robotic technologies that has occurred in the past decade, it’s important to realize there are three categories of robots: industrial, commercial and consumer. Within each ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Google’s ...