Robotics News

Thanks to the rapid progress of information technology and artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicle technology has been taking off. In fact, AVs are now advanced enough that they are being used for logistics delivery and low-speed public transportation. The post...

The first use of the Genesis robotic magnetic navigation (RMN) system comes as part of a robotic heart program at the health system. Genesis delivers the benefits of robotic precision and safety to cardiac ablation to treat arrhythmias, said the St. Louis, Mo.-based...

Microsoft launched its Quantum Ready program intended to help provide businesses with tools and preparation for quantum computing. The program is being offered just as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (United Nations) activities start picking...

Google Quantum AI introduced a new hybrid digital-analog approach to quantum simulation that combines gates (digital) and analog simulation. The impressive work is being reported in Nature today in which the new approach was demonstrated on Google’s 69-qubit Sycamore...

In Episode 182 of The Robot Report Podcast, editors Mike Oitzman and Eugene Demaitre interview Erin Linebarger, co-founder and CEO of Robotics 88. Linebarger discusses the innovative use of drones in wildfire management, particularly through prescribed fire...

A looming U.S. surgeon shortage—projected to reach up to 19,900 unfilled positions by 2036, per AAMC data—is set to collide with an aging population and frequently crumbling rural healthcare infrastructure. Rural communities face the sharpest edge of this predicament:...

The recent wildfires in Los Angeles County have highlighted the complex role of artificial intelligence in both fighting fires and potentially contributing to the conditions that fuel them. AI has emerged as a promising tool for wildfire prediction and resource...

NRF 2025 (National Retail Federation) showcased a variety of technologies for retail operations, including maturing robots and shelf intelligence system. The post Robots show tenacity in retail appeared first on The Robot Report.

The global market value of industrial robot installations has reached an all-time high of $16.5 billion (U.S.), according to the International Federation of Robotics, or IFR. Future demand will be driven by a number of technological innovations, market forces, and new...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to significantly reduce pharmaceutical R&D costs by streamlining drug discovery, optimizing clinical trials, and minimizing costly failures through data-driven predictions and effectiveness assessments. This potential...

Two of the hottest technologies — humanoid robots and artificial intelligence — are converging. Boston Dynamics Inc. and the Robotics & AI Institute announced a partnership to advance humanoids through reinforcement learning. The post Robotics & AI Institute,...

AI researcher Andrew Ng explores the rapid advancements in China’s generative AI landscape, highlighting the emergence of open weight models like DeepSeek-R1 and their implications for the global AI supply chain. Bigger models get all the buzz, but Ng reminds us that...