Robotics News

The global collaborative robot (cobot) market topped $1 billion in revenues during 2023, despite overall demand recovering more slowly than expected post-pandemic, according to new data from Interact Analysis. Looking to the future, the market intelligence specialist...

Few things in nature are as predictable as ocean tides....But lately, researchers have noticed subtle changes in surface tidal measurements that do not coincide with changes of the Moon and Sun’s gravitational pull. Instead, collected data and theory indicate that a...

Almost half of all startups that began in 2021 were formed by women, according to human resources cloud software company Gusto. Within the robotics industry, however, it’s a different story. Women make up only 34% of the STEM workforce, according to the National Girls...

Since the inception of mechanization and mass-production processes at the start of the last century, the tools large manufacturers have used to drive competitiveness and efficiency have been geared towards using size as an advantage — economies of scale, large...

In an ever-changing technological landscape, quantum computing is emerging as a promising solution to address the limitations and overcome the scaling issues of classical computing. Quantum computing platforms will, in some instances, have the ability to solve...

America Quartz Technology (AQT) specializes in the manufacturing and processing of formed quartz products for the electronics and semiconductor industries at its plant in Hue, Vietnam. The production of AQT’s products demands the highest level of meticulousness and...

We’re halfway through 2024, and for the past six months, the robotics industry has continued to progress rapidly. From novel deployments and humanoid robotics developments to emerging partnerships, there was no shortage of news to cover in June 2024.  Here are the top...

The Association for Advancing Automation, or A3, released its quarterly and end-of-year report on robot orders in North America for 2023. It found that sales were down by 30% but noted that 2021 and 2022 were record-setting years. While North American companies...

Robotics investments for May 2024 equaled $2.1 billion, the result of funding for 38 companies. The $2.1 billion is the highest monthly funding amount for the year 2024 and greatly exceeds the trailing 12-month average of $1.2 billion. Robotics funding through May...

Businesses are adopting automation not to replace workers but to augment scarce labor, according to data that HowToRobot released yesterday. It found that 80% of respondents said their projects are intended to free employees from manual tasks and move them to other...

Apple has built a new AI infrastructure to deliver AI features introduced in its devices and is utilizing resources available in Google’s cloud infrastructure.  The post Apple Using Google Cloud Infrastructure to Train and Serve AI appeared first on HPCwire.

Overall global industrial robot shipment volumes exceeded 500,000 units in 2023, Interact Analysis reports. The global market research firm says the industry is starting to bounce back from a 2023 low point.  Industrial robot shipments are similar to levels seen in...