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IFR predicts top 5 global robotics trends for 2025
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...
AI Set to Improve Pharmaceutical R&D Productivity and Lower the Costs Says GlobalData
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...
Robotics & AI Institute, Boston Dynamics to make humanoids more useful with reinforcement learning
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,...
Andrew Ng: DeepSeek-R1 and the Future of Generative AI
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...
Top 10 robotics developments of January 2025
The robotics industry started the year with large funding rounds, new product releases, and well-known brands finding new homes. If January is any indication, 2025 will be a nonstop year for the industry. Here are the 10 most popular stories on The Robot Report in...
5 biggest robotics trends of 2024
With 2024 in the rearview mirror, we’re looking back at some of the biggest robotics trends of the year. While the year was full of exciting innovations and new technologies, we also saw the industry weather dips in funding and slower sales. Here are our five biggest...
How 2024 reshaped the humanoid robotics landscape
The humanoid robot market experienced remarkable growth in 2024, with Goldman Sachs Research projecting that it will reach $38 billion by 2035, up more than sixfold from its previous estimate of $6 billion. The post How 2024 reshaped the humanoid robotics landscape...
Qubits inspired by ‘Schrödinger’s cat’ thought experiment could usher in powerful quantum computers by 2030 | Live Science
Quantum technology company Alice & Bob outlines its plan for quantum computing by 2030, but how feasible is that goal?Source: Qubits inspired by 'Schrödinger's cat' thought experiment could usher in powerful quantum computers by 2030 | Live Science
How AI Factories are Creating “InfraTech,” a New Chapter in IT Infrastructure
In high-performance computing (HPC), three critical infrastructure technologies— AI factories, liquid cooling, and modular datacenters—are reshaping how organizations design and scale their IT systems. As digital transformation accelerates, AI takes a central role in...
In just seven years, the global robot density in factories has doubled, IFR finds
Factories worldwide are continuing to adopt more robots, according to the International Federation of Robotics, or IFR. The new global average robot density reached a record 162 units per 10,000 employees in 2023 — more than double the 74 unit average measured only...
DeepSeek Week: What (Almost) Everyone Missed
[Last Week], news of DeepSeek GPT swept through the media. The market reacted, and many hardware companies (e.g., Nvidia, ASML, Broadcom, Marvell) saw a drop in their market value. Presumably, the demand for truckloads of GPUs will be reduced because DeepSeek has...
Beyond ground transportation: The rise of drone logistics
In a world where convenience and promptness are crucial, customers expect quicker deliveries. Consequently, businesses have been compelled to reconsider their plans to find more economical and effective methods, including drone logistics. The post Beyond ground...