Mitsubishi Electric Corp. is backing construction-tech startup Akari Inc., the latest in a sector-wide quest for knowhow to fully automate factories and train robots to react to different situations.

Elon Musk announces the end of Model S and X production to convert the Fremont factory for Optimus robots. Tesla aims for mass robot production by late 2026.

Robots are quietly lining up for factory jobs and humans may soon be outnumbered or replaced entirely

It will come in time, but it's going to take a lot of it for humanoid robotics to really eat into human workforces if the economies of scale don't line up. In a world increasingly divided into trade-protected zones, that may become ever more difficult in the years to come.

Hyundai unveiled its next-generation humanoid robot, Atlas, at CES. Now Hyundai Union is fighting to prevent its deployment over concerns about the workforce.

The Austin push is planned for February, insiders told Business Insider. Tesla has been training Optimus in its Fremont factory for more than a year.

Boston Dynamics unveiled its latest Atlas humanoid robot this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and its entire production run for 2026 is already sold and accounted for. And its majority owner Hyundai Motor Group has plans to build a ...

German startup Agile Robots has previewed a new humanoid robot designed for real-world industrial