FRANKFURT, Dec. 16, 2025 – Ralph Lehleuter, managing partner at Mafu Group, is the new chairman of the VDMA Automated ...

The Chinese government is betting that robots will drive economic growth. But the bots can’t really do much yet. By Meaghan Tobin and Xinyun Wu Reporting from Taipei, Taiwan Robots made by Chinese ...

Festo has introduced the HPSX universal adaptive gripper, a hygienic soft gripper engineered to handle delicate, irregularly shaped and hygienically sensitive products. The gripper fingers are ...

Soft or compliant grippers allow robots to manipulate a wide range of objects. Festo Corp. this week introduced the HPSX gripper, which it described as a “hygienic soft gripper engineered to handle ...

Musk reposted the 38-second video on his X profile, which was originally created by Alex Utopia and shows Tesla's humanoid robots doing a variety of everyday jobs. Since Musk posted the clip, it has ...

Memo may not be the world’s fastest barista, but it is impressive—for a robot. I recently watched as Memo, a new home robot from a company called Sunday Robotics, made coffee in an open-plan kitchen ...

Robotics ETFs can be a great way for investors to get exposure to this exciting technology trend. The GlobalX Robotics and Artificial Intelligence ETF tracks an index of more than 50 robotics stocks.

The year is 2026. You’ve been tearing your hair out keeping up with your 1,800 square foot Bay Area bungalow: picking up items and setting them back down, turning lights on and off, and even opening ...

The master’s in robotics emphasizes the analysis, control and design of robots, which play a crucial role in modern society; including robotic arms for manufacturing and assistive co-robots in ...

Inverting the Fanuc LR Mate 200iD six-axis robot (rear, center) significantly reduced the machine’s footprint. A creative "vanishing tray" design uses pneumatic cylinders to drop empty trays through ...

Selina Xu leads China and AI research in the office of former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt. Helen Zhang is deputy chief of staff and director of research and projects there. Schmidt invests in ...

Today is national Manufacturing Day, which kicks off Manufacturing Month. In addition, Festo is marking 100 years as a global innovator. The Robot Report spoke with Ted Rozier, director of digital, ...