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Robotics

  • Wednesday, 9 April, 2025
    China gains dexterous upper hand in humanoid robot tussle with US

    Cheaper components, fast-paced innovation and Beijing-led financing mean lifelike bots could mirror EV success

    A row of humanoid robots stands in a brightly lit, high-tech manufacturing facility
  • Tuesday, 8 April, 2025
    FT SeriesHTSI’s design special looks to east Asia
    How do we really feel about robots?

    HTSI’s tech columnist explores our very complicated relationship with androids

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  • Monday, 7 April, 2025
    The best books of the week
    From shrinking humans to giant robots — the best new sci-fi books

    Body modification in Korea, short stories about automatons through history, and how humans might cope in a dystopian Lilliput

  • Thursday, 3 April, 2025
    John Thornhill
    Wealthy cities may be surprise losers from AI automation

    The geographic pattern of digital dislocation’s impact may be very different from that of previous waves of automation

    Pedestrians on Market Street in San Francisco, California
  • Friday, 28 March, 2025
    Q&AThe Big Question
    The Big Question: what will happen to office jobs in the age of AI?

    The automation of low-level tasks or entry-level roles could change the way future professionals are trained

  • Wednesday, 26 March, 2025
    Medical science
    Scientists unveil tiny robot to help detect and treat bowel cancer

    Machine makes 3D scans of the digestive system, which could improve early diagnosis for the second-deadliest cancer

    A miniature gut explorer robot being held
  • Thursday, 20 March, 2025
    Business InsightRichard Waters
    The fantasy of humanoid robots misses the point

    There might be more opportunities in boring machines rather than trying to mimic a person

    People look at Tesla’s humanoid robot “Optimus
  • Monday, 17 March, 2025
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Robots are getting smarter — and that’s a good thing

    Artificial intelligence boosts automatons’ utility beyond the factory floor

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  • Thursday, 13 March, 2025
    #techAsia
    Drones, robots and China’s next AI darling Premium content

    The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

    A humanoid robot during the Spring Festival Science and Technology Temple Fair in Beijing
  • Wednesday, 12 March, 2025
    Google DeepMind unveils new AI models in race to make robots useful

    Company claims ‘leap forward’ with new technology that helps machines adapt to complex environments

  • Tuesday, 11 March, 2025
    FT GuidesSupply chains and logistics
    Amazon steps up use of robotics in warehouses

    Machines are used to pick, sort and pack online orders

    A robotic arm with a yellow body and multiple suction grips is handling a crumpled brown package inside an industrial warehouse
  • Tuesday, 11 March, 2025
    FT GuidesSupply chains and logistics
    US port operators turn to automation

    Terminals increasingly look to robots amid rising demand

    A stylized digital illustration of a cargo ship carrying stacked containers against a muted brown background
  • Wednesday, 26 February, 2025
    News in-depthAmazon.com
    Amazon bets savings from automation can help fuel AI spending boom

    US tech giant expected to spend as much as $25bn on warehouse automation in broader efficiency drive

    Montage of Amazon’s Bipedal robot, a robot lined up in front of Amazon’s AI robotics lab, Hercules robots and Amazon logo
  • Friday, 21 February, 2025
    Gideon Lichfield
    Why would anyone want a humanoid robot?

    Optimal design would avoid the evolutionary compromises that made us

    Berlin Mitte. Disintegrating robot
  • Sunday, 16 February, 2025
    AI and jobs
    The jobs AI can do — and those it shouldn’t

    Business school professors pose four questions companies must ask about automation

    A person in an ambulance uniform sits at a workstation with three computer monitors displaying maps and emergency dispatch data. The person is wearing a headset
  • Thursday, 30 January, 2025
    OutlookHannah Murphy
    Robot beauticians touch down in California

    A Bay Area start-up is offering ultra-fast, ultra-precise eyelash extensions for those brave enough to step into its machine

    Four women sit in a hair salon in the 1970s
  • Tuesday, 28 January, 2025
    SoftBank Group Corp
    SoftBank set to invest in robotics start-up Skild AI at $4bn valuation

    Masayoshi Son bets on company building an artificial intelligence ‘brain’ for robots

    Masayoshi Son, Skild.ai and Softbank logo
  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
    The Big Read
    The fight over robots threatening American jobs

    As automation becomes a reality everywhere from retail warehouses to restaurant kitchens, the use of robots is increasingly controversial

    A humanoid robot;  a striking dockworker holds up a placard; and a  factory robotic arm
  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
    Nvidia
    Nvidia chief calls robots ‘multitrillion-dollar’ opportunity

    Jensen Huang unveils AI models for humanoids and self-driving car partnership with Toyota at CES keynote

    Nvidia chief Jensen Huang holds up a model of the company’s Blackwell chip during his keynote speech at CES in Las Vegas on Monday
  • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
    Lex
    March of the humanoids still has some way to go Premium content

    Regulators, ethicists and nation-states will be all over robotics in the workplace from every conceivable angle

    A close-up view of a humanoid robot's metallic arms and hands
  • Monday, 30 December, 2024
    Robin Harding
    AI does not mean the robots are coming

    The technology will transform existing machines, such as cars, long before it allows the creation of androids

    Illustration of a robot covered in cobwebs with its head slumped forward
  • Sunday, 29 December, 2024
    Nvidia
    Nvidia bets on robotics to drive future growth

    US chipmaker looks to new industries amid rising competition in core AI business

    Nvidia logo and illustration from Nvidia website showing a robot
  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2024
    Visual story
    Are the robots finally coming?

    Advances in physical AI means machines are learning skills previously thought impossible

    Blueprint-style illustration of a robot with an extended arm and mechanical hand against a background grid, highlighting technical details and robotic components
  • Thursday, 14 November, 2024
    Special ReportBest Employers: Asia-Pacific
    ‘Robot revolution’ forces China’s human workforce to adapt

    Factory machinery is evolving fast. Can the workers who will use it keep up?

    Robotic arms on the assembly line at the Zhejiang Leapmotor Technology Co. production facility in Jinhua
  • Wednesday, 16 October, 2024
    LexTechnology sector
    Hong Kong’s IPO market could benefit from robo-vehicle boom Premium content

    If Horizon reaches its $696mn target, it would be the city’s largest initial public offering this year

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk waving next to his long-promised robotaxi during a launch event at the Warner Brothers studio lot near Los Angeles
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