Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Compared to manual workers, industrial robots are stronger and faster and can work 24/7. And ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Jonathan Reichental covers technology in business and society. We are entering a new industrial revolution, the cognitive ...

Miniaturization offers robotics designers new levels of power efficiency, nimbleness, and precision for a range of applications.

AI-enabled and virtual training gets robots to work faster—and will empower a more flexible era of automation. In partnership withSiemens Imagine the bustling floors of tomorrow’s manufacturing plant: ...

Robots are getting better at doing human jobs. That’s probably good for the economy — but there are some serious downsides, too. That means about 8.5% of the global manufacturing workforce could be ...

The use of robots in industry in 2024 will be marked by “a growing focus on the critical role of AI (artificial intelligence),” said Marc Segura, president of ABB Robotics Division. “From mobile ...

The survey questioned 1,000 workers in each of five countries: U.S., China, Japan, U.K. and Germany. Across the board, ...

How could robots potentially bring jobs back to the U.S.? If American companies invest in them. Industrial automation robots improve factory productivity, maximize repeatability, drastically reduce ...

The conventional wisdom holds that robots ultimately cost the jobs of the human beings they replace, and lead to an overall decline in manufacturing employment. In a globalized economy, however, using ...

It's the latest example of how the Trump administration is embracing industrial policy in a bid to compete against Beijing in critical sectors.

It’s mostly accepted wisdom in policy circles: automation means that manufacturing employment is destined to follow the historical example of farm work, becoming a negligible share of the U.S.

(CNN)-- Robots are getting better at doing human jobs. That's probably good for the economy — but there are some serious downsides, too. Machines are expected to displace about 20 million ...