Across industries, companies are feeling the squeeze from labor shortages, rising costs and nonstop pressure to boost efficiency. Robots are quickly becoming real-life solutions, and their promise has ...

Elon Musk has said Optimus — Tesla's humanoid robot — is the company's most important product. The billionaire said this week that Tesla would have "thousands" of Optimus robots working in its ...

Robot companies are racing toward a breakout year, but they'll have to confront some fundamental problems before making ...

Robots are coming to a town near you—deployed by cities to do work that is labor-intensive, repetitive or dangerous for humans. Cities have long lagged behind the private sector when it comes to ...

China has embarked on a campaign to use more robots in its factories, transforming its manufacturing industries and becoming the dominant maker. By Meaghan Tobin and Keith Bradsher Meaghan Tobin ...

On a BMW assembly line in South Carolina, a humanoid robot has quietly reached a milestone that many human workers never see, wrapping up a career after helping build more than 30,000 BMW X3 sport ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Jonathan Reichental covers technology in business and society. Toy versions of the popular droids R2-D2 and BB-8, part of the ...

China is making and installing factory robots at a far greater pace than any other country, with the United States a distant third, further strengthening China’s already dominant global role in ...