SoftBank Group Corp. agreed to acquire ABB Ltd.’s industrial robots unit at an enterprise value of almost $5.4 billion, ...

The industrial robot rollout across the globe neared a record in 2024 with 542,000 installations — more than double the ...

FRANKFURT, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Industrial Robot installation in Japan rose by +9% and reached 50,413 units in 2022. This result is exceeding the pre-pandemic level of 49,908 units in 2019. Japan ...

SoftBank Group has agreed to buy the robotics business of Swiss engineering group ABB in a $5.4 billion deal, as the Japanese ...

SoftBank acquires ABB’s $5.375 billion robotics unit to advance its “Physical AI” vision, merging robotics and artificial ...

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--China's adoption of robots continues at a rapid pace: The country has surpassed Germany and Japan in the ratio of robots to factory workers, taking third ...

A partnership with tech company Telexistence is combining robotics and generative AI to try to address staffing challenges.

Japan's delivery robot market is still at its initial stage of development and the costs for producing the machines and their operation afterward are still high. Abstract The aging of Japanese society ...

Japanese are more accepting of robots because the native Shinto religion often blurs boundaries between the animate and inanimate, experts say. To the Japanese psyche, the idea of a humanoid robot ...

In line with kei car packaging regulations, the EV measures 3,395 mm (133.7 inches) long, 1,475 mm (58.1 inches) wide, and ...

TOKYO — Some robot-loving Japanese are tinkering with screwdrivers and motors instead of heading to the beach or hot springs during this nation’s "Golden Week" holidays. Among the robots on display ...

SASEBO, Japan (AP) — From the receptionist that does the check-in and check-out to the porter that’s an automated trolley taking luggage up to the room, this hotel in southwestern Japan, aptly called ...