In the same week that Amazon announces it is firing 14,000 workers, The New York Times runs an article with the headline, "Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs with Robots." You see ...
Workplace safety has always been a top priority for businesses, but with evolving technology, a new question arises: can robots take on the role of a safety officer? Artificial intelligence (AI) and ...
It was like a real-life Rock ’em Sock ’em. The rise of the machines seems closer than we might like to think. Freaky footage captured the moment that a humanoid robot seemingly snapped and lashed out ...
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 ...
Amazon is the world’s largest online retailer. In 2024, it reported global revenues of $638 billion. It is also America’s second largest private employer, behind only Walmart. Amazon employs a global ...
Later this year, Boston Dynamics plans to put its all-electric humanoid Atlas robot to work in a Hyundai factory. The new version of the bot, evolved from the hydraulic Atlas model that’s been ...
Amazon’s machines are much more than simple devices for moving stock around, like driverless forklifts. One new robot, “Vulcan,” has a “sense of touch,” The Wall Street Journal reports, which lets it ...
An accident at Tesla’s Fremont factory has led to a $51 million lawsuit, with one employee claiming he was left with grievous injuries and millions in medical bills after being struck by a ...
Clanker, rust bucket, tinskin — slang words used to put down robots are on the rise. As AI and robots threaten to replace human work and maybe even humans, the recent popularity of anti-robot lingo ...
There's been much ado about the incoming era of humanoid robots that operate and exist among us. Elon Musk has stated that humanoid robots will fashion Tesla (TSLA) into the most valuable company on ...
The company behind ChatGPT is putting together a team capable of developing algorithms to control robots and appears to be hiring roboticists who work specifically on humanoids. The company has ...