This robot was designed to do your house chores, but a remote human operator might be helping it finish them. Connor is a technology writer and editor, with a byline on multiple platforms. He has been ...

When Xpeng unveiled its Next Gen Iron humanoid recently, the robot glided across the stage with movement so fluid that the crowd froze. Many viewers thought they saw an actor in a suit. Clips spread ...

Robot vacuums have come a long way, and modern models can now do much more than just clumsily bump around the room while sweeping up what they encounter. They're a worthwhile investment, especially ...

SoftBank announced in early October 2025 that it has agreed to acquire Swiss industrial giant ABB's robotics business for US$5.375 billion, with the deal expected to close in the second half of 2026.

Following SoftBank's acquisition of ABB's robotics business, the global industrial robot landscape has shifted from a European-Japanese balance to dominance by Japanese firms and China's Midea Group.

At 1 of the locations of tomato company Lans in the Dutch town of Dinteloord, a pilot is underway with a GRoW harvesting robot for truss tomatoes. This harvesting robot has been developed by ...

Swiss engineering company ABB said it is seeing strong customer demand, particularly from a surge in new data centers being built in the U.S. to process artificial intelligence. ABB, which makes ...

ABB Robotics has invested in California-based LandingAI to accelerate its use of vision AI. A key goal of this investment involves the integration of LandingAI’s vision AI tech, such as LandingLens, ...

SoftBank stock surged as much as 13 percent to a new intraday high. It has agreed to buy ABB's industrial robotics arm for about $5.4 billion. The deal is a major push into the emerging and critical ...

ZURICH/TOKYO, Oct 8 (Reuters) - SoftBank Group (9984.T), opens new tab has agreed to buy the robotics business of Swiss engineering group ABB (ABBN.S), opens new tab in a $5.4 billion deal, as the ...

Japanese investing conglomerate SoftBank Group is buying a robotics company as the financial behemoth says physical AI is its next frontier. SoftBank announced on Wednesday that it has acquired Zurich ...

SoftBank Group Corp. agreed to acquire ABB Ltd.’s industrial robots unit at an enterprise value of almost $5.4 billion, reflecting billionaire Masayoshi Son’s growing bets on emerging technology in ...