The post-Covid global industry faces significant challenges such as labor shortage, increasing labor costs, and supply chain crisis. These challenges are threatening manufacturers' profit margins.

Ferran Giones receives funding from NESTA (UK). Tim Schweisfurth receives funding from NESTA (UK) and INPROREG INTERREG (EU). Ali Ahmad Malik does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive ...

Robots and cobots are vital to supply chain work, but they are only part of the equation.

If it wasn’t already clear to manufacturers that the use of robots is on the rise, the numbers leave little doubt: Millions are installed annually, according to the International Federation of ...

Robotic technologies often captivate human attention for their broad—and still growing— autonomous operating capabilities. They also attract our attention because we can see how they’re changing the ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The average age of today’s welder in the U.S. is 55 years old, and fewer than 20 percent are under the age of 35, according to the American Welding Society. These ...

THE NOVARC COLLABORATIVE SPOOL WELDING ROBOT (SWR) IS AN IDEAL EMPLOYEE AND IT WILL ONLY IMPROVE WITH AGE AND UPGRADES. Although the SWR works longer, faster than any human can, human interaction is ...

In this Q&A, Machine Design asked Eric Truebenbach, director of corporate development at Teradyne, to weigh in on robotics opportunities and challenges the industry will face moving forward. Machine ...

Six years ago, ABB unveiled YuMi, a collaborative robot that works safely alongside humans, helping with repetitive, dull or dangerous tasks. Now, with the launch of two new models, GoFa and SWIFTI, ...

The era of robots and cobots is upon us, and their numbers continue to rise across multiple industries. So, it's not a bad idea for engineers to glean as much ...

Silicon Valley is gunning hard for humanoids. A report released by Morgan Stanley on Friday predicted Apple, which is ...