Automakers are racing to build the first car plant where robots, not people, handle every task from welding to final inspection. The vision of a fully automated “dark factory” is no longer science ...

Researchers in China have developed a robot that identifies different plant species at various stages of growth by “touching” their leaves with an electrode. The robot can measure properties such as ...

ELLABELL, Ga.—At Hyundai Motor Group’s ultramodern new auto plant, robots perform a stunning array of tasks. They move materials, attach doors and do almost all of the welding. Dog-like robots, their ...

Two-legged robots have taken over a job in a South Carolina auto parts plant. That’s just the start.

The rapid proliferation of robots and electronic devices is placing the world under a new and growing environmental burden.

BMW takes one more step toward a fully automated manufacturing process. The German carmaker signed a deal with robotics startup Figure and intends to put humanoid robots in its plant in South Carolina ...

A new kind of factory worker is joining Toyota's production lines — handling repetitive tasks and hinting at a very different ...

TOKYO (AP) — A long robot entered a damaged reactor at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant on Tuesday, beginning a two-week, high-stakes mission to retrieve for the first time a tiny amount of ...