American industry has a path forward, but most of the U.S. labor force isn’t interested, so robots could fill the labor gap.

Ripple bugs’ fan-like legs inspired engineers to build the Rhagobot, a tiny robot with self-morphing fans. By mimicking these ...

Two insect-like robots, a mini-bug and a water strider may be the smallest, lightest and fastest fully functional micro-robots ever known to be created. Such miniature robots could someday be used ...

The automaker’s sprawling complex in Georgia illustrates advanced manufacturing’s balance between people and machines.

Modeled after a mini-bug and a water strider, the two bots respectively weigh in at eight and 55 milligrams, and may mark the “smallest, lightest, and fastest fully functional” micro-robots in ...

Robots-for-rent is one way some small U.S. factories gain access to automation, reducing turnover and ensuring workers aren’t injured.

BMW has signed an unprecedented deal with the robotics firm Figure to bring general-purpose humanoid robots into its factories.

These Hugging Face open-source AI robots are lower-cost alternatives to some pricier options such as from Tesla.

Modeled after a mini-bug and a water strider, the two bots respectively weigh in at eight and 55 milligrams, and may mark the “smallest, lightest, and fastest fully functional” micro-robots in ...