Kiwibot and AUTO Mobility Solutions say their merger will advance data protection and robotic services globally.

Pudu Robotics, a leading service robot exporter in China, says that demand and applications are likely to expand globally.

Global average robot density hit an all-time high of 151 robots per 10,000 employees – more than double the number measured only six years ago.

XtalPi has used more than 100 ABB collaborative robots to build automated workstations for accelerating chemical and life sciences R&D.

iREX featured 654 exhibitors, making it the largest version of the show since its inception. Here are six robotics trends from the event.

The B2 quadruped features upgraded battery and operational capabilities for industrial applications.

Johnson & Johnson MedTech said Monarch is its first robotic-assisted technology to receive regulatory approval in China.

China said humanoids are likely to become another disruptive technology that could transform the way we produce goods. 

More than half of all industrial robots worldwide were sold in China in 2022. In the first six months of 2023, the upward trend continued.

The fund is part of a broader effort to establish Beijing as the industry’s international industrial highland. 

Pudu Robotics plans to use the latest round of funding to build a new production base expanding the company’s production capacity.

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has created a new action plan called the “Robot + Application Action Plan.”

China now has more industrial robots per 10,000 workers than the United States, according to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR).

ABB opened a new 67,000-square-meter robotics factory in Kangquiao, Shanghai, China last week.

China’s industrial robotics market saw 243,300 installations in 2021, a 44% increase from the year before, according to the IFR. 

This week’s podcast reviews the latest developments in UAVs and a deep dive into product management with Kishore Boyalakuntla.

This week’s podcast discusses situations in which AI and machine learning still come up short for robotics systems and how a human-in-the-loop system can help solve edge cases in real-time.

The US is restricting the sale of the most powerful artificial intelligence processors to China.

The regulations, set to take effect on August 1, grant permission for autonomous vehicles to operate with no driver present in certain parts of the city.

XPENG Robotics’ first product will be a quadruped robot with autonomous navigation, and equipped with a robotic arm.

Reports from Chinese media outlets about the number of layoffs at Pudu Robotics vary, with some reporting layoffs of up to 1,500.

Chang’E-5 landed on the moon in December 2020 and was tasked with collecting lunar rocks and soil to bring back to Earth.