Fighting robots and their owners from across Europe have been competing at the UK championships. Almost 50 robots, each weighing 1.5kg or less, fought against each other at an event in St Michael's ...

Abstract: Maintaining robust standing stability is critical for humanoid robots performing precision manipulation tasks, where traditional balance strategies (e.g., stepping) can disrupt task ...

The heat of the ongoing AI boom has spilled over to a famously difficult hardware space — humanoid robotics. Forbes has learned that a pair of Silicon Valley ventures, each with more than $100 million ...

Abstract: A quadrotor with a cable-suspended payload imposes great challenges in impact-aware planning and control. This joint system has dual motion modes, depending on whether the cable is slack or ...

The deal marks a major push by SoftBank founder and CEO Masayoshi Son into robotics, as he expands investment activity after a period of retrenchment. SoftBank, whose forays into robotics include the ...

In context: Elon Musk has long hyped Tesla's Optimus robots as a potentially transformative technology capable of eclipsing its electric vehicle business and driving the company toward a multitrillion ...

[TOKYO] SoftBank Group said on Wednesday (Oct 8) it has agreed to buy the robotics business of Swiss engineering group ABB in a US$5.4 billion deal. The deal marks a major push by SoftBank founder and ...

ABB Ltd. has the appetite and firepower for acquisitions after the Swiss industrial giant agreed to sell its robotics unit to SoftBank Group Corp. for more than $5 billion. “We have today, especially ...

The acquisition brings together SoftBank's AI know-how and ABB's robotics expertise as companies race to stay ahead of tech advances. Japan's SoftBank Group has agreed to acquire the robotics branch ...

SoftBank Group said today it has agreed to buy the robotics business of Swiss engineering group ABB in a $5.4 billion deal. The deal marks a major push by SoftBank founder and CEO Masayoshi Son into ...

Shares of ABB are now trading higher following the announcement. ABB’s robotics unit, which manufactures factory robots and industrial automation equipment, reported about $2.3 billion in revenue last ...