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  • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
    SoftBank-backed warehouse robotics group doubles on trading debut

    Symbotic executive eyes automation trend due to wage costs and labour shortages

  • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
    Ouch! Robotic hand with smart skin recoils when jabbed in the palm

    Glasgow university engineers develop new generation of ultra-sensitive electronic skins

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    Technology sector
    What it’s like to ride first and only public robotaxi in US

    Waymo’s self-driving car offers a smooth but time-consuming ride

  • Monday, 31 January, 2022
    Special ReportFuture of AI and Digital Healthcare
    Robots give surgeons a helping hand

    Machines are common in US hospitals but Europeans remain more sceptical

  • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
    FT AlphavilleIzabella Kaminska
    Do Tesla robots dream of infinite planetary resources?

    Robot slaves will have to compete with cheap human labour, not the other way around.

  • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
    FT Magazine
    A remote village, a world-changing invention and the epic legal fight that followed

    The twisted tale of the battle between Norway’s AutoStore and the UK's Ocado

  • Wednesday, 26 January, 2022
    Ocado Group PLC
    Ocado deploys lightweight robots in battle with delivery start-ups

    Online grocer unveils new technology to help win customers and compete with the likes of Getir and Gorillas

  • Tuesday, 18 January, 2022
    Special ReportFuture of Industry
    ‘Factory of the future’ offers new blueprint for manufacturers

    Robotics and data analytics can make processes more efficient, less energy-intensive, and less expensive

  • Wednesday, 24 November, 2021
    Lex
    AutoStore: robot warehouses continue to stack up Premium content

    A push to replace humans should support earnings growth

  • Monday, 15 November, 2021
    Special ReportFuture of Logistics
    Robotics supply helping hand to speedy order fulfilment

    Technology provides route to saving sales and revenues

  • Sunday, 3 October, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Machines are not ready to take over just yet

    Labour shortages will spur further automation — but not everywhere

  • Friday, 1 October, 2021
    John Gapper
    Amazon’s Astro robot is a symbol of the surveillance age

    Artificial intelligence machines are better at sentry duty than being all-purpose androids

  • Wednesday, 29 September, 2021
    LexAmazon.com
    Amazon: home robot Astro will be no stellar seller Premium content

    If the device is not a smash hit, that will make no difference to the company’s core business

  • Tuesday, 28 September, 2021
    IPOs
    SoftBank-backed robot warehouse group AutoStore plans Oslo IPO

    Norwegian manufacturer of automated storage and retrieval systems set to list next month

  • Wednesday, 22 September, 2021
    News in-depth
    Robots replace humans as labour shortages bite

    Automation gathers pace as logistics groups struggle to find workers to deal with surge in next-day deliveries

  • Tuesday, 14 September, 2021
    LexKeyence Corp
    Keyence: sensors solve Japan’s factory worker shortage Premium content

    Company will need to prove it can find more countries as keen to buy its products

  • Wednesday, 1 September, 2021
    Bryce Elder
    London’s loss will be Blue Prism’s gain as buyout funds circle

    Potential private equity takeover is UK software pioneer’s best chance to compete with better funded rivals

  • Tuesday, 31 August, 2021
    News in-depthUS employment
    QR codes replace service staff as pandemic spurs automation in US

    Shift means many jobs lost during Covid crisis will not return, say experts

  • Friday, 20 August, 2021
    FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
    Elon unveils the ‘Tesla Bot’

    And a prototype be ready next year. Along with the Semi, the Roadster, 1m robotaxis, etc.

  • Monday, 16 August, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Rules for bringing AI into the classroom

    Pandemic has accelerated the adoption of machine learning as a tool for education

  • Saturday, 17 July, 2021
    Ocado Group PLC
    Ocado’s largest warehouse shut after robot collision causes fire

    Blaze at London site means automated facility will be unable to fulfil online orders for several days

  • Sunday, 11 July, 2021
    InterviewSony Corp
    Sony embraces robotics to cut costs and boost digital services

    Merger of consumer electronics will resolve weaknesses and lift sales, says Japanese group’s Kimio Maki

  • Sunday, 4 July, 2021
    Leo Lewis
    We should not mourn the passing of Pepper the robot

    The humanoid automaton was always doomed to be replaced but its end tells us something about SoftBank

  • Monday, 28 June, 2021
    Lex
    Surgery robots: SoftBank cash infusion boosts UK’s CMR Premium content

    It may be another two decades before medical operations are fully automated

  • Sunday, 27 June, 2021
    UK surgical robotics start-up CMR raises $600m at $3bn valuation

    SoftBank Vision Fund 2 leads private financing round that Cambridge group says is medtech’s biggest

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