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Humanoid robots promise a multi-trillion-dollar market, but pose challenges

Robotics Business Review

Agility Robotics’ Digit humanoid was in trials at GXO. Source: Agility Robotics As an early investor in Agility Robotics, now one of the world’s leading manufacturers of humanoid robots, I’ve watched as humanoids have evolved from a fascinating concept to reality over the past five years.

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3 women share advice for navigating the robotics industry

Robotics Business Review

Sources: Scythe Robotics, Locus Robotics, and Relay Robotics Women are an underrepresented group within the robotics industry. When it comes to engineering and robotics roles, the number is even smaller, with women only making up about 16% of the workforce. Hamilton’s path to robotics was non-traditional.

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Industrial Robot Maintenance

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Articulated robots, along with the growing use of collaborative robots (cobots), are essential to modern manufacturing operations. Without robots, productivity and quality would be lower and costs would be higher. Without robots, productivity and quality would be lower and costs would be higher.

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Figure 02 humanoid robot is ready to get to work

Robotics Business Review

today unveiled its second-generation humanoid robot. The first-generation robot, Figure 01, took its first steps and manipulated items within its first year of development. The most obvious change is the matte black finish of the robot’s “skin,” rather than the chrome metal finish of Figure 01. Figure AI Inc.

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#Trending: From humanoids to low-cost automation – IFR reports on what’s next for industrial robotics in 2025

Automation Mag

The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) reports that the global market value of industrial robot installations has reached an all-time high of US$ 16.5 The organization has shared the top five trends for the robotics industry for 2025. The organization has shared the top five trends for the robotics industry for 2025.

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China proposes guidelines for future humanoid development

Robotics Business Review

The World AI Conference brought together 18 humanoid robotics companies from across China. Credit: WAIC After almost two years of climbing the hype curve, humanoid robots are reaching the point of maturity where it is becoming viable to deploy them into real-world applications. based Tesla. Register now.

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Mobile robot shipments set to grow from 547,000 to 2.8 million by 2030, says report

Robotics Automation News

Mobile robot shipments will remain the highest across all robot form factors. Mobile robots are most used within warehousing and logistics, but the form factor is increasingly […] ABI Research, a technology intelligence firm, forecasts shipments to grow from 547,000 units in 2023 to 2.79