Mike Oitzman

Jabil and Apptronik will build and test manufacturing processes to enable the ‘flywheel’ needed for the mass adoption of Apollo robots.


Figure released a video showing its new Helix VLA model running on a pair of Figure 02 humanoids cooperating on a household task.

Stial has acquired STFcore and launched Stial Steven, a humanoid polishing robot with AI-driven precision and flexibility.

TESOLLO’s new DG-5F humanoid robot hand, with 20 DoF and a built-in gripping algorithm, launches in March.

Apptronik’s $350 million Series A funding marks a milestone for humanoid developers and Texas’ growing robotics ecosystem.

Google boosts its investment in Apptronik, a leading humanoid robot company, to advance human-robot collaboration.

FANUC saw mixed results in 2024 as sales dipped, but profits rose, driven by factory automation and service growth.

Powered by Carbon AI, LaserWeeder G2 provides farmers with precise weed control in new sizes, configurations and prices.

Chris Painter explores connectivity challenges in rural areas and how CNHI is overcoming them in autonomous systems for precision farming.

DroneDeploy has secured a nationwide BVLOS waivers for its customers to remotely deploy and monitor drone inspection flights.

The 2024 RoboBusiness Pitchfire winner, Erin Linebarger, describes how Robotics 88 is developing drones to help manage prescribed wildfire burns.

Swiss-Mile, now RIVR, has raised $22 milllion, rebranded, and built robots with both wheels and legs for last-mile logistics.

John Santagate, senior vice president of robotics at Körber Supply Chain Software, looks back at 2024 and ahead to 2025 for logistics robotics.

Rantizo has expanded its portfolio for agricultural drone service providers, as other drone companies make moves.

CES 2025 was full of robotics demonstrations. We looked at some of the most interesting commercial robots on the show floor.

Zoox provided Senior Editor Mike Oitzman take his first ride in its robotaxi, and he learned about the platform from CPO Mike White.

For the first time in Indy Autonomous Challenge, or IAC, history, four autonomous race cars competed on an oval track at the same time.

Reachy 2, Pollen Robotics’ latest two-armed robot provides possibilities for research centers, industry, healthcare, and retail.

An extension of Tally and Tally RFID, Tally Spot allows retailers to increase visibility into high-priority areas of the store.

John Deere unveiled four self-driving systems at CES 2025, including the 9 Series tractor and an autonomous dump truck.

Chris Savoia, head of ecosystem success at Universal Robots, shares his perspective on the success of the UR+ partner ecosystem.

RobotLAB has added drones from Vision Aerial to the portfolio of service robots it offers through franchisees across the Americas.