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    • Sunday, 5 March, 2023
      Leo Lewis
      The politics of deglobalisation favours the robots

      As labour supply problems persist, automation sales are hotting up

    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
      John Thornhill
      Can generative AI’s stimulating powers extend to productivity?

      ChatGPT and similar software could prove transformative but we should temper our optimism

    • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
      Retail & Consumer industry
      AutoStore rolls out new sales plan as economic growth slows

      SoftBank-backed warehouse robotics group cuts initial cost for customers

    • Thursday, 29 December, 2022
      Lex
      Blue sky thinking: exoskeletons build framework for productivity Premium content

      Devices that were developed for spinal injuries have industrial applications

    • Tuesday, 15 November, 2022
      Ocado Group PLC
      Ocado chief plans technology push into south-east Asia

      Tim Steiner wants to be ‘Tesla’ of ecommerce by introducing platform to more companies

    • Thursday, 10 November, 2022
      Amazon.com
      Amazon debuts new warehouse robot that can do human jobs

      Sparrow can pick up and sort millions of individual unpackaged products in tasks previously done by employees

    • Thursday, 27 October, 2022
      John Thornhill
      Forget the humanoids — it’s industrial robots that will transform the world

      Societies need all the imagination of science fiction writers to use proven functional skills rather than replicate our own

    • Saturday, 1 October, 2022
      Tesla Inc
      Elon Musk unveils Tesla’s humanoid robot prototype

      Chief executive says ‘Optimus’ should soon be able to walk and one day will carry out a range of jobs

    • Thursday, 22 September, 2022
      LexTesla Inc
      Tesla: share price recovery depends on revenue, not robots Premium content

      Futuristic robots are not what investors in the electric car maker care about

    • Thursday, 22 September, 2022
      Explainer14 min
      Will Tesla's Optimus robot become a reality? | FT Tech

      Elon Musk wants to put humanoid robots in his factories - and in your home

    • Sunday, 18 September, 2022
      Leo Lewis
      The era of the weak yen should be boom time for robots

      It is now cheap for Japanese companies to ‘reshore’ production, but automation is key

    • Saturday, 3 September, 2022
      Lex
      Fast food restaurants: high wages are helping robot chefs Premium content

      As labour costs rise, cyborgs are finding their way into the kitchen

    • 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

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