Faraday Future is best known as an electric vehicle company, but it is increasingly positioning robotics as a major part of its future, describing itself more broadly as a “physical AI ecosystem company”. The California-based company is now trying to build a US robotics business around technology and products that currently rely substantially on Chinese […]

Swedish robotics startup 120ft has emerged from stealth after raising €576,000 in angel funding to develop autonomous microfactories using humanoid robots for local manufacturing. The Stockholm-based company is developing modular factories designed to enable consumer brands to assemble products locally in smaller batches rather than relying on large production runs and lengthy international supply chains. […]

RobCo says it has “surpassed a $1 billion valuation” as it builds the next generation of autonomous industrial robotics, doubling its valuation in just nine months. The deal brings new investment into RobCo while giving long-standing employees the opportunity to realize part of the value they have helped create since the company’s founding. Existing investors […]

Modern factories, operating continuously throughout the day and night, face constant pressure to produce greater quantities, waste far less material, and consistently maintain tight tolerances at every stage. Autonomous systems observe, decide, and act without human intervention. When machines are able to adjust their own operating parameters in real time, without pausing for human input, […]