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  • 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

  • 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

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