As robots spread quickly into multiple industries, the need for automation safety to be part of companies’ adoption plans also grows.

The growth of the robotic process automation (RPA) industry is seeing a number of new product offerings designed to improve productivity, reduce errors, and save money for companies worldwide.

Current self-driving car rules in Germany, Japan, and Singapore show a mix of motivations and approaches to regulation.

The biggest robotics acquisitions and funding of the past year added several deals to the billion-dollar-and-up club. Don’t mistake that for a mature robotics industry, though.

Farmers used to worry about the weather and insects. A new generation of indoor agriculture, or vertical farms, is beginning to apply robotics and big data to increase crop productivity, but how much automation is too much?

The Ocean Discovery Xprize has drawn teams from universities, startups, and established robotics companies in more than 22 countries. Can the contest jumpstart undersea drone technology?

While the humanoid robot Pepper and its rivals are spreading, there is still uncertainty on how smart and useful service robotics will actually be.

The Center for Manufacturing Excellence at Lansing Community College plans to serve the need for mechatronics operators.

The Middle East isn’t considered a hotbed of robotics R&D, but its universities have strong programs, and the region could follow others to tech-based prosperity.

For 2016, according to Terry Wohlers, the new norm for 3D printing is big

In the U.S. alone the Industrial Internet could boost average incomes by 25 to 40 percent.

Adept robots at the Dutch manufacturer are an example of how robotics can make factories more responsive to rapidly changing consumer tastes.

Uber is developing driverless vehicles with the help of 40 robotics researchers who left its partner, Carnegie Mellon University. The race to create self-driving cars may leave some industry-academia alliances in the dust.

ASI, which creates add-ons for vehicle automation, looks to fleet control software for long-term growth.

Increasing vehicle autonomy finally has insurers contemplating complex liability issues.

Analyst Jim Nash profiles ABB’s Robotics division.

Adept Technology has been going through a period of readjustment, both with its leadership and with its plans to enter new industrial robotics markets.