Service

Straddling the line between pet robot and personal assistant, Vector wants to be helpful, entertaining, and endearing.

As Iran tries to rejoin the global economy, Iranian robotics is poised to capitalize on the country's military and healthcare research.

While not yet a commonplace sight, retail robots are starting to conduct many tasks to help stores manage inventory, address worker shortages, and extend operations.

The July 4 holiday week saw funding for companies developing self-driving capabilities for vehicles, robots, and other devices.

Restaurants, nursing homes, museums, and theme parks are just some of the places where service robots and AI are becoming useful. Nations must develop strategies and address fears of automation taking jobs.

Robots that make pizzas, deliver e-commerce goods, and greet customers dominated the robotics news cycle as summer began.

Some of the robot intelligence trends discussed at Automatica 2018 included the need for good data, how cobots can help smaller businesses, and the roles of AI and human workers.

For the past several years, developers and vendors around the world have been working on assistive robots. Their products came closer to market with displays at Automatica.

Robots are coming to retail, as HSBC Bank's flagship location in Manhattan is the first bank branch in the U.S. to use SoftBank's humanoid Pepper robot for greeting and informing customers.

This week saw variations across the robotics funding landscape, artificial intelligence support companies and Internet of Things systems.