CES 2026 – can Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot carry the humanoid industry on its shoulder?
Together, Boston Dynamics, Hyundai, and Google aim to prove that humanoid robots are a viable technology for real-world applications. Can they succeed
Robotics
Enterprise hits and misses - AI project lessons hit home, IBM acquires Confluent, and the future of robotics is up for debate
This week - as the year winds down, let's take stock: what did we actually learn about AI project success? Meanwhile, IBM keeps things interesting with its Confluent acquisition - but why Confluent, and why now? Robotics is debated, and the whiffs keep rolling.
Robotics and AI – US Congress hears bold, but partial, future visions
How are robotics and AI affecting US jobs and the economy? And how should they be? A Congressional Hearing last month explored these issues.
AI agents and robots – our future partners for all work, says McKinsey
A new report from McKinsey paints a bold vision of an emerging partnership between humans and machines. But it makes too many flimsy assumptions.
IFS.ai Unleashed - Boston Dynamics and Siemens on AI's next phase and its infrastructure that doesn't exist yet
Two sessions at IFS AI Industrial X Unleashed examine how AI is moving beyond software into physical systems. But AI's physical era is arriving faster than the systems to support it.
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Humanoid robotics, part two – the robot reports are coming! Warning! Warning!
Humanoid robots capture the public imagination, and investors are backing them. That means a lot of reports will be incoming, propelled by marketing bucks. A good time to present the facts, minus the hype
Enterprise hits and misses - AI adoption debates heat up, robotics gets a reality check and event season rolls on
This week - AI adoption lessons are rolling in, but which path should companies (and their leadership teams) choose? Robotics is due for a fresh assessment, and the diginomica team swaps road miles for insights. Your whiffs include - shoes off at work?
The robots are coming! The robotics market is flourishing worldwide. Or is it?
As AI’s promises are replaced by enterprise reality, another hyped technology stomps into view. So, what is the real story behind industrial robotics, service robots, and humanoid machines?
Let's get physical! How Hitachi Vantara is getting ready for the next manifestation of AI
The robots are coming. Are you ready?
China in its hand? Tencent's Global Digital Ecosystem Summit reaches out to 'internationalize'
Chinese internet and entertainment giant Tencent impresses at its 2025 conference
Never mind the rise of the killer robots. Will their domestic counterparts be heading to your home first?
Morgan Stanley predicts that the market for humanoid robots could be worth $5 trillion by 2050. So just how important a role are they likely to play in our everyday lives?
ICON 2025 - how GXO Logistics is navigating an uncertain global trading environment
CTO Nizar Trigui on how one logistics specialist is looking to cloud and AI to address the current macro-economic complexities around trading.
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang - the robots are coming as the era of "physical AI" gets underway
Forget DeepSeek! Lots to talk about at this week's NVIDIA GTC conference.
