Manufacturing Automation
AI
Technology
Google and Fanuc forge physical AI alliance as robotics enters commercial phase
Partnership integrates Gemini Enterprise with industrial robots, propelling Fanuc shares to record highs as tech giants pivot from language models to embodied systems
AI
Macro
Bezos’s $100 Billion Manufacturing Bet Signals Capital Shift to Industrial AI
Largest single private-sector commitment to automation infrastructure arrives as reshoring collides with unfilled jobs and China's productivity race.
Markets
Technology
BMW Completes 11-Month Humanoid Robot Trial as Manufacturing Automation Race Accelerates
Figure AI's robots handled 90,000 parts in BMW's Spartanburg plant, marking the first sustained deployment of general-purpose humanoids in high-volume automotive production.