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Amazon and Walmart Are Turning Retail Efficiency Into Someone Else’s Expense

Amazon and Walmart Are Turning Retail Efficiency Into Someone Else’s Expense
Amazon and Walmart Are Turning Retail Efficiency Into Someone Else’s Expense
October 15, 2026  |  Retail

Retail’s next great efficiency breakthrough may come with an invoice addressed to someone else. As Walmart pushes robotics deeper into its distribution network, and Amazon brings...

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AI Robots Are Ready for Whatever Shoppers Send Back
AI Robots Are Ready for Whatever Shoppers Send Back
October 13, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Every returned item has to be picked up, identified and sorted before it can be sold again, and that work has long resisted automation. “If...

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J&J Spotlights FDA-Approved Surgical Robot Amid $100 Billion Revenue Push
J&J Spotlights FDA-Approved Surgical Robot Amid $100 Billion Revenue Push
October 13, 2026  |  Technology

Regulatory approval of a new Johnson & Johnson tool opens a new category in surgical robotics, the MedTech company said in a presentation released Tuesday...

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Robots Give Hospitals More Capacity Without Adding Beds
Robots Give Hospitals More Capacity Without Adding Beds
October 06, 2026  |  Healthcare

Clara Quakenbush, a medical assistant at Hancock Health’s Sue Ann Wortman Cancer Center in Indiana, used to make 10 to 15 trips a day carrying...

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Physical AI Builder RobCo Doubles Valuation to $1 Billion
Physical AI Builder RobCo Doubles Valuation to $1 Billion
October 05, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

RobCo, a builder of autonomous industrial robotics, topped a $1 billion valuation in an employee secondary share sale, the company said in a Monday (Oct....

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Cybersecurity Finds Its Next Frontier in 5 Million Factory Robots
Cybersecurity Finds Its Next Frontier in 5 Million Factory Robots
September 29, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

Industrial cybersecurity has meant walling off plant networks and watching control systems. Robots that run artificial intelligence models bring their own cameras, sensors, wireless links...

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Nscale Inks $3.5 Billion Deal With Robotics Firm Figure
Nscale Inks $3.5 Billion Deal With Robotics Firm Figure
September 03, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence cloud company Nscale has signed a major, multi-year agreement with humanoid robotics developer Figure. This deal will see Nscale provide computing resources for Figure and commit...

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Robot Delivery Is Booming and Cities Want Their Cut
Robot Delivery Is Booming and Cities Want Their Cut
August 26, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Delivery robots are moving past a simple question. Can they use sidewalks? Cities are now asking sharper ones: how many robots, how fast, and what...

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