Modular design is rapidly becoming the key to cost-effective automation, especially in sectors where demand variability and ...

The age of the human-only workplace may be coming to an end. A farms and a construction company are a preview of what’s to come.

This article is part of BD+C's special five-part Technology Report 2014: Top tech tools and trends for AEC professionals. Someday Building Teams may look back on today’s construction methods and ...

Robots are moving Shanghai's 7,500-ton complex 33 feet daily as the historic building makes way for an underground site in the 140-year-old Zhangyuan neighborhood.

Smart robots building space stations in orbit may be in the future, but there are plenty of other examples of how smart robots and automation are becoming critical to the future of spaceflight.

The COVID-19 crisis could accelerate a robotics revolution and impact jobs -- but it's not necessarily all bad news for workers.

It might be difficult to tell from the picture, but you’re looking at a robot that is capable of building and disassembling simple truss structures. We’ll let that sink in for a moment.… ...

Many companies have plans to implement robots and automation in their long-term strategies, but COVID-19 has forced organizations towards a digital transformation sooner than they had planned.

Researchers from MIT have created prototype assembly robots called BILL-E (Bipedal Isotropic Lattice Locomoting Explorer) that can build small structures on their own or work together to create ...

San Francisco soft robotics startup Breeze Automation made its debut today onstage at TechCrunch’s TC Sessions: Robotics + AI event at UC Berkeley.

Have no fear of automation, engineers. Robots in the workforce are ushering in an era of customization, localization, and creativity.

His research projects provide a peek into the intriguing possibilities of machines and automation, from robots that “evolve” to ones that assemble themselves out of basic building blocks.