Spanning a wall in a separate area is a large automatic storage and retrieval system that feeds multiple lasers and stores ...

California machine shop quadrupled output by switching from manual TIG to robotic laser welding, eliminating skilled labor ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Kurt Schlosser on Feb 10, 2025 at ...

Automating production is a lot easier in manufacturing than in construction—particularly in a make-to-stock environment. In construction though, which is characterized by one-off projects with ...

ECOVACS Robotics unveiled a product line expansion at CES 2026, as it moved beyond its floor cleaning roots to now target the ...

The “as-a-service” model of technology delivery is most familiar through software-as-a-service (SaaS). Most companies already use Microsoft’s 365 to access Word, Excel, Outlook and Powerpoint via SaaS ...

In a giant warehouse in Reading, Massachusetts, I meet a pair of robots that look like goofy green footstools from the future. Their round eyes and satisfied grins are rendered with light emitting ...

Science laboratories across disciplines--chemistry, biochemistry and materials science--are on the verge of a sweeping transformation as robotic automation and AI lead to faster and more precise ...

Polar Manufacturing has been making metal hinges, locks, and brackets in south Chicago for more than 100 years. Some of the company’s metal presses—hulking great machines that loom over a worker—date ...