• April 18 2026
  The FT Magazine design special

  FT Magazine. Can we make robots that eat other robots?

  For one group of dogged roboticists, artificial life that can reproduce itself is the future. The fact it doesn’t yet work only adds to the excitement

  
• April 17 2026
  Technology

  Humanoid robot chases wild boars off the streets of Warsaw

  Video of Rolex-wearing robot goes viral as it becomes Poland’s first robotic influencer on social media

  
• April 6 2026
  South Korea society

  AI dolls offer companionship to the elderly

  South Korea’s strained social care system turns to ChatGPT-enabled devices as population ages

  
• March 12 2026
  World

  Inside the AI labs training China’s humanoid robots

  Network of training farms aims to supply data needed to put ‘brains’ into machines

  
• March 11 2026
  Tech Tonic podcast31 min listen

  Artificial intimacy: Prescribing robots to combat loneliness

  Can chatbots solve the social isolation epidemic?

  
• March 9 2026
  Artificial intelligence

  Nvidia and ABB launch partnership for AI-enabled autonomous robots

  Industrial robots that can be trained in virtual conditions are being trialled by Foxconn

  
• February 27 2026
  European companies

  BMW to use humanoid robots on production line

  Group joins Tesla and other carmakers as industry turns to AI-powered robots to cut labour and manufacturing costs

  
• February 27 2026
  World

  The companies behind China’s dancing, joking robots

  Televised gala offers a showcase and opportunity for the best of Chinese tech

  
• February 20 2026
  Hyundai Motor Co

  The ‘latecomer’ racing Tesla on robots and self-driving cars

  South Korean carmaker’s Atlas humanoid and meetings with Nvidia’s chief stoke investor hopes

  
• February 9 2026
  Chinese business & finance

  Chinese companies overtake US in Singapore investment

  Businesses have been using city-state to avoid geopolitical scrutiny and expand abroad

  
• January 29 2026
  The AI Shift

  Could AI make — rather than take — jobs?

  Public attention is focused on possible AI job losses, but history tells us that new tech usually generates jobs too

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• January 28 2026
  Tech Exchange

  Interview. FJDynamics’s James Wu: Building robot farmers

  The former chief scientist at Chinese drone maker DJI explains why he is building robots for ‘forgotten’ sectors, such as agriculture

  
• January 25 2026
  World

  Robots only half as efficient as humans, says leading Chinese producer

  UBTech executive highlights difficulty in replacing workers with machines but manufacturers are still racing to order them

  
• January 20 2026
  Companies

  Scientists unveil crawling robot hand that can grasp multiple objects

  Invention’s advantages in dexterity over human counterpart raise prospect of industrial uses

  
• January 20 2026
  FT Tech for Growth Forum

  Physical AI: robotics are poised to revolutionise business

  Multi-tasking robots equipped with artificial intelligence will change the world. Mankind has to be ready to get the best out of them. How this is done will be decided in boardrooms and tech labs

  
• January 14 2026
  Artificial intelligence

  Alphaville. Barclays’ shiftless robot report

  ‘The future of work’, meet the past and present of work

  
• January 13 2026
  Artificial intelligence

  Don’t hold your breath for robots’ ChatGPT moment

  Implementing automation systems requires a lot of planning, time and money

  Sarah O'Connor

  
• January 7 2026
  Technology

  Synthetic skin based on octopus biology promises uses in robotics

  New technique varies colour and texture to open up potential applications in display technologies

  
• January 6 2026
  World

  Lex. China’s humanoid robots come out fighting

  Asian nation’s companies have made significant advances in motion control

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• December 29 2025
  Technology

  Why people love neurotic robots

  Our preference to engage with robots that take on human characteristics threatens genuine social interaction

  Patti Waldmeir

  
• December 5 2025
  Kroger Co

  Kroger pays Ocado $350mn for paring back automated warehouses partnership

  UK group’s shares rise after compensation agreed with US retailer

  
• December 4 2025
  Artificial intelligence

  China takes the baton in the humanoid robot race

  Our delighted faith in the automatons raises the question of how they will integrate into human society

  Leo Lewis

  
• December 3 2025
  Special Report

  AI in Practice

  In the first AI in Practice report: Complete rethink of business models needed to realise benefits; Robots promise to take the grunt work out of lab experiments; Professional services firms in search of competitive edge and military chiefs aim to reshape the battlefield

  
• December 3 2025
  AI in Practice

  Robots promise to take the grunt work out of laboratory experiments

  Scientists are also looking to use AI to design and make molecules on demand

  
• November 20 2025
  Best Employers: Asia-Pacific

  Robot threat to drivers’ jobs in China heralds wider shift

  Concern grows that autonomous vehicles could replace human roles, with no guarantee of social safety net