FANUC saw mixed results in 2024 as sales dipped, but profits rose, driven by factory automation and service growth.

His third arm isn’t just an idea, though. It’s a Yaskawa industrial robot that he was able to source for pretty cheap, but it was missing a few parts that he’s been slowly replacing.

However, that has been true mostly for humanoid robots, which are a tiny minority compared to the industrial robots that have helped manufacture our goods — such as cars — for decades.

Shenzhen-based UBTech Robotics plans to mass produce its humanoid robots as soon as the end of this year, according to an executive, as the loss-making robot maker ramps up output amid fierce ...