More than a third of global installations were in China.

There is such a thing as too much, too soon. Companies need to invest in both humans and machines.

Baxter was first built in 2011 by a U.S. startup, and has since become one of the main research robots used by universities helping grad students learn about robotics.

Robots that can see, learn and grip different items are advancing quickly into the retail, food-and-beverage and consumer-packaged-good industries.

Automated unloaders took years to develop and still haven’t been perfected, reflecting the difficulty of working with an array of packages that are stacked differently from truck to truck.

Carmaker is considering selling unit after Marelli disposal.

The Shanghai plant will be the company’s single largest robotics facility around the world.