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Editorial coverage from Botsdex on robot adoption, field case studies, and practical human-robot collaboration.

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Explainer

Robs are great

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Botsdex Editorial, Jul 8, 20260 min
Explainer

Robots are the future

Robots are the absolute future we have.

Botsdex Editorial, Jul 8, 20265 min
Moxi, a white hospital service robot with a screen face and a raised gripper arm.
Field report

Moxi the hospital robot gives nurses time back

At Mary Washington Hospital, WIRED found a cleaner robotics story than spectacle: a mobile assistant taking routine delivery runs so nurses can stay closer to patients.

Botsdex Editorial, Jun 19, 20265 min
A BoniRob agricultural field robot used as representative cover photography for farm robotics.
Field report

In Salinas Valley, a lettuce robot turns hard field work into teamwork

WIRED's field report from California shows a simple but powerful robotics story: workers and machines sharing the harvest instead of standing on opposite sides of it.

Botsdex Editorial, Jun 17, 20265 min
A Norwegian fish farm and service vessel near Harstad in winter conditions.
Field report

In salmon pens, laser robots turn aquaculture into precision work

A Norwegian sea-lice story shows robots doing what humans cannot do at scale: watching thousands of fish and targeting tiny parasites before an outbreak spreads.

Botsdex Editorial, Jun 16, 20266 min
Industrial robot arms palletizing packaged goods in an automated bakery.
Industry

Ocado's ARMAR-6 shows what practical factory help can look like

The collaborative robot prototype is a useful industrial case study because the goal is specific: help maintenance technicians with the awkward parts of repair work.

Botsdex Editorial, Jun 15, 20265 min
A CSIRO unmanned aerial vehicle flying near an overhead powerline.
Industry

When inspection is dangerous, robots should take the first look

Energy infrastructure makes a simple case for automation: let people supervise the risk instead of climbing, flying, and walking directly into it.

Botsdex Editorial, Jun 14, 20265 min