SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son has long predicted a future where robots would outnumber people and take over many jobs from humans.

Researchers demonstrate that robots can be designed to react to their environment and perform tasks by programming intelligence into their structure, with minimal electronics.

For decades, the idea of humanoid robots on the battlefield has belonged squarely to science fiction. They stalked through ...

It may market itself as “America’s Oldest Brewery,” but the D.G. Yuengling and Son, Inc. brewery in Pottsville, Pennsylvania has been on the leading edge of manufacturing innovation for decades.