Towering behemoths are prowling the docks of Auckland, New Zealand, in a neverending shuffle of shipping containers, stacking and unstacking them like so many out-sized LEGO bricks. And they’re doing ...

It'll likely be a while before we have humanoid robots taking over our household chores, but what you can count on sooner is seeing more robots in industrial settings, like factories and warehouses.

Battleships can't turn on a dime, and neither, apparently, can the global traffic of container ships. And that's bad news for the auto industry. According to the consulting firm AlixPartners, a ...