MUNICH—A new report by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants claims that recent advances in AI and humanoids wlll enable manufacturers to address the skilled labor shortage.

Artificial intelligence works when computers learn from data that is readily available. But there is no data to teach robots to do simple human tasks. It needs to be created.

A paddle-wielding robot is so adept at playing table tennis that it is posing a tough challenge to elite human players and sometimes defeating them, according to a new study in the journal Nature that shows how advances in artificial intelligence are making robots more agile.

In recent years, AI and robotic systems have begun to transition from controlled laboratory settings into everyday contexts such as education, healthcare