Zoox’s upgraded testing fleet is paving the way for its purpose-built autonomous vehicle to start rolling out onto roads.

North American companies ordered 44,196 robots in 2022, an 11% increase from 2021, according to the Association for Advancing Automation.

Marty, an indoor autonomous mobile robot made by Badger Technologies, was spotted wandering a GIANT Food Stores parking lot.

Rapid Robotics is now integrated with the entire Yaskawa robotics portfolio, and can deliver more speed and higher payload robots.

SkyGo will use the Airobotics Optimus System to provide data and information services to Industrial and Governmental entities in the UAE.

The new company will be named Yamaha Robotics Solutions Asia Pte. Ltd. and registration was completed on January 13, 2023.

Auris Health, an Ethicon subsidiary, received FDA clearance for Monarch for endourological procedures in May 2022.

The system, created by ABB and UTMB, can increase the number of neutralizing antibody tests performed from 15 a day to over 1,000 daily. 

Researchers developed a sensor system that detects residual movement of an arm and calibrates the appropriate pressurization of the balloon actuator to move the person’s arm smoothly and naturally.

UR and Rapid Robotics announce a new partnership that enables faster cobot deployments in North America.

Phantom AI, based in Mountain View, California, aims to quickly democratize autonomous driving by advancing ADAS technologies.

Ronovo Surgical announced that it closed a new round of financing, bringing its total funds raised to more than $50 million since 2020.

A research team led by the University of Bristol is studying fish sensory organs to help then develop sensors for underwater robots.

Strech’s first commercial application is with DHL Supply Chain, a company that Boston Dynamics has been collaborating with since 2018.

This is a $28 million increase from the $376 million it brought in during 2021. In 2022, UR brought in $326 million, while MiR brought in $77 million. 

New features from Asensus Surgical include 3D measurement, digital tagging and image enhancement.

Relay adds three executives to boost software engineering, product management and industrial design.

Scythe Robotics said the funding will help it meet demand for the more than 7,500 reservations for its all-electric, fully autonomous M.52 mower.

The Yeti is the latest model of an autonomous last-mile delivery platform from Ottonomy.io. It features omnidirectional steering.

A team of students at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has developed an autonomous Zamboni for the Pittsburgh Penguins. 

Valencia, Spain-based Robotnik has been developing mobile robots for 20-plus years.

The single-column, multiple-arm design of conventional surgical robots limits the angle of approach when multiple instruments are deployed. This is the main challenge that needs to be overcome.