The funding will be used to expand sales regions in North America, optimize and scale manufacturing, develop new software and hardware products, and launch into international markets.
About The Author
Mike Oitzman
Mike Oitzman is Editor of WTWH's Robotics Group and founder of the Mobile Robot Guide. Oitzman is a robotics industry veteran with 25-plus years of experience at various high-tech companies in the roles of marketing, sales and product management. He can be reached at [email protected]
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Berkshire Grey to join Softbank Group
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ProMat 2023 robotics recap
Listen to this week’s episode of The Robot Report Podcast and a recap of all of the cool robots at ProMat 2023.
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NVIDIA announces new features and capabilities that support the acceleration and growth of AI-based solutions for robotics and simulation.
OTTO Motors launches OTTO 600 and improved software
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Slip Robotics launches new trailer pallet unloading solution
The Slip Robotics automated trailer loading system carries up to 8 full pallets and reduced driver waiting time from 1.5 hrs to 5 mins.
Silicon Valley Bank collapses and FDIC takes over
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Plus One Robotics raises $50M Series C funding round
Plus One Robotics announced that it has raised $50M in Series C funding, bringing its total funding to date to almost $100M.
Software development for autonomous vehicles from APEX.AI
This episode of The Robot Report Podcast features an interview with APEX.AI co-founder Dejan Pangercic on software development for autonomous vehicles.
OpenAI releases APIs for production use of ChatGPT
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OMRON launches 20 kg payload cobot arm
The new OMRON TM20 cobot is lightweight and features a 20 kg payload and 1300 mm reach.
Skydio flying high with $230M series E funding round
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OLogic’s Ted Larson advises robot makers
On the podcast this week, Steve and Mike interview Ted Larson, the CEO and co-founder of OLogic about the difficulties and joys of developing robots.
Editor’s picks: top robots from World Ag Expo
The 2023 World Ag Expo is the largest farm equipment show in the world. This year there was a record number of autonomous solutions on display.
Robots and automation at World Ag Expo
On the show this week, Mike discusses the new automation and robotics solutions on display at the 2023 World Ag Expo.
2022 ROS 2 metrics report
The total number of ROS packages downloaded increased 7.45%. ROS 2 accounted for 39.82% of all ROS downloads in 2022.
Rapid Robotics and Universal Robots team up to accelerate cobot deployments
UR and Rapid Robotics announce a new partnership that enables faster cobot deployments in North America.
Built Robotics acquires Roin Technologies to accelerate construction robotics roadmap
The staff from Roin Technologies joins the engineering team at Built Robotics to help accelerate the growth of construction robotics.