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.
Agility Robotics’ Jonathan Hurst to keynote Robotics Summit
In his keynote talk, Agility co-founder and CTO Jonathan W. Hurst will give an inside look at the process of developing bipedal robots.
Comau develops mobile manipulator
Comau’s Mobile Robotic Arm involves a robotic arm mounted on an autonomous mobile platform and is being used in three EU projects.
Amazon’s ARMBench dataset helps train pick-and-place robots
Dataset of images collected in an industrial setting features more than 190,000 objects to train pick-and-place robots.
Covariant raises $75M for robotic picking technology
Pre-trained on millions of picks from Covariant robots in warehouses around the world, the Covariant Brain enables robots to autonomously pick many SKUs.
Cruise recalls 300 robotaxis in response to crash with bus
Cruise said its robotaxi that rear-ended a bus in San Francisco made an error predicting the movement of the bus.
A roadmap to successfully commercializing robots
Learn from four robotics industry experts about the road to commercialization at the Robotics Summit & Expo.
Gatik to start deliveries with Kroger in Texas
Gatik’s medium-duty autonomous box trucks will be transporting products from a Kroger CFC in Dallas, Texas to multiple retail locations.
MIT researchers create algorithm to stop drones from colliding midair
Robust MADER is able to generate collision-free trajectories for drones even when there is a delay in communications between agents.
Roboto AI raises $4.8M to build data tools for robotics developers
Roboto AI announced that it has emerged from stealth with $4.8 million in Seed funding to build robotics development tools.
How MIT taught a quadruped to play soccer
MIT’s DribbleBot can maneuver soccer balls on landscapes like sand, gravel, mud and snow and get up and recover the ball after falling.
Capra Robotics’ AMRs to use RGo Perception Engine
RGo Robotics, a company developing artificial perception technology, announced leadership appointments, new customers and an upcoming product release.
Robotics Summit: How to use simulation for developing robots
Attendees will learn how simulation can test robot applications in photo-realistic, physically accurate digital twin environments.
Yaskawa releases MotoPick 4 software & robotic pallet builder
Yaskawa released its MotoPick 4 software system, and is expanding its Smart Pendant’s capability with its new Pallet Builder extension.
Top 10 robotics stories of March 2023
Between all of the exciting robotics announcements that came out of ProMat, and big acquisitions, there was no shortage of news in February.
How Geek+ robots could’ve picked 10B items in a year
Geek+ robots achieved a groundbreaking milestone of 10 billion pieces picked in a single year.
Robotics investments reach $620M in February 2023
Companies offering unmanned aerial drones, usually coupled with drone-enabled data and analytics services, were particularly strong in February 2023.
Ocado wins UK patent lawsuit over AutoStore
Both AutoStore and Ocado operate automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS) that operate on similar principles.
Researchers taught a quadruped to use its legs for manipulation
Researchers taught a Unitree Go1 quadruped how to use its front legs to climb walls, press buttons and kick a soccer ball.
Watch Bill Gates take a ride in a Wayve AV
Bill Gates recently had the opportunity to take a ride in downtown London inside a Wayve autonomous vehicle (AV).
Times Microwave Systems launches coaxial cable for robotics
The XF-178 cable is built for applications requiring constant motion and flexibility, such as robotics and industrial automation technologies in large distribution centers.
Keys to using ROS 2 & other frameworks for medical robots
What is the best architectural approach to use when developing medical robots? MedAcuity’s Tom Amlicke will explore this topic at the Robotics Summit & Expo.