Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2023

A number of robotics companies shut down in 2023. There are many reasons robotics companies fail. From an ill-conceived idea to poor execution, tough economic headwinds or the inability to raise funding, building and running a sustainable robotics company is challenging. Here are some of the robotics companies we lost in 2023.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

EDAP TMS released Focal One in 2013 to treat prostate cancer using ultrasound. Source: EDAP TMS EDAP TMS SA, a developer of robotic energy-based therapies, and Avenda Health last week announced plans to use Avenda’s Unfold AI to launch the Focal One robotic system for high-intensity focused ultrasound, or HIFU, procedures.

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Gary Mintchell

OCTOBER 5, 2022

This may make it easier for customers to combine autonomous mobile robot technologies into their material handling applications. Headquarters will be in Odense, Denmark, where MiR has managed its global operations since its launch in 2013. Organizational changes.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Olis Robotics error-recovery system will be available with all Kawasaki robot models starting in Q2. Source: Business Wire Olis Robotics and Kawasaki Robotics Inc. “Adding Olis to our industrial robots is a game changer for the market.” Source: Business Wire Olis Robotics and Kawasaki Robotics Inc.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

AMD said its processors enable robotic surgery such as with Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci system. Source: AMD The need for robotic surgery is well established, but most systems are still costly to purchase, operate, and maintain, noted Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 16, 2024

Source: EverestLabs Companies are coming together to prove that robotics and artificial intelligence can help make recycling more economically viable. LRS has installed EverestLabs’ RecycleOS sorting robot in The Exchange, a new material recovery facility (MRF). LRS plans to use RecycleOS to automate sortation at The Exchange.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 21, 2024

The Denmark-based provider of a global automation market platform said its findings confirm that businesses are seeing robotics and automation as a supplement to human labor, not as a replacement. from 2013 to 2019, according to the U.S. Learn from Agility Robotics, Amazon, Disney, Teradyne and many more. In the U.S.,

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 17, 2024

which yesterday retired the older version of its humanoid robot after 15 years of development and today showed a preview of its successor. based company showed that its robot could walk, open a door, and maintain its balance while being shoved by a person holding a hockey stick, all without a tether. By 2016, the Waltham, Mass.-based

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 24, 2025

Kyle Vogt, then president and CTO of Cruise, delivered a keynote at the 2019 Robotics Summit & Expo. While the company has yet to reveal a service robot prototype, this latest funding puts its valuation at $2 billion. He started Cruise in 2013 with Dan Kan. General Motors acquired Cruise for $1 billion in 2016.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 28, 2025

The Robot Report Podcast Ali Kashani on the Future of Last-Mile Logistics In Episode 189 of The Robot Report Podcast, co-hosts Mike Oitzman and Eugene Demaitre interview Ali Kashani, co-founder and CEO of Serve Robotics. Ali Kashani, co-founder and CEO of Serve Robotics In this podcast, Ali Kashani, CEO of Serve Robotics Inc.,

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 14, 2024

Kyle Vogt, then president and CTO of Cruise, delivered a Robotics Summit & Expo keynote in 2019. Vogt posted to LinkedIn that the company has already raised $150 million from investors, but he didn’t give many details of its plans for service or household robots. General Motors acquired Cruise in 2016.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 8, 2025

” Founded in 2013, Cyngn develops and deploys autonomous vehicle technology for industries such as automotive manufacturing and logistics. based company a 2025 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award. Learn more at the RBR50 Gala at the Robotics Summit & Expo. Register now so you don't miss out!

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Robotics Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Source: Orbbec Collaborative robot arms and mobile robots need reliable perception and connectivity for complex tasks such as bin picking and palletizing, noted Orbbec Inc. Gemini 335Lg promises versatility The Gemini 330 series offers versatile 3D capabilities for AMRs and robotic arms, said Orbbec.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

CaseFlow orchestrates case-picking robots and workers, noted new CEO Karl Iagnemma. Source: Vecna robotics Vecna Robotics today announced that it has closed $14.5 based company provides mobile robots for materials handling. Iagnemma has been a robotics researcher and an entrepreneur. The Waltham, Mass.-based

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Robotics Automation News

JULY 6, 2023

Created in 2013 by software engineers Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer as a satirical nod to the popular “Doge” internet meme, Dogecoin initially started as a joke. Cryptocurrencies have been growing exponentially in popularity in recent years, and Dogecoin is one of the newer players on the scene.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2024

BMW plans to see what a Figure 01 humanoid robot can do in its factory. Source: Figure AI The interest in humanoid robots continues to gain steam. In the first phase, the company has been identifying the initial tasks its robot could perform. Meet @Figure_robot , a leader in the race to build commercially viable humanoid robots.

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Robotics Business Review

JUNE 17, 2024

Cruise has long had its sights set on deploying its driverless robotaxis in San Francisco, where it was founded in 2013. The post GM invests another $850M into Cruise as it expands manual operations appeared first on The Robot Report. The company has yet to restart driving in its home state of California.

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Robotics Automation News

JULY 17, 2023

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

IIT’s Matteo Laffranchi coordinated the project, which began in 2013 with the goal of developing innovative, high-tech, cost-effective systems for patients with physical impairments. Learn from Agility Robotics, Amazon, Disney, Teradyne and many more.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 9, 2024

Interestingly, Cruise is restarting manual operations in Phoenix, not in its hometown of San Francisco, where the company has been based since it was founded in 2013. Learn from Agility Robotics, Amazon, Disney, Teradyne and many more. The post Cruise resumes manual robotaxi operations in Phoenix appeared first on The Robot Report.

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Gary Mintchell

JUNE 3, 2024

Examples could be autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) or self-driving automobiles and trucks. Perhaps the cognitive will actually be “autonomous.” I’ve referenced a paper emanating from ABB about the coming of “autonomous control.”

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AU Manufacturing

APRIL 10, 2023

Built in 2013, the MV Normand Jarl is 107 metres long, 22 metres wide and displaces 7,400 tons. The primary role of Guidance will be to support undersea surveillance systems trials and will enable the deployment and evaluation of undersea crewed and uncrewed vehicles, and robotic and autonomous systems.

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E&T

APRIL 26, 2023

China made its first lunar landing in 2013 and has expressed its aim of becoming a major space power by 2030. Earlier this week, China revealed its plans of sending a robotic probe to collect samples from a near-Earth asteroid.

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AU Manufacturing

AUGUST 16, 2022

Smart Bin Technology automatically sorts plastic, metal, and glass as well as specific types of plastic using Internet of Things (IoT), sensors, robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and infrared spectroscopy technologies.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

” Follow along here, but Aptiv started out as Boston-based nuTonomy in 2013. The post Cruise and Motional backers slash robotaxi funding appeared first on The Robot Report. Motional is uniquely positioned through our strategic partnerships with our shareholders, and we continue to have their strong support and collaboration.”

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Manufacturer's Monthly

AUGUST 21, 2022

Smart Bin Technology uses Internet of Things (IoT), sensing, robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and infrared spectroscopy technologies to automatically sort plastic, metal and glass, and sort specific types of plastic. Much of this is sourced through online waste exchange marketplace ASPIRE, which spun out of CSIRO in 2013. .

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Fabricating & Metal Work

AUGUST 25, 2022

Founded by Ed and Tanya Beaumont over 30 years ago, the company was recently repurchased, after the owners had sold the business in early 2013. In 2013, they turned over the ownership of the company to a new owner. A new 7-axis EDM drill has just been developed. www.beaumontmachine.com.

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Automation Mag

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Teradyne companies Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) and AutoGuide Mobile Robots merge to become a single supplier of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). Effective from the end of September, the integrated company is now officially known as Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR).

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Modern Machine Shop

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The cobot is designed to alter its movement speed when near humans, making it a safer alternative to a normal robot arm. Photo Credit: SDP/SI In 2013 the company began a reorganization process and consolidated four manufacturing locations into a single facility in Hicksville, New York, in 2017. One key area of investment is automation.

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E&T

OCTOBER 4, 2023

An inquiry held in 2013-14 highlighted women, those from ethnic and low socioeconomic backgrounds, and people with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community as under-represented in STEM. Each UK partner makerspace specialises in a specific area, offering opportunities to learn a variety of skills including coding, engineering and robotics.

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Modern Machine Shop

MARCH 10, 2024

Marzilli has been running his shop since 2011, but even after adopting a simple ERP system in 2013, managing the shop and ensuring its efficient operation was a grueling task. The company will move into a much larger facility in early 2024, where it will have space to purchase robots and other new capital equipment.

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Canadian Manufacturing

AUGUST 28, 2024

“Just as steam, electricity, and the internet propelled us to produce more with fewer inputs during previous industrial revolutions, automation, robotics, artificial intelligence, and blockchain are shaping up to do the same in food manufacturing in the fourth industrial revolution,” said Amanda Norris, FCC senior economist.

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The Automation Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

First up we have an announcement from RS here detailing the addition of new suppliers including ILME and ABB Robotics. As for our product spotlight, today we're highlighting The Automation Blog's 2013-2020 Video Collection here. Advantech also announced a new product here , the UTC-300 line of Industrial Panel PCs.

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Mold Making Technology

JUNE 22, 2023

What began with two people in 4,000 square feet grew into a 16,000-square-foot facility purchased in 2013. Since opening its doors in 2010, the mold builder has continued to grow and advance, both in facility size and technology, to fulfill customer needs.

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Modern Machine Shop

MAY 13, 2025

Today, Marle Tangible’s six five-axis mills from Hurco are loaded and unloaded by hand; soon the company plans to automate at least one of its machining cells with a robot that can perform this work autonomously, opening the door to lights-out postprocessing.

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The Automation Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

Today in our product spotlight we're featuring our 2013-2020 Video Collection with over 280 videos ad 29 hours of content available on USB for $35, or as a digital download for $30. The next here is an overview of Robotics and some of the solutions Schneider Robotic products can be used in. To learn more, click here.

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Dinesh Mishra

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Hrishikesh Kulkarni has an extensive experience of over 14 years in the field of Automation & Robotics Industry. Hrishikesh played an instrumental role in setting up strategic partnerships especially in the Machine Tool and Robotics segments. Milestones in Human-Robot Collaboration.

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