Robotics Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2024

Symbotic, a leading developer of logistics automation, has acquired “substantially all of the assets” of Veo Robotics for an undisclosed amount. Symbotic confirmed the deal via email to The Robot Report. FreeMove essentially turns large, high-speed industrial robots into collaborative robots.

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AUGUST 9, 2024

READY Robotics, a Columbus, Ohio-based company founded in 2016, has shut down. It was best known for its ForgeOS robot-agnostic operating system, but it recently branched out into automation consulting and launched a palletizing system. This is how we go from hundreds of thousands of robots sold to millions,” he said.

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Robotics Business Review

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Founded in 2016, Flexiv has established offices in Silicon Valley, Shanghai, Beijing, Taiwan, and Singapore. The company said this strategic expansion reflects both the increasing popularity of robotic automation solutions in the region and Flexivs expanding global presence. This expansion also aligns with broader industry trends.

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Robotics Automation News

JULY 3, 2024

Fizyr, a provider of vision for robotic systems, has extended its partnership with Laundry Robotics, which initially started in 2016. In the eight years since, the automatic towel feeder solutions, which Laundry Robotics named Robin and Roy, have been deployed in installations across Europe and North America.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Source: EndoQuest Robotics EndoQuest Robotics Inc. With its flexible robotic system, the privately held medical device company aims to transform surgical outcomes for minimally invasive surgery. ” EndoQuest Robotics strives for minimal scarring EndoQuest Robotics is a developer of endoluminal robotic technologies.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Unitree robots at the World Robotics Conference 2024 in Beijing. Beijing wants to adapt to the latest round of industrial transformation by using robots as an engine for growth. The country is by far the largest robot market in the world. Chinese robots going abroad started only a few years ago. Register now.

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Robotics Business Review

JUNE 5, 2024

The Cobalt mobile robot features autonomous driving technology, allowing it to navigate through various terrains and obstacles with ease, ensuring constant vigilance without human operation. Credit: Cobalt robotics Cobalt Robotics has been acquired by investor Dean Drako, and the name of the firm has been changed to Cobalt AI.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Trexo Robotics helps children with a variety of needs, including cerebral palsy, spinal muscular atrophy, Rett syndrome and more. Source: Trexo Robotics Trexo Robotics has now helped children walk more than 100 million steps with its robotic brace. Looking ahead, Trexo has its sights set on future milestones.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 6, 2024

Source: HEBI Robotics HEBI Robotics last week during the Robotics Summit & Expo expanded its offerings with its new H-Series platform of smart robotic actuators. The H-Series is a fully-featured robotic component with an onboard IMU, current sensing, and over-temperature protection.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2023

The Zurich-based company said the unit’s unique golden casing symbolizes its “commitment to the advancement of robotic inspections.” “Inspection robots such as ANYmal are critical in improving worker safety, increasing productivity, and supporting sustainable industrial facilities,” the company said in a release.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 1, 2024

2024 is heating up for the robotics industry. It was an exciting month for the industry, and there was no shortage of robotics new to cover. Here are the top 10 most popular stories on The Robot Report in February 2024. Scythe robot lawnmowers adopting ‘Tesla charging standard’ Colo.-based 52 robot lawnmower.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2024

There has been $90 billion invested in robotics companies in the last five years, according to F-Prime Capital’s 2023 State of Robotics Report. However, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates just shared five startups he thinks are making robots a reality. This image was created using Microsoft’s Bing AI Image Creator.

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Robotics Automation News

AUGUST 5, 2022

ForwardX Robotics, a Beijing-headquartered autonomous mobile robot and warehouse solutions provider, announced its first round of its Series C funding back in December 2021. The round of funding brought the total to over $100 million since the company was founded in 2016.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

One of the robotics industry’s household brands continues to struggle. iRobot , maker of the popular Roomba robot vacuum, is laying off another 105 employees as part of its restructuring plans. There are several reasons iRobot, which has sold more than 50 million robots worldwide, is struggling. Apply to speak.

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OCTOBER 19, 2024

which is advancing microsurgery with artificial intelligence-enabled robotics, this week announced that it has closed a $30 million Series A round. The privately held, micro-robotics company said it plans to use the funding to continue developing its technology platform, progress to in-human studies, and further build out its team.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

A new fish fillet shaping application uses a Rizon 4 adaptive robot to create uniform portions and shapes. Source: Flexiv The result of increasingly adaptive robots may soon be no farther than your next meal. Flexiv yesterday said its Rizon 4 robot is part of a new food-processing application. 4 kg) payload capacity.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2024

Source: Pudu Robotics Pudu Technology Co. today launched KettyBot Pro, the newest generation of its delivery and reception robot. The service robot is designed to address labor shortages in the retail and restaurant industries and enhance customer engagement, said the company. The mobile robot also has autonomous path planning.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Redwood City, CA, the company develops AI software for ADAS, autonomous driving, and robotics. upgrades generative AI model to enrich autonomous driving data appeared first on The Robot Report. It can generate driving scenes across multiple sensor modalities and perspectives. The post Helm.ai

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Robotics Business Review

JULY 11, 2024

Source: Universal Robots Universal Robots reached a new milestone this week. The Danish collaborative robot (cobot) developer has now launched over 500 products through its UR+ ecosystem. ” UR launched its UR+ ecosystem in 2016 with the ambition of making it an open-source-like platform that would empower developers.

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Universal Robots

JANUARY 13, 2016

As we enter 2016, Universal Robots is in the middle of the most exciting era in the history of robotics and the automation industry. We continue to see explosive growth, with 2015 establishing a new record in Robot sales worldwide, topping 2014 by 15%. This year, we expect an even steeper curve.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

As we enter the third quarter of the year, the frenzy around humanoid robots has continued. In August 2024, five of our top 10 stories were about such robots or humanoid alternatives. Here are the top 10 most popular stories on The Robot Report in August 2024. In it, the robot does eight pushups as a quick “warm-up” before work.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 23, 2025

Founded in 2016, Helm.ai develops artificial intelligence software for advanced driver-assist systems (ADAS), autonomous vehicles , and robotics. launches AV software for up SAE L4 autonomous driving appeared first on The Robot Report. . “By further validating Helm.ai Register now so you don't miss out! The post Helm.ai

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E&T

APRIL 24, 2023

The Chinese government has approved a plan to send a robotic spacecraft to collect samples from an asteroid, according to the China National Space Administration's Lunar Exploration and Space Programme Centre. According to the centre, the mission will launch a probe consisting of two parts - an orbiter and a re-entry module - toward 2016 HO3.

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Robotics Business Review

JULY 1, 2024

ElliQ user Gloria communicates with the robot to avoid loneliness on the CoBot-I-7 scale. Source: Intuition Robotics While social robots have long promised to address conditions such as loneliness in older adults, there has been little formal proof until recently. “One issue is the cost of robots,” Broadbent replied.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 22, 2024

Custom user interface for Flexiv Rizon 4 sanding robot. Source: Flexiv Robotics By integrating sensing, robotics, and artificial intelligence, Flexiv Robotics Inc. It develops and manufactures general-purpose, adaptive robots. Learn from Agility Robotics, Amazon, Disney, Teradyne and many more.

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Robotics Business Review

JUNE 20, 2024

Source: GXO Logistics Over the past year, humanoid robots have moved from science fiction to early commercial trials. today announced that it is conducting an early-stage proof-of-concept program with robot manufacturer Apptronik Inc. ‘s foundation model for robot learning as part of Project GR00T. GXO Logistics Inc.

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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. By 2016, the Waltham, Mass.-based 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.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 13, 2024

robotics headquarters and manufacturing facility in Auburn Hills, Mich. The company said the site will support ABB Robotics’ development and production of leading systems in and for the Americas. robotics headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich., stated Sami Atiya, president of ABB’s Robotics and Discrete Automation Business Area.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 9, 2024

You’ll see a lot of surgical robotics talk at this year’s DeviceTalks Boston. Surgical robots are smaller, smarter, and being launched into space. Robotic-assisted surgery-as-a-service is what Intuitive is pushing here,” Mullings said. 2024 is going to be a huge year — here’s why.

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Universal Robots

JUNE 10, 2016

In less than two weeks, the leading trade show for automation and mechatronics will open its gates in Munich, Germany, on June 21, 2016. Of course, every trade show is special, but this year’s AUTOMATICA is of particular relevance for us since we will bring in a new era of cobots: What does Universal Robots have in stock?

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Since acquiring the self-driving startup in 2016, GM has poured more than $10 billion of funding into Cruise. The post GM will no longer fund Cruise’s robotaxi development appeared first on The Robot Report. In June, for example, GM invested another $850 million into the self-driving startup , despite it losing $3.48

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Robotics Business Review

JULY 15, 2024

Training machine learning models for self-driving vehicles and mobile robots is often labor-intensive because humans must annotate a vast number of images and supervise and validate the resulting behaviors. “Generative AI helps with scalability and tasks for which there isn’t one objective answer,” he told The Robot Report.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Since acquiring the self-driving startup in 2016, GM has poured more than $10 billion of funding into Cruise. Register now The post GM will no longer fund Cruise’s robotaxi development appeared first on The Robot Report. . | Source: Cruise General Motors Co. billion in 2023.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The Robot Report Podcast Unleashing the potential of AI in robotics In Episode 177 of The Robot Report Podcast, we feature an interview with Ben Wolff, co-founder and CEO of Palladyne AI. Ben discusses the company’s evolution from hardware-focused robotics to a software-centric approach. What is Palladyne AI?

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2024

billion in damage from 2017 to 2021 , a nearly tenfold increase from 2012 to 2016. There are even fewer using robotics. Learn from Agility Robotics, Amazon, Disney, Teradyne and many more. The post Kodama Systems uses robotics to mitigate wildfire risk appeared first on The Robot Report. Kodama Systems Inc.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

APRIL 8, 2025

The firstalmond trees were planted in 2016, with additional plantings in 2019 leading to afully integrated orchard-to-export operation. link] Image: Entegra Automation & robotics drive export-ready almonds Thefinal stage of productionwhere almonds are packaged in50-pound boxesrelies onrobotic automation.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 8, 2024

Source: Plus One Robotics CHICAGO — As items pass through warehouses and other facilities, they are often handled as packages rather than as eaches. Plus One Robotics yesterday launched InductOne, a two-armed robot designed to optimize parcel singulation and induction in high-volume fulfillment and distribution centers.

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