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This year, six of our top 10 stories were about or mentioned humanoid robots. In addition to falling robot sales in North America, our readers were also interested in growing robotics communities in the U.S. Here are the top 10 most popular stories on The Robot Report in 2024. and big trade shows. Read more. Read more.
Since the 1970s, the field has evolved from writing sophisticated programs to using deep learning, teaching robots to learn directly from human behavior. To improve, robots need to encounter scenarios that push the boundaries of their capabilities, operating at the edge of their mastery. But a critical bottleneck remains: data quality.
Ozmo, Skyline Robotics’ flagship robot, uses force sensors to calculate how much pressure it can use when cleaning windows. Source: Skyline Robotics Alimak Group and Skyline Robotics are creating an automated building maintenance unit (BMU).
More robots powered by artificialintelligence could soon be unloading trucks. based Dexterity AI was founded in 2017. The robot uses machine vision , force sensing , and integrated motion planning to pick up a range of items, from stiff cardboard to soft plastic. Dexterity Inc. Redwood City, Calif.-based
Through this partnership, Dexterity will use Sanminas global production footprint and technology expertise to accelerate the commercialization of its artificialintelligence-driven robots. “Sanminas proven expertise in manufacturing at scale enables us to focus on advancing our robotics and AI technologies.
-based company today said it has received funding from Cybernetix Ventures to advance its mission to secure machine-to-machine, or M2M, connections across robotics and industrial automation. Robotics, automation, and physical AI are transforming how the industrial world operates,” said Anusha Iyer, CEO and Founder of Corsha.
The ARM Institute provides RoboticsCareer.org as a national resource for robotics training. Source: Adobe Stock The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, or ARM, Institute last week posted a request for proposals for a project to add functionality to the RoboticsCareer.org website. Click here to enlarge.
Daniela Rus, a recent IEEE Medal Recipient, will be keynoting the Robotics Summit & Expo in Boston next year. Rus as its Edison Medal recipient for her sustained leadership and pioneering contributions to modern robotics. Her research interests include robotics, mobile computing, and data science. Rus earned her Ph.D.
which has developed massage robots using artificialintelligence, this week said it has raised $83 million in strategic funding. Founded in 2017, Aescape claimed that it is delivering “the world’s first fully automated, customizable massage experience for personalized wellness and recovery.”
Nimble has developed AI robots to pick, pack, and handle items in warehouses. Source: Nimble A developer of robots for logistics is moving to the cloud, said PTC Inc. Nimble builds fulfillment robots, partners with FedEx Founded in 2017, Nimble said it builds fully autonomous fulfillment centers.
Founded in 2017, German Bionic has developed active exoskeletons to enhance the physical capabilities of workers. “Ten years ago, exosuits were bulky and expensive,” Schmidt told The Robot Report. The company provides its systems through a robotics-as-a-service ( RaaS ) and software-as-a-service (SaaS) model.
Novarcs AI-powered welding system NovAI enables robots to see and adapt like a welder. By using machine vision, deep neural nets for perception and real-time adjustments, NovAI reportedly eliminates the need for prescanning and robotic reprogramming. Seaspan is a strategic partner of Novarcs and has been an investor since 2017.
Additional pavilions concentrate on topics such as artificialintelligence, automation, clean technologies, hydrogen, e-mobility, and robotics. Recent partner countries include Norway (2024), Indonesia (2023), Portugal (2022), Sweden (2019), Mexico (2018), Poland (2017), and the United States (2016).
Source: The ARM Institute The board of the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, or ARM, Institute yesterday said it has appointed Jorgen Pedersen, an experienced robotics and manufacturing executive, as CEO, effective June 17, 2025. He founded RE2 Robotics , a Pittsburgh-based developer of modular manipulation systems, in 2001.
The world debut of the all-new, fully automated press brake system sporting a simple setup for real-time synchronization between the robot and press brake. Davi will also demonstrate its new iVision laser radius measuring system for MCE e-POWER machines that brings artificialintelligence (AI) to the plate rolling process.
Coco Robotics’ delivery robots feature self-driving capabilities that are supervised by remote human operators. Source: Coco Robotics Coco Robotics raised $80 million in strategic funding this week. Starship Technologies has long been a delivery robot leader. Since 2017, the Berkeley, Calif.-based
Uhlmann and Chief Technology Officer Adam Bahlke founded the company in 2017. MOTOR Ai said it has developed SAE Level 4 cognitive intelligence for autonomous driving. The German company added that its artificialintelligence reasons through data rather than just reacting. “That clearly distinguishes us from U.S.
Founded in 2017, Gatik said it is a pioneer in autonomous middle-mile logistics. ” “Traditionally, simulators have been been based on physics-based game engines, and they could test certain parts of the autonomy stack, but not end to end,” she told The Robot Report.
The Ozmo robotic window cleaner operates on a skyscraper in New York City. Source: Skyline Robotics Cleaning the windows of skyscrapers around the world meets the definition of dull, dirty, and dangerous jobs for robot assistance. ” Skyline Robotics’ Ozmo cleans a building facade.
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. EDAP TMS released Focal One in 2013 to treat prostate cancer using ultrasound.
Source: Nimble While warehouse automation today is limited to a few functions, improvements in artificialintelligence promise to change that. ” Founded in 2017, Nimble’s services include robotic fulfillment and transportation. .” FedEx Corp.
The veil is starting to lift on medical robotics startup Mendaera Inc. Mendaera also has financial support from Dr. Fred Moll, the Auris and Intuitive Surgical co-founder who is known as “the father of robotic surgery.” But Mendaera isn’t a surgical robotics developer. based company.
Kiwibot will add intellectual property from AUTO Mobility Solutions to its delivery robot portfolio. Source: Kiwibot Consolidation among mobile robot providers is not limited to warehouses. ” Kiwibot develops delivery robots Berkeley, Calif. . ” Kiwibot develops delivery robots Berkeley, Calif. .
Credit: Eugene Demaitre BOSTON — One measure of success for a robotics cluster is how much funding its member companies obtain. MassRobotics this month announced that resident startups have raised more than $1 billion since its founding in 2017. based Tutor Intelligence has raised $4.2 Examples include Marlborough, Mass.-based
Source: Fox Robotics The word’s biggest retailers are continuing to add automation. today announced that it has entered into a multiyear agreement with Fox Robotics Inc. In addition to its initial rollout of 19 FoxBot autonomous forklifts, Walmart has invested growth capital for a minority stake in Fox Robotics.
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
The ARM Institute supports workforce development and robotics adoption. Source: Adobe Stock The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, or ARM, Institute today announced that the continuation of its cooperative agreement with the U.S. manufacturing by funding robotics and workforce development programs. million over 10 years.
Left: Vivian Chu and Andrea Thomaz, the co-founders of Diligent Robotics; right: Kathleen Brandes and Ros Shinkle, the co-founders of Adagy Robotics. Sources: Diligent Robotics, Adagy Robotics Almost half of all startups that began in 2021 were formed by women, according to human resources cloud software company Gusto.
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.
Wayve and Uber plan for self-driving fleets at scale Unlike traditional AV approaches, Wayve has focused on “mapless, end-to-end” artificialintelligence. Founded in 2017, the company is backed by investors including SoftBank Group, NVIDIA, and Eclipse Ventures. with up to 2,000 Serve robots to be deployed.
The London-based developer of embodied artificialintelligence (AI) for autonomous driving was founded in 2017. The post Wayve raises $1.05B for autonomous driving technology appeared first on The Robot Report. Wayve has developed hardware-agnostic foundation models for autonomous driving. billion Series C funding round.
Source: ARM Insitute The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, or ARM Institute today said it has added capabilities to RoboticsCareer.org, its resource for robotics careers in U.S. RoboticsCareer.org has been redesigned to help people find careers in manufacturing. manufacturing.
Chris Urmson, Sterling Anderson, and Drew Bagnell founded the Pittsburgh-based company in 2017. Driver includes artificialintelligence software, dual computers, proprietary lidar that can detect more than 400 m (1,312.3 Aurora Innovation Inc. away, high-resolution cameras, an imaging reader, and additional sensors.
Source: AMP AMP Robotics Corp., Part of this modernization effort included installing a complete AMP ONE system which includes artificialintelligence for sortation. RDS bets on a long-term partner AMP and RDS began working together in 2017. In February, it dropped the “robotics” from its name.
Universal Robots provides cobots for applications including palletizing, welding, machine tending, assembly, dispensing, finishing, and material handling. Source: Universal Robots In 2017, only 2.8% Source: Universal Robots In 2017, only 2.8% ” By 2021, that number had increased to 7.5%. .
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
“Just as steam, electricity, and the internet propelled us to produce more with fewer inputs during previous industrial revolutions, automation, robotics, artificialintelligence, and blockchain are shaping up to do the same in food manufacturing in the fourth industrial revolution,” said Amanda Norris, FCC senior economist.
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.
Our new concept for robotics applications is a modular system from which the right robot kinematics can be put together extremely flexibly for any application. We have already introduced the TwinCAT Vision software in 2017.”. Furthermore, we will introduce our new vision hardware this fall. Automation Down Under.
It’s bonanza time in the land of computing, especially if you have bet large on artificialintelligence (AI). Opening his company’s autumn technology conference, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang claimed: “Computing is advancing at incredible speeds. The engine propelling this rocket is accelerated computing, and its fuel is AI.”.
The analysis is based on a collection of enterprise 5G deployments, covering the period 2017-2021. The research team created a database of 5G-based enterprise projects publicly launched during the period 2017-2021. As is fitting to a manufacturing market leader, Haier started their digital transformation journey as early as 2017.
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