Robotics Business Review

JULY 1, 2024

We’re halfway through 2024, and for the past six months, the robotics industry has continued to progress rapidly. From novel deployments and humanoid robotics developments to emerging partnerships, there was no shortage of news to cover in June 2024. GrayMatter Robotics announced that it has raised $45 million.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Participants in the Form & Function Robotics Challenge at the 2023 Robotics Summit & Expo. In that role, MassRobotics is providing guidance and is acting as a liaison to its network of partners, sponsors, and resident startups, as well as to the global robotics community.

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JANUARY 18, 2024

Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot (center) and Agility Robotics’ Digit humanoid at the 2023 Robotics Summit & Expo. Registration is now open for the Robotics Summit & Expo , the world’s leading technical event for commercial robotics developers. The event takes place May 1-2 in Boston, Mass.

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JANUARY 31, 2025

The Robot Report Podcast Using Drones to improve wildfire and forest management In Episode 182 of The Robot Report Podcast, editors Mike Oitzman and Eugene Demaitre interview Erin Linebarger, co-founder and CEO of Robotics 88. This follows a 6% decrease in 2024, with turnover closing at 15.2 billion ($14.4 billion U.S.).

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AUGUST 1, 2024

Humanoids continued to grab our readers’ attention in July 2024, with four of our top 10 stories centering on the topic. Unique robot use cases, like an exoskeleton making its Olympic debut, also made headlines last month. Here are the top 10 most popular stories on The Robot Report in July 2024. Read More 9.

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JANUARY 19, 2024

Tufts Nano Lab won the 2023 Form and Function Challenge with its Ingestible Pill for Multi-Spot Gut Sampling. Source: MassRobotics There are plenty of robotics challenges, but many are narrowly focused on a specific task or application, according to MassRobotics. We want to allow creativity and ingenuity to shine.”

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The MassRobotics Form and Function Challenge pavilion at the 2024 Robotics Summit & Expo. MassRobotics will be returning to the Robotics Summit & Expo this year as exclusive strategic partner. The 2025 Robotics Summit & Expo takes place on April 30 and May 1 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.

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OCTOBER 13, 2024

. | Source: MassRobotics MassRobotics, a robotics innovation organization, recently announced Dr. Cynthia Breazeal as the 2024 recipient of its Robotics Medal. The award is sponsored by Amazon Robotics. She is a pioneer of social robotics and human-robot interaction. The award includes a $50,000 prize.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

 The Robot Report Podcast · New Atlas video; Climbing to new heights in warehouse automation with BionicHive In Episode 170 of The Robot Report Podcast, co-hosts Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman discuss the latest video from Boston Dynamics showing Atlas electric humanoid in an autonomous material movement demo.

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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. During a two-week pilot at a plant in Spartanburg, S.C.,

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MAY 8, 2024

. | Source: MassRobotics MassRobotics announced the winners of its second Form & Function University Robotics Challenge at the Robotics Summit & Expo last week. Twelve teams from across the globe showcased their robotics and automation projects for the challenge and competed for cash prizes.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 2, 2025

Chang Robotics has worked with Kodiak Technologies on what it said is the most powerful electric snow-removal vehicle developed to date. Source: Matthew Chang, via X After accomplishments including doubling its workforce in 2024, Chang Robotics this week announced its strategic roadmap for 2025. corporations. Focus to be on U.S.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The CLX robotic vision stack was inspired by human eyesight. The Bengaluru, India-based company specializes in “visual object sentience,” robotics, and cybernetics. “With General Motors … they require one standard robot platform to handle 22,000+ parts for assembly of the vehicles,” Ramaswamy said.

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JANUARY 19, 2025

For the Accelerate Program, the Robotics Factory will invest up to $100,000 in the form of a convertible note in addition to receiving 2% common stock equity from participating companies. Source: Robotics Factory The Robotics Factory has opened the application window for its Accelerate program.

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Gary Mintchell

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

ABB already has a strong robotic presence. Expanding the idea of automation assisting humans, here is a statement from the ABB Robotics President. The post ABB Acquires Sevensense AI-enabled Mobile Robotics appeared first on The Manufacturing Connection. This should be good for them.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2025

At UC Berkeley, researchers in Sergey Levines Robotic AI and Learning Lab eyed a table where a tower of 39 Jenga blocks stood perfectly stacked. Then a white-and-black robot, its single limb doubled over like a hunched-over giraffe, zoomed toward the tower, brandishing a black leather whip.

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MARCH 29, 2024

The Robotics Engineering Career Fair will be co-located with the Robotics Summit & Expo in Boston. Credit: MassRobotics Both job seekers and robotics employers need opportunities to connect. MassRobotics is holding a Robotics Engineering Career Fair from 3:30 to 6:00 p.m. on May 2 at the Robotics Summit & Expo.

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APRIL 22, 2025

A talk being given at the 2024 Robotics Summit’s Engineering Theater. For the second time, the show floor at the Robotics Summit & Expo will feature an Engineering Theater. At that stage, attendees can learn from some of the world’s leading robotics developers and component providers.

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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 Robotics is hard.

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JULY 9, 2024

million in pre-seed funding for its Glide robot that offers autonomous mobility assistance for the visually impaired. Glide uses AI and navigational robotics to help blind and low-vision individuals increase their independence. Glide uses AI and navigational robotics to help blind and low-vision individuals increase their independence.

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Gary Mintchell

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

These comments introduce the 2024 edition of Automation Fair. I have more notes than will fit even a long-form blog post. These form an integral part of RA’s connected factory vision. Senior management is also not limited to old white men. There is diversity at the top levels which should make for more interesting discussions.

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AUGUST 6, 2024

today unveiled its second-generation humanoid robot. Figure AI received a 2024 RBR50 Innovation Award for the accelerated pace of development that it demonstrated last year. Figure AI received a 2024 RBR50 Innovation Award for the accelerated pace of development that it demonstrated last year. Figure AI Inc.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Canadian Robotics Council (CRC) in December 2023 entered into a $100,000 funding partnership with Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen) — Canada’s Global Innovation Cluster for Advanced Manufacturing. CRC will also join NGen’s Cluster Accelerator Network as its robotics lead. Gariepy’s talk, “The Robots Are Here.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

30, 2024 with the spaceMIRA from Virtual Incision onboard. Source: NASA Virtual Incision’s MIRA surgical robot system has made it to the International Space Station (ISS). It says the robot will assess the impact of zero gravity when performing simulated surgical tasks. based company’s dual-armed robotic system.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The Mako robotic-assisted surgery system. has announced plans to showcase new joint-replacement technology and updates to its Mako surgical robotic platform. based company called the update to its robot-assisted surgical system “a brilliant, immersive visual experience.” Source: Stryker Stryker Corp.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Advantech, a leading provider of industrial edge AI platforms, is excited to announce that the MIC-732-AO , UNO-148 V2 , MIC-770 V3 + MIC-75GF10 , and I PC-730 have each received a 2024 IoT Edge Computing Excellence Award from IoT Evolution World , a leading website covering the Internet of Things (IoT) marketplace. Today Magazine.

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Gary Mintchell

MAY 20, 2024

This final report from the Automate 2024 show encompasses some unique technology applications along with other technologies. Zebra Symmetry Fulfillment comprises a comprehensive solution that helps workers and robots be more productive, optimizing the path of a picker with a team of robots for a directed workflow.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards have honored industry leaders for the past 12 years. The inaugural RBR50 Gala is being held May 1 from 7-9 PM at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center at the end of the first day of the Robotics Summit & Expo. A limited number of tickets are also available to Robotics Summit attendees.

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Dinesh Mishra

AUGUST 17, 2024

Featuring organizations and individuals who are empowering customers, channel partners, thereby positively influencing their social and natural environments Welcome to the “Machine Tool Industry Influencers 2024” edition of Dynamic Manufacturing India. MACHINE TOOLS INDUSTRY INFLUENCERS 2024 MR. GAUTAM K.

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Robotics Business Review

JULY 27, 2024

Interact Analysis’ survey gave insights into what end users expect from autonomous mobile robots. Source: Adobe Stock Mobile robots have become an essential part of the automation landscape in recent years. Interact Analysis, a market research firm , revealed the results of its 2024 Mobile Robots Buyer Survey.

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JUNE 14, 2024

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang at GTC 2024 with images of many of the humanoids in development. The IEEE study group is evaluating humanoid robots and the need for standards. Credit: Eugene Demaitre As humanoid robots garner widespread public attention, such systems will also need to stand up to safety and performance standards.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

In recent years, robots have become increasingly complex in design and function. Reese Abouelnasr, a mechatronics engineer at Harmonic Drive, will lead a session titled “Developing Compact Robotic Joints.” Abouelnasr is a mechatronics engineer developing low-profile, integrated robotic joints for Harmonic Drive.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

inaho’s cherry tomato harvesting robot in action in the greenhouse this summer. has been conducting trials in the Netherlands for its cherry tomato harvesting robot. The robot started trials with Dutch growers in May 2023, and its latest trial wrapped up this July. Source: inaho inaho Inc. Register now.

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JULY 25, 2024

Comau’s robot family, including its recently released S-Family of small robot arms. One Equity Partners ( OEP ) said it expects the transaction, which is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions, to close by the end of 2024. Register now and save.

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APRIL 8, 2024

Massachusetts celebrates National Robotics Week. Credit: Adobe Stock To kick off National Robotics Week, Massachusetts Governor Maura T. It was great to see the innovative work being done in robotics from high school students in North Andover to cutting-edge startups at MassRobotics.”

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JUNE 14, 2024

The Robot Report Podcast · Gathering warehouse inventory data – plus a look at Electrocraft motion solutions In Episode 154 of The Robot Report Podcast, editors Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman discuss the news of the week. Stratom is a military contractor that makes robots for various divisions of the US armed forces.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

The past year has been eventful for robotics developments, with economic headwinds, new applications, and excitement around humanoids and AI. John Bubnikovich, president of ABB’s Robotics Division in the U.S., will be among the panelists discussing the future of robotics innovation at RoboBusiness in California next week.

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