Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Agility Robotics’ Digit humanoid was in trials at GXO. Source: Agility Robotics As an early investor in Agility Robotics, now one of the world’s leading manufacturers of humanoid robots, I’ve watched as humanoids have evolved from a fascinating concept to reality over the past five years.

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APRIL 1, 2025

Source: SEER Robotics Under the wave of Industry 4.0, robotics technology is increasingly permeating production and logistics processes. SEER Robotics said its M4 Smart Logistics Management System, powered by its core modulethe RDS Fleet Management Systemoffers an innovative solution.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

New Project GR00T workflows and AI world model tools are intended to help developers of robot dexterity, control, manipulation, and mobility. today announced new artificial intelligence and simulation tools to accelerate development of robots including humanoids. Source: NVIDIA NVIDIA Corp. is available now on GitHub.

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DECEMBER 31, 2024

Editor’s Note: Join us on January 21, 2025 for a free State of the Robotics Industry webinar. Erik Nieves (Plus One Robotics), Ken Goldberg (UC Berkeley), Aaron Prather (ASTM), and Mike Oitzman (The Robot Report) will examine the latest market trends, cutting-edge technologies, and emerging applications shaping the future of robotics.

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MAY 10, 2025

The current RO1 model is a six-axis robot that integrates with grippers, conveyors, seventh-axis lifts, linear actuators, and more. Source: Standard Bots Standard Bots yesterday unveiled a new robot and announced that it has expanded its production facility in Glen Cove, N.Y. The American robotics company said the new 16,000-sq.-ft.

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DECEMBER 26, 2024

The Robot Report Podcast Navigating the world of manufacturing logistics with FlexQube In Episode 179 of The Robot Report Podcast, we feature an interview with Anders Folgelberg, founder and CEO of FlexQube, a Swedish company specializing in modular material handling systems. greater value, asserted NVIDIA.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 18, 2025

The Robot Report Podcast Vibration Control in Manufacturing & Robotics In Episode 192 of The Robot Report Podcast, co-host Eugene Demaitre interviews Rob Marshick, national sales manager at ITT Enidine Inc. In this episode, he explains the value of these components for robotics designers. billion in revenues in 2024.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Lately, hardly a week goes by without some humanoid robotics news. Last week, London-based Humanoid offered a first look at its HMND 01 robot in action. The startup said the video above demonstrates the humanoid’s mechanical design, motion control, and artificial intelligence integration. billion (U.S.)

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 25, 2025

States Logistics in California was an early user of Contoros truck-unloading robot. Contoro Robotics today said it has raised $12 million in Series A funding to scale its artificial intelligence-powered robots. Contoro is a spinoff from Harmonic Bionics, he told The Robot Report. after a week.

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JANUARY 31, 2025

The robotics industry started the year with large funding rounds, new product releases, and well-known brands finding new homes. Here are the 10 most popular stories on The Robot Report in the past month. NEURA Robotics raises $123M to continue developing cognitive, humanoid robots NEURA raised 120 million ($123.3

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MARCH 1, 2025

Figure is building the Helix model and a data engine to enable a fleet of humanoid robots to learn logistics tasks. this week introduced a real-world application for its humanoid robots and Helix model: package manipulation for triage in logistics. Source: Figure AI Figure AI Inc.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

TGW Logistics’ RovoFlex picking robot can handle a variety of items, from grocery and fashion to industrial and consumer goods. Source: TGW Logistics TGW Logistics Group GmbH said it has applied its more than 50 years of experience in developing automated systems into its latest picking robot.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The founders of Photoneo Brightpick Group, which is separating its vision and robotics units. unit, which provides vision sensors and artificial intelligence for robotics. based Brightpick won Application of the Year in the 2024 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards for Autopicker. acquisition of its Photoneo s.r.o.

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JULY 19, 2024

Continental mobile robots are deployed in logistics operations at manufacturing facilities. Credit: Continental Continental Mobile Robots, a Frankfurt am Main, Germany-based division of Continental’s Automotive Group Sector, has developed mobile robots for use in automotive plants. ” Register now and save.

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MARCH 12, 2025

More robots powered by artificial intelligence could soon be unloading trucks. Dexterity said it uses “physical AI” to give its full-stack systems human-like dexterity, freeing workers in logistics , warehousing, and supply chain operations from repetitive and strenuous tasks. Dexterity Inc.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Source: Mobile Industrial Robots Mobile Industrial Robots ApS today announced the the latest addition to its growing list of MiR Go-approved products, the MC600 mobile collaborative robot. “By Mobile Industrial Robots said it can handle payloads up to 600 kg (1,322 lb.) Apply to speak.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The Robot Report Podcast · The ABB Edge: Using AI and Robotics to Transform Industries In Episode 172 of The Robot Report Podcast, co-hosts Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman catch up on the news of the week, including several recent stories about self-driving vehicles.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 7, 2025

With the rise of large language models and generative AI, researchers have spent the past few years figuring out how to apply that technology to robotics. For many, the answer is physical intelligence, the next major breakthrough for the robotics industry. In addition, Rus is a senior visiting fellow at MITRE Corp. ;

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DECEMBER 11, 2024

During the 2023 peak season, Ambi Robotics’ robots sorted 7.4 Source: Ambi Robotics The month between Thanksgiving and Christmas is the busiest time of year by far for logistics providers, and this year, its even shorter than most peak seasons. million packages at 410 sorts per hour. The Berkeley, Calif.-based

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 1, 2025

With big events like ProMat and NVIDIA GTC bringing an avalanche of new releases, March was a non-stop month for the robotics industry. In addition, humanoid robotics news drew our readers’ attention this month. Here are the 10 most popular stories on The Robot Report in the past month. Read more. Read more. Read more.

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APRIL 17, 2025

ABB Robotics makes industrial systems such as this IRB robot demonstrating friction stir welding. ABB Group announced during its earnings call today that it plans to spin off its entire robotics division. “Only robotics and discrete automation declined from last year. Source: ABB ABB Robotics is global No.

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DECEMBER 30, 2024

Source: AgiBot Robot training, especially for emerging humanoids for diverse environments or applications, requires a lot of high-quality data. AgiBot today announced AgiBot World, a large-scale robotic learning dataset. The developer of humanoid robot technology said it designed the dataset to advance multipurpose robotic policies.

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DECEMBER 20, 2024

The Robot Report Podcast 2024 year in review: bold bets and dashed dreams In Episode 178 of The Robot Report Podcast, we present our annual end-of-the-year review show. This episode features the voices of our entire editorial staff, including Steve Crowe , Mike Oitzman , Gene Demaitre and Brianna Wessling.

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JANUARY 18, 2025

Now, NVIDIA is tearing down the walls of Flatland , ushering in the era of physical AI a world where artificial intelligence can perceive, understand, and interact with the three-dimensional world around us. Instead of producing text, it produces action tokens How is this different from traditional robotics?

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JANUARY 16, 2025

Neura Robotics offers robots for a variety of applications and industries. NEURA Robotics GmbH today said it has raised 120 million ($123.3 Cognitive robotics is expected to become bigger than the smartphone,” stated David Reger, founder and CEO of NEURA Robotics. to bring cognitive robotics to manufacturing.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Kiva mobile robots and mini shelves in a warehouse. Source: Kiva Systems / Logistics Hall of Fame In 2003, Mick Mountz, Dr. Peter Wurman, and Prof. Raffaello D’Andrea invented a mobile robot for fulfillment in intralogistics, founded Kiva Systems, and created a category of automation that has grown over the past two decades.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 30, 2025

The Robotics Summit & Expo is finally here! The show will bring together over 5,000 developers focused on building robots for aerospace and defense, healthcare, logistics, manufacturing, and other markets. the Robotics Summit & Expo show floor will open. The show begins at 9:00 a.m. At 10:00 a.m., in Room 259AB.

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APRIL 11, 2025

BOW is a University of Sheffield spinout designing a robotics platform that aims to simplify the development of robotic applications. Thompson and Camilleri discuss the challenges in the robotics industry, the features of the BOW software development kit (SDK), and the company’s business model. by the end of 2025.

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DECEMBER 3, 2024

AWS and Isaac Sim can help accelerate robotics development, says NVIDIA. today announced at AWS re:Invent enhanced tools for robotics developers, as well as the availability of NVIDIA DGX Cloud on Amazon Web Services and offerings for artificial intelligence and quantum computing. NVIDIA Corp. SoftServe Inc. ,

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MARCH 5, 2025

Amazon’s warehouse robots include Sparrow, which sorts individual items for employees to package; Cardinal, which lifts packages and puts them in carts; and Robin, which lifts and sorts packages before they’re brought to the outbound dock. Parness brings robotics, AI expertise to Amazon Parness received his Ph.D.

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JANUARY 7, 2025

Credit: Yiping Wang Thanks to the rapid progress of information technology and artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicle technology has been taking off. In fact, AVs are now advanced enough that they are being used for logistics delivery and low-speed public transportation. Register today to save 40% on conference passes!

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Robotics Automation News

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the logistics industry, enabling companies to streamline operations, improve efficiency, and enhance customer satisfaction.

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MARCH 25, 2025

. | Source: Universal Robots At NVIDIA GTC 2025 last week, Teradyne Robotics unveiled a suite of artificial intelligence-driven tools that it developed with NVIDIA. Think of a logistics operation where robots navigate through a warehouse with constantly changing layouts and obstacles.

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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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APRIL 25, 2025

The Robot Report Podcast The Future of Safety in Robotics with Ouster In Episode 193 of The Robot Report Podcast, co-hosts Mike Oitzman and Eugene Demaitre interview Angus Pacala, co-founder and CEO of Ouster Lidar. His 10-year-old company claims to be the largest Western supplier of lidar for robotics.

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DECEMBER 23, 2023

It’s time to reflect upon the trends from the past 12 months while looking ahead at what 2024 has in store for the world of robotics. The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, including generative AI, captured global attention and dominated headlines. This image was created using Microsoft Bing Image Creator.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Service robotics vendor Pudu Technology Inc. this week launched the PUDU MT1, a robotic sweeper designed to autonomously clean large-scale industrial environments such as home improvement stores, warehouses, and manufacturing plants. The robot is also instantly convertible to manual operations when needed, said the company.

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