Robotics Business Review

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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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Source: Mytra The robotics industry has long been captivated by the idea of humanoid robotsmachines that mimic human appearance and movement. Just as evolution optimizes lifeforms to survive in their environments, robotics should be designed based on function, not familiarity for familiaritys sake.

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MAY 1, 2025

The Robotics Summit & Expo will come to an end this afternoon, and we want to make sure you get the most out of the show. ET with the Women in Robotics Breakfast. The first keynote, “ Inside the Evolution of Amazon’s Robots ,” will take place in Room 258ABC and start at 9:00 a.m. in Room 258ABC.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 11, 2025

The humanoid robot market could experience a boom, with projections indicating a substantial and sustained increase over the next decade. Source: Freudenberg Sealing Technologies Industrial robots have become indispensable in modern manufacturing, performing tasks with precision, speed, and efficiency. billion U.S.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 2, 2025

Carbon AutoTractor in action with Carbon Robotics LaserWeeder. Credit: Carbon Robotics Carbon Robotics launched a new tractor autonomy package this week. The system is remotely monitored by Carbon Robotics operators, who can handle interventions in real time to minimize operational disruptions.

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Robotics Business Review

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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MAY 20, 2024

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. It has an automatic detachment function to enable it to fit into existing operations without major changes.

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Robotics Business Review

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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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 7, 2024

RB-Y1 mounts a humanoid-type double-arm robot on a wheeled, high-speed mobile base. Credit: Rainbow Robotics Rainbow Robotics announced the release of detailed specifications for the new RB- Y1 mobile robot. The RB- Y1 is a form of wheeled robot base with a humanoid double-arm robot on top.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 8, 2025

Last year, MassRobotics hosted students from four local schools for hands-on robotic experiences during National Robotics Week. Source: MassRobotics With National Robotics Week 2025 just around the corner, MassRobotics announced its plans to participate in the celebration. ” This year, with the support of the U.S. .

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Robotics Business Review

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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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The Robotics Summit & Expo , produced by The Robot Report , has unveiled the first look at its conference agenda for the April 30-May 1 event at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The Robotics Summit & Expo brings together 5,000+ developers focused on building robots for a variety of commercial industries.

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Gary Mintchell

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Artificial Intelligence in its various forms has advanced many applications. This news announces AI-based software that is now useful add-on for FANUC robots with some interesting use cases. Micropsi Industries announced that its artificial intelligence (AI)-based software MIRAI is now compatible with numerous robots produced by FANUC.

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Gary Mintchell

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Robotic innovation continues apace emphasizing ease-of-use and reduced pricing. A conversation with Epson product people recently revealed some new tricks that remain to innovate within the SCARA robotic technology. How about adapting a 6-axis robot for mounting in an autonomous mobile robot (AMR)?

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Robotics Business Review

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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Robotics Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2024

today unveiled its second-generation humanoid robot. The first-generation robot, Figure 01, took its first steps and manipulated items within its first year of development. The most obvious change is the matte black finish of the robot’s “skin,” rather than the chrome metal finish of Figure 01. Figure AI Inc.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 13, 2024

LG Electronics is making a strategic investment move to expedite the advancement of Bear Robotics capabilities in service robotics, a key new business area of the company. After finalizing the stock purchase, the company will become the largest single shareholder of Bear Robotics.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 29, 2025

The robot continually updates its understanding of the world to handle the parts effectively. The humanoid then looks around, locates the part, figures out how to pick it up (again, evaluating its form), and places it with the necessary precision into the engine cover area. Any mobile manipulator must consistently update its world map.

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Robotics Business Review

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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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have devised a method for 3D printing a soft and flexible replica of a patient’s heart in the hopes of helping doctors tailor treatments to patients’ specific heart form and function.

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Robotics Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Indoor mobile robots rely on autonomous navigation for safe and efficient delivery. Source: Relay Robotics When we think of autonomous navigation, the first thing that usually comes to mind is self-driving cars. Relay robots in particular, are being deployed in busy hospitals and hotels across the world.

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MARCH 25, 2025

Articulated robots, along with the growing use of collaborative robots (cobots), are essential to modern manufacturing operations. Without robots, productivity and quality would be lower and costs would be higher. Without robots, productivity and quality would be lower and costs would be higher.

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Robotics Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2024

3Laws’ Supervisor is a software layer that operates between the autonomy stack and the robot to monitor and correct motion commands in real-time to deliver collision avoidance, geofencing, system stability, and other necessary outcomes. Credit: 3Laws Robotics 3Laws Robotics has secured $4.1M 3Laws Co-Founder Prof.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2024

ToF sensors provide 3D information of the world around a mobile robot, providing important data to the robots perception algorithms. Credit: E-con Systems In the ever-evolving world of robotics, the seamless integration of technologies promises to revolutionize how humans interact with machines.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

the company surprisingly expanded its line of Intel RealSense depth modules for robotics applications. Intel also said the D421 depth module features plug-and-play functionality and compatibility with popular development frameworks. The new Intel RealSense D421 Depth Module. Credit: Intel Despite all the turmoil around Intel Corp.,

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Robotics Business Review

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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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

JANUARY 20, 2024

Robotics competition teams can use the Kria KR260 Robotics Starter Kit. Source: AMD From students and startups to the world of entertainment, interest in robots is everywhere these days. Timing is everything in robotics Just as location is everything in real estate, timing is everything in automation.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 1, 2024

OmniOn supports multiple technologies, including robotics. Source: OmniOn Power As delivery robots and autonomous vehicles spread, much of the design and development attention has focused on safe navigation and obstacle detection, according to OmniOn Power Inc. “2023 was a big year for cost optimization for robotics companies.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2024

Source: 1X Technologies Humanoids and artificial intelligence were the top stories in robotics last year, and that trend is continuing. 1X Technologies AS, formerly known as Halodi Robotics, today announced that it has raised $100 million in Series B funding to develop humanoid, general-purpose robots.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 9, 2024

MassRobotics recently hosted a Robotics in AgTech event, bringing together innovators and industry leaders to explore challenges and solutions in the agriculture industry. The event served as a catalyst for discussions and offered a glimpse into the transformative potential of robotics for farming, said the Boston-based organization.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 31, 2024

SwRI Workbench for Offline Robotics Development allows manufacturing engineers to independently use complex robotics and simplifies motion planning for seasoned developers. Various forecasts project that the open-source advanced robotics market will grow more than 10% annually between 2024 and 2029.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 23, 2024

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang (left) with the Apollo humanoid robot. — Among the highlights of GTC this week was the convergence of artificial intelligence and humanoid robotics. announced that it working to integrate its Apollo humanoid robot with Project GR00T, NVIDIA Corp.’s Source: Apptronik SAN JOSE, Calif.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 14, 2024

A multidisciplinary group of scientists, led by Project CETI, is using soft robotics, machine learning, biology, linguistics, natural language processing, and more to decode their communications. These are just our own, personal guidelines,” David Gruber, the founder and president of Project CETI, told The Robot Report. “[The

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OCTOBER 12, 2024

The PPE module tested by gantry robot will power the Gateway space station. And to ensure that the simulator heads are fully calibrated, we also built the I-formation gantry robot that calibrates and validates the simulator performance against solar cell standards. Register now.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 27, 2024

A screenshot of Tangram Vision’s LiDAR comparison tool Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) is a sensing method that uses light in the form of a pulsed laser to measure distance. LiDAR is useful in autonomy for a number of key functions such as obstacle avoidance, object detection, and object identification.

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JANUARY 10, 2025

WSNs are designed to continue functioning even if some nodes fail. Motion control and robotic equipment Position sensors, accelerometers, and gyroscopes are deployed on robotic arms to monitor motion, i.e., position, speed, and acceleration. MEMS-based sensors can perform complex functions and yet maintain a small footprint.

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