Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Source: Pickle Robot Robotic truck unloading fits the classic definition of dull, dirty, or dangerous jobs worth automating. Pickle Robot Co. Founded in 2018, Pickle Robot said its robots are designed to autonomously unload trucks, trailers, and import containers at human-scale or better performance.

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Robotics Business Review

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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Design World

MARCH 12, 2025

ABB is expanding its portfolio of robotic solutions for logistics and e-commerce supply chains by adding two new AI-powered functional modules to its Item Picking family.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2025

Source: Humanoid The humanoid robot market experienced remarkable growth in 2024, with Goldman Sachs Research projecting that it will reach $38 billion by 2035 , up more than sixfold from its previous estimate of $6 billion. This explosive growth reflects the transformative potential of humanoid robots across industries.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2025

Source: MassRobotics MassRobotics has announced the fourth cohort of its Healthcare Robotics Startup Catalyst Program, marking a record-breaking year with an unprecedented number of applicants. This years cohort includes six innovative companies selected for their cutting-edge solutions in healthcare robotics.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 13, 2025

DHL Group, a global leader in logistics, is expanding its already strong relationship with Boston Dynamics. Through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), DHL plans to deploy 1,000+ additional Stretch robots from Boston Dynamics by 2030. The company said it has deployed more than 7,500 robots across its global network.

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Robotics Business Review

JUNE 23, 2025

The AEON humanoid could be used in the automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, and logistics industries. Source: Hexagon Hexagon AB last week launched its first humanoid robot, AEON, at its flagship Hexagon LIVE Global event. “For the past 10 years, we’ve been working on robotics innovation across our divisions.”

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The Digit humanoid transports totes at a Spanx facility run by GXO Logistics in Georgia. Credit: Agility Robotics Details are scarce at the moment, but Agility Robotics has a new strategic partnership. The Robot Report reached out to Agility Robotics and Schaeffler for more details, but both companies declined to comment.

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Gary Mintchell

MARCH 18, 2025

Teredyne is a conglomerate that has been snarfing up collaborative robotic assets. Many are based on Universal Robotics technology. Teradyne Robotics and its partners are set to unveil a suite of advanced, AI-driven robotics solutions at NVIDIA GTC 2025 March 17-21. This news expands AI-powered applications.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Source: Boston Dynamics Last year, Boston Dynamics made waves in the robotics industry by retiring its hydraulic Atlas and announcing its new, electric Atlas. Now, the company will be giving an inside look at its robot at the Robotics Summit & Expo. Saunders is a dedicated expert in innovative robot development.

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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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Robotics Business Review

JULY 10, 2025

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. The developer of logistics automation made the decision less than 60 days after its initial evaluation, PTC said.

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Robotics Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Organization: Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics Country: Germany Website: [link] Year Founded: 1981 Number of Employees: 500+ Innovation Class: Technology, Product & Services evoBOT is the kind of robot that stands out the moment you look at it. Explore the RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards 2024.

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Robotics Business Review

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. Also at the Conference for Robotic Learning, Hugging Face Inc.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Source: Brett Adcock via LinkedIn Humanoid robots are starting to move from development and trials to commercial use. 02 humanoid robots to our commercial client, & they’re currently hard at work.” based company has built and iterated on a working humanoid and tested its robot on a production line. Figure AI Inc.

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Robotics Business Review

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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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 2, 2025

We are passionate about the impact robotics can have on the world. Thats why for 14 years, the RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards have honored the most innovative robotics companies, technologies, and applications from around the world. The RBR50 Gala returns April 30 from 6-8 PM in Boston at the Robotics Summit & Expo.

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Robotics Business Review

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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Robotics Business Review

JUNE 6, 2025

Vanderlande and Hai Robotics are collaborating on mobile robots to handle cases and totes. Source: Vanderlande Warehouse operators and third-party logistics providers are turning to automation to be more efficient, flexible, and competitive in the face of accelerating customer demand, labor shortages, and trade disruptions.

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Robotics Automation News

MAY 1, 2025

UPS, one of the worlds largest logistics companies, is in talks with robotics startup Figure AI to explore the potential deployment of humanoid robots in its logistics operations, according to Bloomberg, in what could become a significant milestone in warehouse automation.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 7, 2025

Amazon is opening new automation opportunities by deploying its first robots that leverage force and touch sensing to improve material handling tasks. One of the classic applications for robots at Amazon warehouses is centered around the goods to person (G2P) solution with the Kiva robots.

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Robotics Business Review

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 Automation News

MAY 15, 2025

A compact and agile AirRob automated storage system by Libiao Robotics has been installed in the Shanghai warehouse of a specialist lean supply chain management service company.

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Robotics Business Review

JUNE 21, 2025

Black-I Robotics won the Chewy and MassRobotics’ CHAMP Challenge. Source: MassRobotics Black-I Robotics won the Chewy Autonomous Mobile Picking (CHAMP) Challenge. Black-I Robotics , a Massachusetts-based MassRobotics resident, won the $30,000 first-place prize for delivering a sophisticated, full-stack autonomous picking system.

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Robotics Business Review

JULY 5, 2025

Source: Tesollo In addition to advances in locomotion and perception, humanoid robots require the ability to manipulate a range of objects. will show its flagship robotic hand at the AI for Good Global Summit next week in Geneva, Switzerland. The Delto Gripper DG-5F, at top, is the latest in a range of grippers. Tesollo Inc.

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Robotics Business Review

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

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

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Explore the RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards 2024. Apply to speak.

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Robotics Automation News

JUNE 16, 2025

Exploring the convergence of advanced grippers, 3D vision, and sophisticated AI that is enabling robots to handle an ever-wider variety of items with near-human skill The relentless surge of global e-commerce has transformed our expectations for speed and convenience. At its […]

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Manufacturer's Monthly

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

By combining robotic manufacturing technology with a purpose-built Entegra clear span facility , CQ Building Supplies has increased its daily output by 275 per cent , reshaped its labour requirements, and future-proofed its operations. But moving wasnt just about safetyit was an opportunity to modernise and outpace the competition.

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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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AU Manufacturing

JULY 17, 2025

Melbourne-based logistics technology company Nexobot has been selected as one of six finalists in the inaugural Propel-AIR program, Australia’s first dedicated AI and Robotics Sprint. Nexobot is competing with its low-cost parcel sorting platform, designed to make automation accessible to small and regional logistics operators.

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Gary Mintchell

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Ive recently heard of Flexiv Robotics and its Gecko Gripper. This news regarded participating in the opening of the Stanford Robotics Center. The Stanford Robotics Center (SRC) is dedicated to advancing robotics across industries including logistics, manufacturing, healthcare, art, space exploration, and home automation.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The Robot Report Podcast · AI at the Edge: How perception and AI are shaping mobile robotics In Episode 173 of The Robot Report Podcast , co-host Steve Crowe and I catch up on the news of the week, including several recent stories about mobile manipulators. Featured interview with RGO Robotics and Wheel.Me Apply to speak.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2025

The company said its robot can fulfill labor shortages in harsh outdoor conditions, complete hazardous tasks, and increase project efficiency and cost savings. It said the robot is capable of 1 mm-level accuracy in performing fine motor skills like picking, placing, pressing, twisting, and connecting. million in 2023.

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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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Robotics Business Review

JULY 1, 2025

Amazon has deployed 1 million robots across its global network. announced yesterday that it has deployed its 1 millionth robot. The e-commerce company claimed that it has “the world’s largest fleet of industrial mobile robots.” “I’m The AI technology will coordinate robotic movements across Amazon’s fulfillment network.

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