Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2024

Source: Nala Robotics Since the public debut of generative artificial intelligence and large language models in late 2022, robotics developers have been working to take advantage of the latest AI capabilities. Nala Robotics Inc. ” Learn from Agility Robotics, Amazon, Disney, Teradyne and many more.

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DECEMBER 19, 2024

The Apollo robot combines humanoid hardware and AI. Source: Apptronik A year full of humanoid robot news is ending with more developments. today announced that it has partnered with the Google DeepMind robotics team. Its team has worked on 15 previous robots, including NASA’s Valkyrie Robot.

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DECEMBER 28, 2024

The San Francisco Bay Area is a nexus of AI and robotics. Source: Adobe Stock The San Francisco Bay Area is the nexus of the artificial intelligence revolution in the U.S., anchored by San Francisco, with the renaissance of robotics investment and innovation in Silicon Valley. AI is merging with and embodied by robotics here.

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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

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.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Source: Slip Robotics For more than a century, truck trailers have been loaded and unloaded in the same way, leading to wasted time for drivers and dangerous bursts of activity for forklift operators. Slip Robotics is driving a level of change in the supply chain industry not seen since the containerization of sea freight.

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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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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

PUDU D7, a first-generation semi-humanoid robot, is built to adapt to varied applications. Source: Pudu Robotics Pudu Technology today unveiled its latest service robot, the PUDU D7. It is the company’s first “semi-humanoid robot,” a term it introduced earlier this year. Register now.

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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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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The C2 autonomous robot transports diverse payloads through complex environments. Source: Quasi Robotics Quasi Robotics Inc. robot management software. Founded in 2017, Quasi Robotics develops AMRs for materials handling and intralogistics transport. The company said Cloud Connect 2.0 Its proprietary Q.AI

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Robotics Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2024

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.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

ReMEmbR combines LLMs, VLMs, and retrieval-augmented generation to enable robots to reason and take action. They can also be integrated with live data sources and tools, to request more information if they don’t know the answer or take action when they do. But how can you apply these advances to perception and autonomy in robotics?

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Robotics Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Robotic Crew founders at RoboBusiness 2023. Source: Ricardo Petrazzini While U.S. Robotic Crew offers staffing in Latin America for robot development, as well as operations and fleet management. Robotic Crew offers staffing in Latin America for robot development, as well as operations and fleet management.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2025

Source: Cornerstone Robotics Cornerstone Robotics Ltd., a surgical robotics developer, Monday today said it has raised $70 million in Series C financing. The company said the funding will advance its efforts toward commercialization, development of surgical robotics products, clinical trials, and regulatory approvals.

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Robotics Business Review

JULY 6, 2024

Robotic arms in large-scale 3D printing deposit materials layer by layer, transforming production. Source: Replique In the realm of modern manufacturing and automation, the integration of robotics continues to redefine industry standards. Additive manufacturing plus robotics can transform industries.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

NVIDIA CEO Jenson Huang ended his GTC 2024 keynote presentation backed by images of all of the various humanoid robots currently on the market that are powered by the Jetson Orin computer. Talla shared his perspective on the race to build humanoids and how developers can benefit from NVIDIA’s offerings with The Robot Report.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

million operational robots in 2022, according to the new World Robotics report from the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). The report also included information about robot density worldwide. Robot density measures the number of operational industrial robots per 10,000 employees in a country.

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DECEMBER 26, 2024

Massimo Motor’s new production facility with automated guided robots in Garland, Texas. Source: Massimo Group Massimo Motor Sports LLC, a manufacturer and distributor of powersports vehicles and pontoon boats, has added robotics to its new assembly line to streamline production and enhance quality control. 34,931 sq.

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Robotics Business Review

JUNE 27, 2024

The Optimization system generates motion plans and avoids collisions in multi-robot workcells. Source: Realtime Robotics While conventional manufacturing involves robots working along a well-defined production line, software can enable multiple robots to work together more closely without collision for more complex and flexible processes.

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Robotics Business Review

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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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2025

Humanoid robots are getting more agile and potentially more useful. “With ongoing advancements in system engineering, @LimXDynamics full-size humanoid robot features a hollow actuator design and high torque-density actuators, enabling full-body balance for a wide range of motion,” with the company on LinkedIn.

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OCTOBER 7, 2024

JU’s Chang Robotics Studio will demonstrate collaborative mobile robots for hospital use. Source: Chang Robotics Last week, Chang Robotics and Jacksonville University said they are launching a “Robot Studio.” ” Register now. . ” Register now.

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MAY 22, 2024

A recent cadaver trial showcased AiM’s robot in a fully direct MRI-guided procedure for bilateral deep brain stimulation lead placement. Source: AiM Medical Robotics AiM Medical Robotics is taking the next steps to validate its robot for deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s patients.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2025

Source: RIC Technology RIC Technology last week debuted its most advanced and largest construction robotic 3D printer, named RIC-PRIMUS. Walmart has planned another 200 projects utilizing RIC’s robots, which are expected to begin construction in February 2025. The Fontana, Calif.-based m), an 85.4-ft. 11 m) printing width.

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Robotics Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The Robot Report Podcast · Navigating Robotics Through the Political Landscape In Episode 167 of The Robot Report Podcast, co-hosts Mike Oitzman and Gene Demaitre discuss the latest robotics news from the past week. It’s time to switch to Zebra Robotics Automation.

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Robotics Business Review

JUNE 29, 2024

Also present: ARMAR-7 robot from KIT. Source: BMBF/Hans-Joachim Rickel Germany’s leading robotics centers are coming together to establish the Robotics Institute Germany, or RIG. Participants said they want RIG to become the central contact point for robotics in Germany. Angela Schoellig from TUM and Prof.

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Robotics Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2024

A major concern about humanoid robots is their expense, but mobile manipulators provide an alternative. ObotX has patented a unique kinematic that provides a similar range of motion to a dual-armed, humanoid robot, but at a much lower price point. A similar example is industrial autonomous mobile robots ( AMRs ).

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2024

An HSS study tested the effectiveness of robot-assisted and augmented reality surgeries. Compared to conventional free-hand techniques, both robotic-assisted navigation [RAN] and the use of augmented reality [ AR ] have demonstrated superior accuracy,” said Darren R. RAN involves robotic guidance of surgeon-operated instruments.

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MAY 13, 2024

The robotics industry has seen major growth and maturity in the past decade. Robots also are getting cheaper and more affordable. Robots are taking a greater role and improving automation in many ways, but are humanoid robots the next step? Submit your presentation idea now.

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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

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Source: Google DeepMind Google DeepMind recently gave insight into two artificial intelligence systems it has created: ALOHA Unleashed and DemoStart. The company said that both of these systems aim to help robots perform complex tasks that require dexterous movement. Dexterity is a deceptively difficult skill to acquire. Register now.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2024

CMU pipe-repair robots crawl into natural gas pipelines and coat them. Source: Carnegie Mellon University Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute are creating robots that can map and repair natural gas pipelines. The CMU team’s robot sits on a pair of 2-in. according to the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2024

At Agility Robotics, we are working with our humanoid robot Digit, which balances actively at all times, can recover from unexpected bumps, and can lift and move heavy things. Training Digit in simulation through NVIDIA’s tools designed for robotics. There are 28 degrees of freedom and quite a few sensors.

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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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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Source: ifm efector Automated mobile robotics is the obvious answer to increased consumer demand and continuing labor shortages today. Or, put even more simply: What aren’t you selling more robots? In other words: the longer the integration process, the more expensive your robots are to them.

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AUGUST 23, 2024

Custos specializes in developing systems using the mobile robot platform from its parent company, Capra Robotics. Source: Custos Robotics Capra Robotics this week announced the formation of its new subsidiary, Custos Robotics ApS. ” Register now. .” ” Register now. . ” Register now.

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AUGUST 26, 2024

Olis’ PLC system alerts users to what went wrong when a robot stops working. Source: Olis Robotics End users turn to automation because it promises consistent work with minimal downtime. When something goes wrong, the robot must stop working and wait for a human operator to step in and figure out the problem.

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