Top 10 robotic stories of November 2022
Between Boston Dynamics’ lawsuit against Ghost Robotics, layoffs reported at major companies and large funding rounds, there was no shortage of things to cover in November. Here are the 10 … Read More
Monarch Tractor completes first units of production edition
Monarch Tractor builds builds all-electric, autonomous compact tractors. On December 1, 2022, the first production units of the Monarch Tractor MK-V rolled off the assembly line, marking a milestone in … Read More
Revealing crystal structures robotically
Machine learning and robotic process automation combine to speed up and simplify a process used to determine crystal structures.
Gecko Robotics awarded $1.5M Air Force contract
The U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center has awarded Gecko Robotics an 18-month, $1.5 million contract through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract will aid in the Air … Read More
Making ‘transport’ robots smarter
Engineers are working to speed up the order delivery process by optimizing warehouse operations using a collaborative human-robot order picking system.
3D-Printed microrobot assembly line (w/video)
Researchers simplified the process of producing soft microrobots powered by biomolecular motor muscles by 3D-printing the constituent modules, including actuators and grabbers, in situ.
ESPROS chips in use in Starship Technologies’ delivery robots
Starship’s sidewalk deliver robots navigating pre-mapped pavement roads. | Source: Starship Technologies Starship Technologies has started using ESPROS Photonics Corporation’s epc660 Time-of-Flight chip in its sidewalk delivery robots. Starship’s autonomous … Read More
Titan Medical to begin strategic review, may explore sale
Titan Medical’s Enos single-acces robotic-assisted surgery system. | Source: Titan Medical Titan Medical (Nasdaq:TMDI) announced today that it plans to review and evaluate strategic alternatives to unlock shareholder value. Toronto-based Titan … Read More
Robot Learns Human Trick for Not Falling Over
This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. Humanoid robots are a lot more capable than they used to be, but for … Read More
San Francisco will allow police to use robots with deadly force
A Qinetiq multi-mission explosive ordnance disposal robot. | Source: Qinetiq San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday night to allow the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) to use remote-controlled … Read More
Verdant Robotics cultivates $46.5M in Series A funding
Verdant Robotics deploys autonomous cultivation solutions. | Credit: Verdant Robotics Verdant Robotics announced the close of $46.5 million in Series A funding, an investment period that took three rounds over … Read More
MIT researchers build swarms of assembling robots
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA) have created assembling robots that are made up of the same components they use to build structures, … Read More
CMR Surgical, J&J partnering on surgical robotics
The Versius surgical robot from CMR Surgical. | Credit: CMR Surgical CMR Surgical said today it’s working with Johnson & Johnson MedTech’s Ethicon business to sell CMR’s Versius surgical robotics … Read More
Amazon pushing envelope on warehouse automation
Amazon’s newest robot, Sparrow, can pick individual items for packaging. | Source: Amazon Amazon continues to be a leader in automating warehouse operations, and that includes not only using existing … Read More
Locus Robotics raises $117M for autonomous mobile robots
Locus Robotics raised another $117 million in funding for its autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) that are used in fulfillment and distribution warehouses. The Series F funding round was led by … Read More
Japan to open roads to autonomous vehicles in 2023
One of BOLDLY’s autonomous shuttles in Japan. | Source: BOLDLY Japan’s National Policy Agency announced that it would lift a ban preventing SAE Level 4 autonomous vehicles from operating on … Read More
Bionaut Labs raises $43M for drug delivery robots
Bionaut Labs, a robotic drug delivery technology developer, closed a Series B financing round worth $43.2 million. Los Angeles-based Bionaut Labs uses microscale robots to deliver drugs for treating central … Read More
Video Friday: Turkey Sandwich
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the … Read More
Golf Robot Learns To Putt Like A Pro
While being able to drive the ball 300 yards might get the fans excited, a solid putting game is often what separates a golf champion from the journeymen. A robot … Read More
These Haptic Microfingers Tickle Pill Bugs’ Toes
All things considered, we humans are kind of big, which is very limiting to how we can comfortably interact with the world. The practical effect of this is that we … Read More
Robot Gift Guide 2022
It’s been a couple of years, but the IEEE Spectrum Robot Gift Guide is back for 2022! We’ve got all kinds of new robots, and right now is an excellent … Read More
CES 2023 robotics Innovation Award winners announced
CES has announced the innovation award winners for the upcoming CES 2023 event happening in Las Vegas, on January 5-8, 2023. We went through the list of honorees and highlighted … Read More
Video podcast episode featuring interview with Tatum Robotics founder
This week, we have a special video edition of The Robot Report podcast. This is the video feed from our recent interview with Tatum Robotics founder and CEO, Samantha Johnson. … Read More
University of Texas to study how people interact with robots in public
While the robots roam UT’s campus, those monitoring the quadrupeds will wear brain sensors. | Source: University of Texas Researchers at the University of Texas (UT), Austin recently received a … Read More
Soft Robotics picks up $26M
Soft Robotics’ mGrip soft gripper can handle even delicate foods, like cupcakes, without smashing them. | Source: Soft Robotics Soft Robotics brought in $26 million in the first closing of … Read More
Video Friday: Little Robot, Big Stairs
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the … Read More
Ghost Robotics responds to Boston Dynamics lawsuit
Boston Dynamics’ Spot (left) and Ghost Robotics’ Vision 60. Ghost Robotics has responded to the patent infringement lawsuit recently filed by Boston Dynamics. Earlier this week, we learned that Boston … Read More
Techman Robot announces AI cobot series
Techman Robot’s new AI Cobot Series can recognize the presence and orientation of their environments. | Source: Techman Robot Techman Robot announced its TM AI Cobot series, a series of … Read More
No, autonomous vehicles aren’t dead
The hot-take artists wasted no time after the recent Argo AI shutdown. This was an unexpected move by Ford and Volkswagen, which were the two largest financial backers of the … Read More
Hesai Technology announces fully solid-state LiDAR
Hesai Technology’s FT120 Fully Solid-State LiDAR. | Source: Hesai Technology Hesai Technology officially unveiled the FT120, a fully solid-state, near-range blind spot LiDAR designed for ADAS series production vehicles. FT120 … Read More