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Boxbot’s system dynamically adapts the space required for each payload. | Source: Boxbot Boxbot, a company that develops three-dimensional conveyor systems that transform package handling, has raised $12 million in … Read More

FERNRIDE plans to use its latest funding to amplify its position as a leader in autonomous trucking. | Source: FERNRIDE FERNRIDE, a Germany-based autonomous trucking startup, has brought in an … Read More

Waabi announced a strategic partnership with Uber Freight to accelerate the deployment of AI-powered autonomous trucks at scale. Waabi provides carriers with the services and infrastructure to deploy, maintain, and … Read More

Starting a robotics company, as well as growing and scaling, has many challenges. These can include taking a robot from prototype to production, raising funding, navigating government regulations, reaching their … Read More

Versius surgical robotics systems. | Source: CMR Surgical CMR Surgical announced today that it raised a funding round worth $165 million (£133 million) and hit a milestone with its surgical robot. The … Read More

Diligent Robotics’ Moxi can deliver medications, patient supplies and lab samples, fetch items from central supply and distribute PPE. | Source: Diligent Robotics Diligent Robotics closed a $25 million funding … Read More

By Dylan Pollack, Automation Engineer A cartesian robot system that uses XYZ coordinates to move multiple axes—typically three—to a specific location within its workspace. Cartesian robots can be extremely beneficial … Read More

Kollmorgen introduced the P80360 stepper drive, the newest addition to its flagship P8000 stepper platform. Like other drives in the series, the P80360 incorporates stepless control technology to deliver smooth, … Read More

A rider getting into a Waymo One robotaxi. | Source: Waymo Waymo is taking its 24/7 robotaxi service, Waymo One, on tour in Los Angeles this October. Waymo will be … Read More

ABB’s new IRB 1090 has a smaller footprint than ABB’s previous education robots. | Source: ABB ABB launched a new industrial robot, the IRB 1090, which joins its line of … Read More

Source: Virtual Incision Virtual Incision added a $30 million extension to its previous $46 million Series C financing round. The Lincoln, Nebraska-based surgical robot maker announced the initial $46 million raise … Read More

The Maestro surgical robot. | Source: Moon Surgical Moon Surgical received CE mark approval in Europe for the latest version of its Maestro surgical robot. The initial version of Maestro received … Read More

Toyota Research Institute (TRI) today unveiled how it is using Generative AI to help robots learn new dexterous behaviors from demonstration. TRI said this new approach “is a step towards … Read More

AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announced AMD Kria K24 System-on-Module (SOM) and KD240 Drives Starter Kit, the latest additions to the Kria portfolio of adaptive SOMs and developer kits. AMD Kria K24 … Read More

Top row, from left to right: Joel Hagberg, Prabhakar Gowrisankaran, and Amir Bousani. Bottom row, from left to right: Ted Larson and Mike Oitzman.  The mobile robot market is a … Read More

Agility Robotics, creator of the bipedal humanoid robot Digit, today revealed that the company is opening RoboFab, a robot manufacturing facility in Salem, Oregon with the capability to produce more … Read More

Researchers at the University of Washington have developed robotic microfliers that can change how they move while in the air by snapping into a folding position during descent. The microfliers … Read More

Cogniteam, which makes cloud robotic platforms, announced that its technology will now be embedded in all of Advantech’s autonomous mobile robot (AMR) S100 units.  This collaboration brings together out of … Read More

Acceleration Robotics announced the beta release of RobotPerf Benchmarks in collaboration with global academia and industry leaders including AMD, Intel, Ford, Harvard, Klagenfurt University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Boston University, … Read More

Boston Dynamics, a supporter of the bill, also signed an open letter in 2022 pledging to not weaponize robots. | Source: Boston Dynamics Massachusetts State Rep. Linsay Sabadosa and State … Read More

Robotics startup Ascento recently announced a $4.3 million funding round and the launch of its latest autonomous outdoor security patrolling robot: Ascento Guard. The pre-seed funding round was led by … Read More

For the first time, Boston Dynamics’ Spot and Stretch robots will be deployed together at an enterprise scale. | Source: Otto Group Otto Group, one of the world’s largest e-commerce … Read More

The summer of humanoids continues as, once again, our top two stories last month were about humanoids. Robotics funding stories as well as new milestones for robotics companies also grabbed … Read More