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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
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
It’s hard to beat the energy density of chemical fuels. Batteries are quiet and clean and easy to integrate with electrically-powered robots, but they’re 20 to 50 times less energy … 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
This sponsored article is brought to you by NYU Tandon School of Engineering. To address today’s health challenges, especially in our aging society, we must become more intelligent in our … 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
Today, iRobot is announcing the newest, fanciest, and most expensive Roomba yet. The Roomba Combo j9+ trades a dock for what can only be described as a small indoor robot … Read More
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
How do you land on an asteroid? A lot of very talented engineers have thought about it. Putting a robotic spacecraft down safely on a moon or planet is hard … 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
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
The drone screams. It’s flying so fast that following it with my camera is hopeless, so I give up and watch in disbelief. The shrieking whine from the four motors … Read More
A robot attempting to use its whole hands to rotate a bucket 180º. | Source: MIT An MIT research team has developed an AI technique that allows robots to manipulate … Read More
The Apogee+ exoskeleton aims to help support caregivers in healthcare settings. | Source: German Bionic German Bionic has unveiled the Apogee+, a powered exoskeleton for the North American healthcare market. … Read More
Doosan Robotics’ E-Series of cobots is NSF-certified. | Source: Doosan Robotics Doosan Robotics has partnered with Microsoft and Doosan Digital Innovation to give collaborative robots (cobots) a context-aware control system … Read More
iRobot’s latest Roomba Combo i5+ is a combo robot vacuum and mop. | Source: iRobot iRobot expanded its lineup of 2-in-1 robots with two new robots, the Roomba Combo j5+ … Read More
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
