December 2022’s 55 robotics investments totaled US $1.14B, a 7.7% increase over December 2021’s funding total. Investment into companies providing robotics solutions for autonomous ground transportation such as sensors, autonomy ‘stacks’ and ‘drivers’, and whole cloth systems, was particularly strong.

The Call for Presentations deadline for international technical conference and expo that addresses engineering challenges faced when designing and developing healthcare robotics products and services. The event comes to Boston in May 2023 and is co-located with the Robotics Summit Conference & Expo.

The Call for Presentations deadline for the robotics sector’s “must attend” technical design and development event ends January 13th, 2023.

International technical conference and expo addresses engineering challenges faced when designing and developing healthcare robotics products and services. The event comes to Boston in May 2023 and is co-located with the Robotics Summit Conference & Expo.

The deadline for submissions is January 10th, 2023. Categories include 1) Business and Management Innovation, 2) Technology, Services, and Research Innovation, or 3) Application and Market Innovation.

Adapta Robotics’ solutions automate critical device testing and retail inventory operations formally accomplished using inefficient and error prone manual methods, freeing workers for higher value tasks in the process.

Sessions specifically designed to provide robotics designers and developers with the information, guidance and training they need to sharpen their engineering skills and increase their productivity are available on demand.

In Episode 94 of The Robot Report Podcast, Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman speak with the RoboTire CEO Victor Darolfi regarding the company’s automated tire changing solution.

The manual process of applying coating to floors to create a seamless finish is a demanding and time-consuming undertaking. Easy Floor Robotics’ systems automates the process using mobile robots.

In this webinar session, available on demand, attendees will learn how support for robotic motion control has improved with the introduction of new products and technologies, and how they allow for new capabilities, new applications, and entry into new markets.

The robotics sector’s “must attend” technical design and development event for producers of commercial class robotics systems returns to Boston in May 2023 with deepened coverage, an expanded expo floor, and once again co-locates with the Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum.

For today’s heavy manufacturers, conveyance automation systems must be extremely robust and capable of transporting high-capacity payloads, yet also deliver the high levels of flexibility, safety and scalability expected from today’s mobile robotic systems. Modern automated guided vehicles can do just that.

In Episode 93 of The Robot Report Podcast, Steve Crowe, Mike Oitzman and Dan Kara review the upcoming RoboBusiness Conference & Expo and the Field Robotics Engineering Forum, highlighting the robotics luminaries speaking at the event.

GrayMatter Robotics’ SCAN&SAND solution automates complex surface finishing and treatment applications in high-mix, high-variability production environments.

At RoboBusiness 2022, taking place Oct. 19-20 in Santa Clara, Calif., a panel featuring representatives from leading robotics clusters will describe the many ways clusters foster young robotics companies, assist mature firms, and support their local communities.

Monarch Tractor’s recent petition to Cal/OSHA may have been denied, but this outcome is not the setback many fear. CEO Praveen Penmetsa shares why.

In Episode 84 of The Robot Report Podcast, Brian Gerkey, CEO and co-founder of Open Robotics describes the development and evolution of Robot Operating System (ROS), and the role ROS plays, and will continue to play, as a catalyst for robotics innovation.

Worldwide, over 10M people require a wheelchair, but these individuals often run up against barriers to their use. Wheelstair’s solution, a wheelchair add-on technology, can overcome many of these obstacles.

Are you in a robotics start-up or intending to form one? Although the robotics and automation sectors are expanding rapidly, with funding for robotics start-ups at an all-time high, the process can be daunting. In this RoboBusiness special event – Robotics Startup Boot Camp: Tips of the Trade – young robotics entrepreneurs will be provided with insights from industry experts covering the major phases of forming and growing a successful robotics company.

In Episode 82 of The Robot Report Podcast, Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman are joined by Niels Jul Jacobsen, CEO of Danish startup Capra Robotics, a developer of an innovative mobile robotics platform which uses a suspension system and unique wheel frame.

In this webinar, attendees will be provided with an overview of the agricultural robotics sector including a review of existing ag robotics systems, as well as highlighting current opportunities and gating factors. In addition, the latest platforms and technologies used to create agricultural robotics systems will be reviewed.

What is the state of the robotics and automation sector at 2022’s midpoint? ABI Research’s Lian Jye Su has a few thoughts, five in fact.

Manufacturers must continue to automate to remain competitive, but the introduction of robotics systems will impact their facilities and human workers. The results of a recent survey by Veo Robotics of 500 manufacturers the US, UK, and Japan provides insights into the optimal path forward when introducing robotics systems, and challenges conventional thinking.

In Episode 81 of The Robot Report Podcast, Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman are joined by Jeremiah Robison, CEO of CIONIC, a developer of bionic clothing that enables the body to move with more freedom and control.

The Collaborative Robotics Sector continues to evolve with the addition of smaller platforms, as well as systems capable of handling much heavier payloads. Mobile collaborative robots are also under development.