The U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center has awarded Gecko Robotics with an 18-month, $1.5 million contract through the SBIR program.
ESPROS chips in use in Starship Technologies’ delivery robots
Starship Technologies has started using ESPROS Photonics Corporation’s epc660 Time-of-Flight chip in its sidewalk delivery robots.
Titan Medical to begin strategic review, may explore sale
Titan Medical announced today that it plans to review and evaluate strategic alternatives to unlock shareholder value.
San Francisco will allow police to use robots with deadly force
San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors voted to allow the SFPD to use remote-controlled and potentially lethal robots in emergency situations.
Verdant Robotics cultivates $46.5M in Series A funding
Verdant Robotics’ Series A raised $46.5 million. The money will speed up the company’s robotic farm manufacturing and market launch.
MIT researchers build swarms of assembling robots
Researchers at MIT have created assembling robots that are made up of the same components they use to build structures.
CMR Surgical, J&J partnering on surgical robotics
Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon business unit will sell CMR’s surgical robotics system to select hospitals in Italy, France, Germany and Brazil.
Amazon pushing envelope on warehouse automation
Through internal R&D and external acquisitions, Amazon continues to be a leader in automating warehouse operations.
Locus Robotics raises $117M for autonomous mobile robots
Locus Robotics has now raised $422 million since it was founded in 2014.
Japan to open roads to autonomous vehicles in 2023
Japan’s National Policy Agency announced that it would lift a ban preventing SAE Level 4 autonomous vehicles from operating on Japanese roads.
Bionaut Labs raises $43M for drug delivery robots
Through magnetic propulsion, the company’s Bionauts can navigate the human body and deliver drugs locally.
RoboSense launches flash solid-state LiDAR
RoboSense officially launched RS-LiDAR-E1, a flash solid-state LiDAR that sees 360° based on its in-house, custom developed chips.
CES 2023 robotics Innovation Award winners announced
A quick look at the 2023 CES Innovation award winners in the robotics category covers a broad range of solutions that impact consumers.
How safe are Cruise robotaxis?
Cruise recently released its safety report to give the public insights on what the company does to ensure its autonomous vehicles are safe.
University of Texas to study how people interact with robots in public
Researchers at UT Austin received a $3.6 million grant to do a five-year study focusing on how humans interact with robots in public.
Nuro lays off 20% of staff
Nuro, an autonomous vehicle delivery company with deployments in California and Texas, laid off about 300 employees on Friday.
Attabotics brings in $71.7M in Series C funding
Attabotics announced that it brought in $71.7 million in Series C-1 funding. The latest round brings its total funding to $165.1 million.
Waymo to begin public robotaxi rides in San Francisco
Waymo announced that it will soon begin giving autonomous robotaxi rides, with no automation specialists in the vehicles, in San Francisco.
New ASTM standard F3588-22 defines objects encountered by AMRs and AGVs
ASTM’s new standard outlines common objects encountered by AMRs and AGVs. The new standard gives operators and manufacturers a common way to describe these items.
A conversation with the founders of RobOpsCon; a robo dog fight breaks out over patents
This week, we talk to the founders of Robotics Operations Group (ROG) about the organization’s growth and the delivery of “RobOpsCon” earlier this week.
Motional & Lyft launch robotaxi service in LA
Motional and Lyft announced that the companies are rolling out an autonomous ride-hailing service in Los Angeles.
Soft Robotics picks up $26M
Soft Robotics brought in $26 million in the first closing of its Series C funding round to expand commercial deployment of its mGripAI.