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Webinar: robotics investments and business opportunities
Webinar will analyze the 2021 VC and private sector investment into companies producing robots or robotics enabling technologies worldwide.
Autonomous navigation specialist BlueBotics acquired by Zapi Group
The acquisition strengthens Zapi Group’s position in the fast-growing mobile robotics sector.
Cruise opens driverless robotaxi service to SF public
The free service will open up to a small numbers of users and ramp up over time.
RE2 Robotics, JLG Industries partner on system for solar field construction
The system will use computer vision to autonomously retrieve solar panels from a delivery vehicle and precisely place the panels onto a racking system. An onsite human worker then follows to secure the panel.
New Yaskawa robots switch between cobot, industrial mode
Meeting safety standards (ISO 13849-1) and complying to ISO TS15066, each robot offers four modes of collaborative operation and can shift between collaborative speed in power force limiting mode or full speed in industrial mode.
Top 10 robotics stories of January 2022
Boston Dynamics’ Stretch robots, 2022 predictions from industry experts and advice for robotics startups captured your attention this month.
Electric Sheep Robotics raises $21.5M for autonomous lawn mowers
It also announced the general availability of its Dexter system that turns existing commercial lawn mowers, both gas and electric, into autonomous mowers.
Odense Robotics opens Aalborg Hub
The Aalborg hub will provide robotics, automation and drone startups, scaleups and SMEs with opportunities for growth and innovation.
Percepto drones receive BVLOS approval at 2 U.S. refineries
Delek uses Percepto’s autonomous drones to maintain remote operations 24/7, automate day-to-day operations in its facilities.
Laurie Leshin named first female director of JPL
Leshin returns to NASA from WPI, where she served at the first woman president of the university since 2014.
Distalmotion, the company behind Dexter, raises $90 million in funding
Distalmotion plans to use the funding to commercialize Dexter globally, and pursue FDA approval for the system.
Starship Technologies raises $56M for delivery robots
Starship plans to use the funding to further R&D and build thousands more robots at the company’s facility in Tallinn, Estonia.
Open-source visualization and debugging for robotics
Adrian Macneil, co-founder and CEO of Foxglove, discusses the company’s spin-out from autonomous driving company Cruise, how its solutions differ from RViz, challenges of robotics development and the keys to running his startup.
Cynthia Breazeal named dean of digital learning at MIT
The former Jibo founder and CEO is also a professor of media arts and sciences at MIT.
Teradyne’s robotics group makes $376M in 2021
On the backs of Universal Robots and Mobile Industrial Robots, Teradyne’s robotics group increased revenues 34% in 2021
Knightscope begins trading on the Nasdaq
Knightscope announced its offering in December 2021, when it began selling up to 4 million shares of Class A common stock for $10 per share.
FedEx launches sorting robot with DoraBot
DoraSorter, a collaboration between Fedex and DoraBot, is deployed at FedEx’s e-commerce shipment sorting center in Guangzhou, China.
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin acquiring Honeybee Robotics
Honeybee is best known for developing robotics systems for the space industry, including actuators, drills and sample collection systems for several Mars missions.
Boston Dynamics delivering fleet of Stretch robots to DHL
Boston Dynamics will deliver a fleet of Stretch robots to multiple DHL warehouses throughout North America over the next three years.
Vecna Robotics raises $65M in Series C funding
The company plans to expand its product portfolio along with operations to meet growing customer demand for its solutions.
Wandelbots raises $84M for no-code robotics programming
The company plans to use the funding to scale Wandelbots Teaching to work with more robots for more applications in more regions.