Smith+Nephew extends Cori robotic assisted surgical system for total hip arthroplasty procedures.
Intel issues end-of-life notice for RealSense LiDAR
In the end-of-life notice, Intel reiterated it will “continue to sell the stereo products to current distribution customers.”
Seoul Robotics launches 3D perception software with deep learning
SENSR M is designed for perception on moving vehicles like autonomous vehicles and autonomous mobile robots.
Carbon Robotics secures $27 Million to help farmers control weeds
Company to accelerate growth and scale production to help farmers address increasing threat from herbicide-resistant weeds.
Collaborative Robotics Week to examine state of industry
Collaborative Robotics Week (Sept. 7-10) will provide a snapshot of the state of the sector, including emerging capabilities, powerful enabling technologies, as well as new business models enabled by cobots.
Velodyne Lidar, MOV.AI team up on AMR navigation tools
MOV.ai and Velodyne deliver a complete navigation package for ROS-based AMR solutions.
ASRS wars: Attabotics sues Urbx for patent infringement
Both companies develop automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS) and are pursuing the lucrative grocery automation market.
Gatik raises $85M for autonomous box trucks
Gatik has raised a total of $114.5 million since it was founded in 2017. It also announced new autonomous box truck operations in Texas.
Robotics solutions for small-to-medium manufacturers
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Top 10 robotics stories of August
Intel RealSense winding down, John Deere acquiring another agricultural robotics startup, and Atlas’ new and improved parkour skills captured your attention this month.
Berkshire Grey begins trading on NASDAQ
Berkshire Grey began trading on the NASDAQ today after completing the integration with SPAC Revolution Acceleration Acquisition Corp.
Waymo to stop selling LiDAR sensors
“We’re winding down our commercial LiDAR business as we maintain our focus on developing and deploying our Waymo Driver across our Waymo One (ride-hailing) and Waymo Via (delivery) units.”
How Boston Dynamics makes Atlas run, flip & vault
A senior robotics engineer at Boston Dynamics explains how perception and adaptability enable Atlas to perform varied, high-energy behaviors like parkour.
Bedrock deploys autonomous submarine to map ocean floor
Bedrock delivers marine seabed surveying and data analysis to its clients using unmanned autonomous marine vessels.
eCapture offers small 3D stereo depth sensing camera
eCapture launches a VGA quality, stereoscopic 3D depth sensing camera as the eCapture G53.
Waymo giving select passengers robotaxi rides in SF
The all-electric Jaguar I-PACE vehicles are equipped with Waymo’s fifth-generation autonomous driving system. All rides will include a human safety driver.
3 tips to developing outdoor robots for unstructured environments
Scythe Robotics shares tips about sensor selection, ruggedized hardware, and software optimization for its commercial mowers.
Locus Robotics reaches a half-billion picks
Locus’ first 100 million picks took 1,542 days, while the most recent 100 million picks took just 94 days.
Intel provides update about RealSense
Intel now says the RealSense business unit is winding down and the LiDAR, Facial Authentication and Tracking product lines will reach end of life this month. However, most of the stereo products will “continue.”
ROSCon 2021 cancels in-person event due to COVID-19
ROSCon was scheduled to take place in New Orleans on October 21-23. But Louisiana currently has the highest case rate in the U.S.
Intel RealSense reminiscent of Kinect & Tango
RealSense has been a go-to for industry and academia for low-cost, high-quality depth sensing.
OSARO raises $30M Series C round
OSARO said it plans to use the funding for market expansion and hiring.