Whiz Gambit brings facility vacuuming and disinfection to Europe.
Agile Robots closes $220M Series C funding
Collaborative robotic provider, Agile Robots, closes a $220M Series C round – to enable the company to extend its product and expand its global market reach.
Perceptual Robotics closes $2.1M funding round
Perceptual Robotics offers a fully autonomous, wind turbine blade inspection solution using drones. The company is expanding its market.
The iRobot J7 may be smarter than your pet
The newest iRobot vacuum cleaner features iRobot Genius 3.0, uses vision and AI to avoid obstacles, and understands what/where you want it to clean.
AMR provider Zippedi closes $6.9M seed series funding round
Investment will enable Zippedi to expand its market into the U.S. to meet the market demand in both the Home Improvement and grocery sectors.
MassRobotics launches inaugural Robo Boston Festival
The Robot Block Party is back in the house! MassRobotics announces inaugural Robo Boston festival in Ocober.
Blendid raises $2M via crowdfunding campaign
Food automation is a nacent market, and Blendid is an early innovator in kiosk-based food delivery systems.
Berkshire Grey partners with AHS to deliver warehouse automation
This partnership enables AHS to implement Berkshire Grey sortation and ASRS solutions for warehousing, logistics and 3PL clients.
Oxbotica, AppliedEV team up on autonomous vehicle platform
AppliedEV and Oxbotica combine their solutions to create a unique autonomous vehicle platform for a variety of applications.
Final teams announced for the Indy Autonomous Challenge
The final ten teams have been selected to compete in the Indy Autonomous Challenge, taking place October 23 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Made4CNC Safedoor works with cobots to automate CNC tending
Made4CNC launches its first product: an automated CNC door opener that works with any robot for machine tending.
Elite Robot closes $27 Million Series B financing round
Elite Robots closes $27M funding to expand the engineering team and open sales into new regions.
Flow Robotics brings automated pipetting robot to North America
Flow Robotics launches flowbot ONE in North America, to help automate lab testing and automation of diagnostic protocols.
Novarc’s cobot SWR+HyperFill increases heavy fabrication productivity
The system uses a long-reach manipulator, with a three-axis robotic arm at the end, which works with a human operator to increase their dexterity and flexibility.
Perseverance Rover successfully cores first rock on Mars
Perseverance’s Sampling and Caching System uses a rotary-percussive drill and a hollow coring bit at the end of its 7-foot-long robotic arm to extract samples slightly thicker than a pencil.
stow Group acquires German startup Raiser Robotics
Raiser Robotics has developed and automated storage and retrieval system. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Intel RealSense D455 a step forward for industrial uses
An engineer at the Southwest Research Institute never had any luck using Intel RealSense cameras. But that all changed with the D455 stereo depth camera.
Smith+Nephew to expand into hip surgery with Cori surgical system
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.