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.
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.