The ATX West show is next week. Check out our show guide with a curated list of robotic vendors to visit while at the show.
Third Wave Automation raises $40M series B financing
Third Wave Automation raises $40M in a series B round to help the company accelerate the development of fork truck autonomy solutions.
Mars Ingenuity helicopter successfully completes 11th flight
Mars Ingenuity helicopter makes eleventh flight and continues to successfully scout terrain for Perseverance rover.
John Deere acquiring Bear Flag Robotics for $250M
This is the second agricultural robotics acquisition by John Deere in the past four years. It acquired Blue River Technology in 2017 for $305 million.
Sarcos Robotics, T-Mobile partnership enables real-time control over 5G
Sarcos Robotics and T-Mobile announce a collaboration to integrate T-Mobile 5G into the Sarcos Guardian XT robot.
Watch GE’s risk-aware autonomous robot navigate through woods
GE’s project was one of eight funded by the U.S. Army to advance autonomous, off-road navigation capabilities for military ground vehicles.
NASA: wheeled robots not enough for future space exploration
Adaptive locomotive modality, or the ability to move in different ways, is integral to extreme terrain exploration on the Moon and Mars.
Rani prices $73M IPO for robotic drug-delivery pill
Rani developed a proprietary platform, RaniPill, designed to provide a pill-based alternative to intravenous or subcutaneous administration of biologics.
ANYmal quadruped now equipped with Velodyne’s Puck LiDAR
The Puck is a compact LiDAR sensor that provides a 360-degree view with real-time 3D data and a 100 meter range.
Inceptio Technology raises $270M for autonomous trucking tech
Inceptio has previously said it expects to begin production of autonomous trucks by the end of 2021.
Doosan Robotics names William Ryu CEO
Ryu is expected to enhance technological collaboration with the parent company’s new business areas, while initiating more customer-oriented businesses to expand collaborative robot applications and advance robotics technology.
Novanta acquisition a win-win for ATI employees
ATI Industrial Automation established an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) plan in 2012. The federally-qualified ERISA benefit plan makes employees owners in the company.
Facebook open-sources Droidlet robotics development platform
Droidlet enables researchers to build robots that accomplish tasks either in the real world or in simulated environments like Minecraft or Habitat.
IDS Imaging releases ultra-compact Ensenso S10 3D camera
The Ensenso S10 is designed for applications where variant objects need to be safely gripped or obstacles need to be detected for collision-free movements.
Oriental Motor adds Profinet communications to AZ drivers
The Profinet communication protocol is designed to meet the demanding conditions within an industrial environments.
Revenue for Teradyne robotics group hits $92M in Q2 [updated]
Led by Mobile Industrial Robots and Universal Robots, the group’s revenue increased 15% Q/Q and 57% Y/Y.
inVia Robotics raises $30M Series C for warehouse automation
inVia deploys its systems under a robotics-as-a-service model, enabling customers to pay according to the productivity levels they desire.
Ambi Robotics releases Ambikit, a new kitting robot system
Ambi Robotics introduces AmbiKit, a new AI-driven kitting applications that leverages vision and robots to pick items from bulk into kits.
Watch a Cassie bipedal robot complete a 5K
Cassie completed the 5K at the Oregon State University campus in just over 53 minutes on a single battery charge.
Covariant raises $80M to scale ‘universal AI’ for robotic manipulation
The Covariant Brain is a “universal AI that enables robots to see, reason, and act autonomously in the real world.”
Alphabet spins out Intrinsic to simplify use of industrial robots
Intrinsic has been exploring how automated perception, deep learning, reinforcement learning, motion planning, force control, and simulation can be combined to make industrial robots more flexible.
Waymo expanding to Pittsburgh
Waymo is opening an office in Pittsburgh, joining a group of competitors already well established in the Steel City.