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Samsung increases stake in Rainbow Robotics, establishes Future Robotics Office

Robotics Business Review

They had developed Hubo, a bipedal robot that won the $2 million first-place prize in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ( DARPA ) Robotics Challenge Finals in 2015. .” Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technologys ( KAIST ) Humanoid Robot Research Center founded Rainbow Robotics in 2011.

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Kiva Systems founders to enter Logistics Hall of Fame as mobile robot pioneers

Robotics Business Review

Source: Kiva Systems / Logistics Hall of Fame In 2003, Mick Mountz, Dr. Peter Wurman, and Prof. A jury has voted to recognize their innovation by inducting them into the Logistics Hall of Fame. He decided develop a method for picking, packing, and shipping orders that could deliver any item to any logistics employee at any time. “At

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MassRobotics names 2025 Healthcare Robotics Startup Catalyst cohort

Robotics Business Review

Founded in 2015, MassRobotics is dedicated to accelerating innovation and adoption in the field of robotics. ” OTSAW OTSAW is delivering systems for security, healthcare, and logistics automation. The Boston-based organization provides resources including prototyping facilities, networking opportunities, and educational events.

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Look Back at 2014 & 2015 “30 Under 30” Program

Fastener News Desk

The program ran in 2014 & 2015 and then it was put on pause as so many young fastener professionals had been recognized in those two years. Candidly, there were only so many young people entering the fastener industry and they feared that by running the program again they would run out of worthy candidates.

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Symbotic acquires OhmniLabs, maker of disinfection & telepresence robots

Robotics Business Review

Founded in 2015, OhmniLabs builds disinfection and telepresence robots. It won a 2024 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award for its modular automation approach for logistics. The companies did not disclose the financial details of the transaction. This isn’t Symbotic’s first robotics acquisition of 2024. million.

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Commercial vehicle numbers increase and buses lead the way on decarbonisation

SMMT

Over the last decade, more than one million of these workhorses have been added to UK roads since 2015. Showcasing that great technology is part of the Commercial Vehicle Show , now just 12 days away, celebrating its 25th anniversary as the UKs largest trade show for road freight, transport and logistics. Its risen by 1.4%

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Agility Robotics’ Digit humanoid lands first official job

Robotics Business Review

The company today signed a multi-year deal with GXO Logistics Inc., the world’s largest pure-play contract logistics provider, to deploy its Digit humanoids in various logistics operations. The logistics provider is paying Agility Robotics under a robotics-as-a-service ( RaaS ) model.

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