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Source: Aescape Aescape Inc., which has developed massage robots using artificial intelligence, this week said it has raised $83 million in strategic funding. Founded in 2017, Aescape claimed that it is delivering “the world’s first fully automated, customizable massage experience for personalized wellness and recovery.”
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Source: ASTM International ASTM International today announced the appointment of Andrew G. Kireta will succeed Katharine Morgan, who served in the role since 2017 and will retire after a “ distinguished 40-year career with ASTM.” Learn from Agility Robotics, Amazon, Disney, Teradyne and many more.
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Source: Diligent Robotics Diligent Robotics Inc. today announced its latest milestone: Its Moxi robots have surpassed 1 million deliveries across its entire fleet. The company said this accomplishment proves its expertise in developing and deploying robotic systems into hospital workflows.
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which yesterday retired the older version of its humanoid robot after 15 years of development and today showed a preview of its successor. based company showed that its robot could walk, open a door, and maintain its balance while being shoved by a person holding a hockey stick, all without a tether. By 2016, the Waltham, Mass.-based
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Source: EDAP TMS EDAP TMS SA, a developer of robotic energy-based therapies, and Avenda Health last week announced plans to use Avenda’s Unfold AI to launch the Focal One robotic system for high-intensity focused ultrasound, or HIFU, procedures. EDAP TMS released Focal One in 2013 to treat prostate cancer using ultrasound.
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Source: Kodama Systems The U.S. billion in damage from 2017 to 2021 , a nearly tenfold increase from 2012 to 2016. There are even fewer using robotics. Learn from Agility Robotics, Amazon, Disney, Teradyne and many more. Kodama turns heavy equipment used for forest thinning into autonomous or remotely operated machines.
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Source: ARM Insitute The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, or ARM Institute today said it has added capabilities to RoboticsCareer.org, its resource for robotics careers in U.S. RoboticsCareer.org has been redesigned to help people find careers in manufacturing. manufacturing.
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Source: Motional Aptiv PLC and Hyundai Motor Group have completed their ownership restructuring transitions for Motional AD LLC. It launched Motional with Hyundai in 2017 as a joint venture initially worth $4 billion. ” The post Hyundai picks up some Aptiv shares of Motional for $448M appeared first on The Robot Report. .
based robotaxi companies, lost major funding sources that could significantly alter their futures. billion on Cruise since 2017. Motional , the $4 billion joint autonomous vehicle venture created in 2017 by Hyundai and Aptiv, lost one of its main financial backers. Hyundai and Aptiv partnered in 2017 on Motional.
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