Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Field robotics is redefining industries with technologies that perform complex tasks in unstructured and often dynamic environments – out of the warehouse, facing the weather, and potentially working alongside the public. He is also co-host of The Robot Report Podcast , the top-rated podcast for the robotics industry.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The Robot Report Podcast · AI at the Edge: How perception and AI are shaping mobile robotics In Episode 173 of The Robot Report Podcast , co-host Steve Crowe and I catch up on the news of the week, including several recent stories about mobile manipulators. Featured interview with RGO Robotics and Wheel.Me Apply to speak.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 9, 2025

Ainos and ugo have partnered to give a sense of smell to service robots. Source: Ainos Not only are robots getting smarter, but they are also becoming more perceptive, thanks to advances in artificial intelligence and new sensors. to integrate its AI Nose technology with ugo’s autonomous robot. 15, 2024. . 15, 2024. .”

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Robot density in the manufacturing industry in 2023, according to the IFR. Source: IFR Factories worldwide are continuing to adopt more robots, according to the International Federation of Robotics, or IFR. The Frankfurt, Germany-based IFR noted the growth in its “World Robotics 2024″ report. Apply to speak.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2024

During the 2023 peak season, Ambi Robotics’ robots sorted 7.4 Source: Ambi Robotics The month between Thanksgiving and Christmas is the busiest time of year by far for logistics providers, and this year, its even shorter than most peak seasons. based company said its robot can flex to meet demand by increasing utilization.

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Gary Mintchell

AUGUST 30, 2024

Remember the cute and ground-breaking collaborative robots that pioneered the space—Baxter and Sawyer? I wrote about Rethink Robotics in March and November of 2015. The company closed in 2018 0r 2019 and many employees wound up at Universal Robotics. The company’s assets wound up in Germany at the HAHN group.

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Gary Mintchell

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Rethink Robotics , founded by Rodney Brooks of iRobot fame in 2008, pioneered the concept of robots working collaboratively with humans. Now the Hahn Group, who acquired the assets in 2018, has decided to revive the company. the United States pioneer of collaborative robots, recently named a new all-female leadership team.

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Automation World

MARCH 26, 2025

The updated ISO 2018 series of robot safety standards address integrated safety requirements for cobots and cybersecurity issues.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Source: Adobe Stock Interact Analysis reduced its forecast for the global mobile robot market by 18% in 2027 due to a series of macroeconomic factors it said are impacting demand. In Interact Analysis’ most bullish prediction scenario, mobile robot shipments could reach nearly two million by 2030.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2024

The company said it developed the low-cost lidar sensor to advance machine perception capabilities in industrial, robotics, and security applications. Founded in 2018 by researchers from Cornell and Columbia universities, Voyant has raised over $20 million in funding to date. FMCW lidars are gaining momentum in the robotics industry.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

At UC Berkeley, researchers in Sergey Levines Robotic AI and Learning Lab eyed a table where a tower of 39 Jenga blocks stood perfectly stacked. Then a white-and-black robot, its single limb doubled over like a hunched-over giraffe, zoomed toward the tower, brandishing a black leather whip.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 15, 2025

Source: Kodiak Robotics Kodiak Robotics Inc. ” Founded in 2018 by Don Burnette, an industry veteran, Kodiak said it has developed technology to address critical challenges in the transportation industry. Kodiak Robotics marks recent milestones The Kodiak Driver has logged more than 2.6

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Robotics Automation News

DECEMBER 28, 2024

The founding of Ambi Robotics is somewhat obscured by the mist of history, but it started with some abandoned robots in a basement and the co-founders meeting at University of California Berkeley in 2018.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Amin Amini, Lara Amini, and Claudio Panizza founded the company in 2018. The post LOXO expands into Germany with self-driving logistics subsidiary appeared first on The Robot Report. LOXO claimed that its vehicle-agnostic LOXO Digital Driver (LDD) software can give nearly any commercial vehicle SAE Level 4 autonomy.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The operational stock of industrial robots worldwide. Source: IFR World Robotics The International Federation of Robotics’ latest World Robotics report recorded 4,281,585 units operating in factories worldwide in 2023. China dominates the Asian robotics market The operational stock of industrial robots in China.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2023

A number of robotics companies shut down in 2023. There are many reasons robotics companies fail. From an ill-conceived idea to poor execution, tough economic headwinds or the inability to raise funding, building and running a sustainable robotics company is challenging. Here are some of the robotics companies we lost in 2023.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 2, 2024

Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot (center) and Agility Robotics’ Digit humanoid at the 2023 Robotics Summit & Expo. Behavior trees are a mechanism for representing and abstracting complex behavior for robots. At PickNik Robotics, Castro works on the MoveIt Studio developer platform for robot behavior using ROS.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 21, 2025

Isaac Lab is an open-source, unified framework that enables training of robot policies with high-fidelity simulation. Built on NVIDIA Isaac Sim, Isaac Lab uses PhysX for physics simulation and RTX rendering to bridge the gap between simulation and perception-based robot training. Founded in 2018, Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corp.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The new Reacher collaborative robot arms from Rethink Robotics. Credit: Rethink Robotics Rethink Robotics is making a bold return to Boston with a new roster of collaborative robot arms, autonomous mobile robots, and a mobile manipulator. “But everyone knows Rethink Robotics as being in Boston.”

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 14, 2024

Universal Robots and Mobile Industrial Robots’ joint headquarters and R&D facility in Odense, Denmark. Collaborative robot leader Universal Robots A/S and autonomous mobile robot, or AMR, provider Mobile Industrial Robots ApS today celebrated the grand opening of their new 215,000-sq.

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Robotics Business Review

JULY 24, 2024

offers grippers with two to five fingers for robotics applications. At CES 2024, the Incheon, South Korea-based company introduced the Delto Gripper 3-Finger, or DG-3F, a dexterous robotic manipulator. The new DG-3F is suitable for many assembly tasks, according to Tesollo, which was founded in 2018. Tesollo Inc.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 1, 2024

Early bird registration for the Robotics Summit & Expo (May 1-2 in Boston) ends on March 8. Launched in 2018, the Robotics Summit has quickly become a must-attend event for commercial robotics developers. Launched in 2018, the Robotics Summit has quickly become a must-attend event for commercial robotics developers.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2025

Since 2018, Patricia Industries, part of Investor AB, has owned Piab. The post Piab expands product offering with magnetic grippers appeared first on The Robot Report. Register today to save 40% on conference passes! Quick operation: Fast activation and deactivation via compressed air allow for efficient handling processes.

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Robotics Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Source: Carbon Robotics Carbon Autonomous Robotic Systems Inc. This latest round brings total funding for the developer of the LaserWeeder system for artificial intelligence-powered farming to $157 million since it was founded in 2018. New investor BOND led Carbon Robotics’ Series D.

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Robotics Automation News

JANUARY 22, 2023

Flexiv, a maker of “general-purpose” robotics solutions, has formed a partnership with Handplus Robotics, a Singaporean-based automation integration company. With demand for Flexiv’s automation solutions growing year-on-year, […]

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 6, 2024

And while researchers and developers are already using generative AI to enable robots to learn challenging manipulation tasks more quickly, it’s not yet clear how this technology breakthrough will be applied to robotics at scale. He is also vice president of Robotics Research at the Toyota Research Institute.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 7, 2024

Carbon Robotics Laserweeder is a smart implement that autonomously destroys weeds. Credit: Carbon Robotics Seattle-based Carbon Robotics has raised new funding for its Laserweeder smart implement that autonomous controls weeds on farms. Carbon Robotics said the LaserWeeder processes 4.7

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards have honored industry leaders for the past 12 years. The inaugural RBR50 Gala is being held May 1 from 7-9 PM at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center at the end of the first day of the Robotics Summit & Expo. A limited number of tickets are also available to Robotics Summit attendees.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Noteworthy robots from Apptronik, Figure, and Boston Dynamics, among others, dominated 2023 robot news. If you’ve been keeping tabs on the robotics industry in 2023, you won’t be surprised to see that six out of our top 10 articles this past year were about humanoid robots. Read more. Read more. Read more.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Falcon generates accurate data for modeling, training Founded in 2018, Duality AI said its multidisciplinary team includes engineers, simulation specialists, AI and machine learning experts, and technical artists. They have more than over 70 patents across robotics, simulation, and visualization. ” Apply to speak.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 19, 2024

ABB says it will continue to advance its portfolio to meet the growing market needs for mobile robots. Source: ABB ABB Robotics has announced its first Flexley Tug T702 autonomous mobile robot (AMR). Using Visual SLAM technology, mobile robots can create a map of their environment.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 30, 2024

Total installations of industrial robots rose by 12% and reached 44,303 units in 2023, as U.S. manufacturers invested heavily in more automation, reported the International Federation of Robotics, or IFR, today. The first IFR outlook on preliminary results shows again strong robotics demand across all major segments of U.S.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 10, 2024

The Robotics Factory is dedicated to creating, accelerating, and scaling Pittsburgh-area startups. Source: Robotics Factory The Robotics Factory has accepted five companies to its Scale Residency program. ESTAT Actuation, KEF Robotics, Thiopoly, Thorne Baby, and Piximo make up the organization ‘s first residency cohort.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 28, 2024

ESTAT Actuation, KEF Robotics, Thiopoly, Thorne Baby, and Piximo made up the first resident cohort. Source: Robotics Factory Pittsburgh-area robotics startups can now find more support through the Robotics Factory. Pittsburgh has developed into a technology hub, and robotics is a huge reason why,” he added.

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Automation Mag

MAY 30, 2023

Roberta Nelson Shea, Universal Robot’s global technical compliance officer was recognized with the Engelberger Award for applications at a special awards ceremony at the 2023 Automate Show in Detroit. Roberta follows in the footsteps of Universal Robots’ co-founder Esben Østergaard, who received the award in 2018 in the technology category.

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Robotics Business Review

JUNE 18, 2024

Realtime Robotics demonstrates a multi-robot workcell during Mitsubishi Electric’s visit. Credit: Eugene Demaitre BOSTON — As factories and warehouses look to automate more of their operations, they need confidence that multiple robots can conduct complex tasks repeatedly, reliably, and safely.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2023

2023 has been full of exciting innovations within the robotics industry. We’ve seen the rise of new technologies, and robotics developers have pushed the boundaries of what robots can do. At the same time, there has been a dip in robotics funding across the board, and some sectors have struggled to gain public trust.

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