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Intuitive da Vinci procedures increased by 17% in 2024

Robotics Business Review

Source: Intuitive Surgical Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc. Intuitive Surgical reported 17% growth in worldwide da Vinci procedures in 2024. Placements of da Vinci also increased by 11% — from 1,526 vs. 1,370 — in comparison with 2024. Preliminary fourth-quarter 2024 revenue totaled $2.41 billion in sales.

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2024: The year humanoids woke up

Robotics Business Review

Source: Citi GPS Eight years ago, not even $1 million went into startups focused exclusively on humanoids. Source: Robonaut Radfords design perspective is in line with the feats he accomplished at NASA and Robonaut ‘s groundbreaking robotic hand that turned switches and dials on the International Space Station.

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Apptronik partners with Google DeepMind to advance humanoid robots with AI

Robotics Business Review

Source: Apptronik A year full of humanoid robot news is ending with more developments. The robot earned Apptronik a 2024 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award for its bespoke linear actuators. Parker Conroy, director of product at Apptronik, spoke at RoboBusiness 2024 about AI and humanoids. Apptronik Inc. The robot is 5 ft.,

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Open Droids develops both single and dual arm mobile manipulators

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In March 2024, Abhishek Gupta, Jackson Jesionowski, and Ashish Gupta founded Open Droids around the idea of creating an open-source robot platform. The San Francisco-based company launched the R1D1 single-arm mobile manipulator in August 2024 and had a booth in the startup zone at RoboBusiness 2024.

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Teradyne robotics group lays off 10% of global staff

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UR and MiR consolidated R&D facilities and headquarters in 2024. Source: Universal Robots Economic uncertainty has taken a toll on the robotics industry, including leading vendors. “In 2024, we combined UR and MiR operations into a unified robotics operations group.” Teradyne Inc.’s based company.

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Honeywell User Group 2024

Gary Mintchell

I checked in to the only source I have, Control Global , who somehow maintains contact and once again published the email show daily. Maheshwari and other Honeywell business leaders mapped out the company’s business vision to open this week’s 2024 Honeywell Users Group (HUG) Conference at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas.

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Serve Robotics raises $86M for last-mile delivery expansion

Robotics Business Review

Source: Serve Robotics Serve Robotics Inc. today said it secured $86 million in December, bringing its total gross proceeds raised in 2024 to $167 million. The additional December 2024 funding includes proceeds raised through the company s previously filed ATM facility and the exercise of warrants. The Redwood City, Calif.-based

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