SME recently announced that it has developed the Robotics in Manufacturing Fundamentals (RMF) credential. 

Nidec, the Japanese electric motor maker, announced that it acquired PAMA, an Italian machine tool manufacturer.

Between Boston Dynamics’ lawsuit against Ghost Robotics and layoffs reported at major companies, there was no shortage of things to cover in November. 

The U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center has awarded Gecko Robotics with an 18-month, $1.5 million contract through the SBIR program.

Starship Technologies has started using ESPROS Photonics Corporation’s epc660 Time-of-Flight chip in its sidewalk delivery robots.

San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors voted to allow the SFPD to use remote-controlled and potentially lethal robots in emergency situations.

Researchers at MIT have created assembling robots that are made up of the same components they use to build structures. 

Japan’s National Policy Agency announced that it would lift a ban preventing SAE Level 4 autonomous vehicles from operating on Japanese roads.

Cruise recently released its safety report to give the public insights on what the company does to ensure its autonomous vehicles are safe.

Researchers at UT Austin received a $3.6 million grant to do a five-year study focusing on how humans interact with robots in public.

Nuro, an autonomous vehicle delivery company with deployments in California and Texas, laid off about 300 employees on Friday. 

Attabotics announced that it brought in $71.7 million in Series C-1 funding. The latest round brings its total funding to $165.1 million. 

Waymo announced that it will soon begin giving autonomous robotaxi rides, with no automation specialists in the vehicles, in San Francisco.

Motional and Lyft announced that the companies are rolling out an autonomous ride-hailing service in Los Angeles.

Soft Robotics brought in $26 million in the first closing of its Series C funding round to expand commercial deployment of its mGripAI.

ISEE, the Cambridge, Mass.-based developer of self-driving yard truck solutions, announced that it raised $40 million in Series B funding.

Cruise began offering daytime robotaxi rides to employees in San Francisco. The daytime operating hours could soon be open to the public.

The Army and DIU have selected Applied Intuition to deliver an end-to-end autonomy software development and testing platform.

Techman Robot announced its TM AI Cobot series, which combines a precise robot arm with a native AI inferencing engine and vision system. 

Pickle Robot Company announced that it closed a $26 million Series A funding round and it has live pilot implementations in the LA area.

Amazon has unveiled Sparrow, a robotic arm capable of picking individual products before they get packaged.

BARMER announced it will accept a ruling from state courts that made exoskeletons considered as direct disability compensation.