Brianna Wessling

Here’s the scoop on six new product announcements from Automate 2025 that you might have missed so far this week.

Waymo said it resolved the underlying issue with a November 2024 software update, and that this recall doesn’t affect its current fleet.

For pick-and-place applications, the company said the UR15 delivers up to 30% cycle time improvements compared to other UR models.

April brought changes for the robotics industry, including shake-ups at large companies, new deployments, and the 2025 RBR50 being announced.

Day 2 of the Robotics Summit & Expo will start at 8 a.m. with the Women in Robotics Breakfast at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.

The Robotics Summit & Expo begins at 9:00 a.m. at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center with back-to-back keynote presentations.

To help you keep track of everything going on, we’ve compiled a summary of the activities at the Robotics Summit over the next two days.

Glacier said this investment comes after recycling robot deployments in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, and Phoenix.

Japan’s driving conditions will present an opportunity for the Nuro Driver to broaden the environments it can understand and navigate.

New from ProMat and NVIDIA GTC grabbed readers’ attention in March, while humanoids remained an important topic.

This Women’s History Month, we spoke with 3 women with a variety of industry experiences about what they’ve learned from working in robotics.

Over a year after Vogt launched The Bot Company, and with no publicly unveiled prototype, the startup is valued at $3 billion.

The Chinese developer of collaborative robot arms is now making its first foray into the humanoid robot market with Atom.

The ARM Institute’s latest project call seeks to further enable manufacturers of all sizes to use AI and robotics.

Unlike Waymo’s deployments in LA, San Francisco, and Phoenix, Waymos in Austin are available exclusively through the Uber app.

In February, our readers were drawn to stories about humanoids, surgical robotics, advances in AI, and industry trends. 

Janeen Uzzell, the CEO of the National Society of Black Engineers or NSBE, discusses the importance of community and mentorship.

Diligent Robotics co-founder and CEO Andrea Thomaz shared insights into the company’s Moxi robot, milestones, and plans.

SS Innovations International has, so far, performed five robotic cardiac telesurgeries using its SSi Mantra 3.

Last year, AMP announced deployments in North Carolina and Virginia. It ended the year by raising $91 million in funding.

The latest layoffs at Cruise extended all the way to top leadership, as GM prioritizes engineering talent moving forward.

North American companies ordered 31,311 robots valued at $1.963 billion, an increase of 0.5% in units and 0.1% in revenue over 2023, A3 said.