Symbotic brought in $266.9 million in revenue in Q2 of 2023, with a net loss of $55.4 million and an adjusted EBITDA loss of $11.2 million.
Vorwerk Group closing robot vacuum maker Neato Robotics
The Vorwek Group announced in a press release late last week that it will be shutting down Neato Robotics, a robotic vacuum manufacturer.
Meet 7 healthcare robotics startups at Robotics Summit & Expo
Robotics Summit & Expo attendees will hear pitches from the seven healthcare robotics startups.
Amazon’s Robin robot has handled 1B packages
Robin uses artificial intelligence, computer vision and machine learning to help employees handle and sort customer packages before shipping.
John Deere employees now using Comau exoskeletons
Comau’s MATE-XT exoskeleton, which is worn like a backpack, can replicate all movements of the shoulder and help reduce strain.
Outrider releases trailer inventory management system
Outrider, which automates yard operations, announced the availability of its trailer inventory management system for distribution yards.
Orbbec releases 3D camera SDK that uses ChatGPT
Orbbec’s AI-Aided SDK Programming Guide allows developers to create applications and sample codes by talking with ChatGPT.
Veo Robotics closes $29M funding round
The round includes the Veo Robotics’ latest funding from the Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, Safar Partners and Yamaha Motor Ventures.
Cruise expanding 24/7 robotaxi service in SF
Cruise’s expanded service area and operating hours will be rolled out in stages, with Cruise employees having access first, then Power Users and the general public.
Avidbots releases floor-scrubbing robot for industrial spaces
Avidbots’ Neo 2W was designed to overcome the challenges that warehouses and manufacturing environments pose for robots.
Robust.AI brings in $20M to scale robot deliveries
Robust AI offers an autonomous warehouse cart that pairs with its autonomous mobile robot (AMR) software suite.
Groundlight raises $10M for natural language powered computer vision
Groundlight’s $10 million funding round included participation from Madrone, Greycroft Partners and Founders Co-op.
MIT uses liquid neural networks to teach drones navigation skills
A team of researchers from MIT CSAIL introduced a method for drones to master vision-based fly-to-target tasks in unfamiliar environments.
Cartken, Uber Eats begin deliveries in Virginia
The latest deployment builds on Carkten and Uber Eats’ successful pilot of autonomous deliveries in Miami, Florida.
ARM Institute opens call to help manufacturers adopt robotics
The ARM Institute is seeking small and medium-sized businesses in Pennsylvania that are interested in exploring the use of robotics.
Noah Medical brings in $150M for Galaxy System
Noah Medical plans to use the funding to meet the rising demand for its Galaxy System, a system for navigated robotic bronchoscopy.
Watch a quadruped walk along a balance beam
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have designed a system that can make a quadruped robot nimble enough to walk a narrow balance beam.
Ingenuity helicopter completes 50th flight on Mars
Ingenuity’s 50th flight was completed on April 13, 2023, when Ingenuity traveled over 1,057 feet (322 meters) in 145.7 seconds.
Agility Robotics’ Jonathan Hurst to keynote Robotics Summit
In his keynote talk, Agility co-founder and CTO Jonathan W. Hurst will give an inside look at the process of developing bipedal robots.
Comau develops mobile manipulator
Comau’s Mobile Robotic Arm involves a robotic arm mounted on an autonomous mobile platform and is being used in three EU projects.
Amazon’s ARMBench dataset helps train pick-and-place robots
Dataset of images collected in an industrial setting features more than 190,000 objects to train pick-and-place robots.
Covariant raises $75M for robotic picking technology
Pre-trained on millions of picks from Covariant robots in warehouses around the world, the Covariant Brain enables robots to autonomously pick many SKUs.