Three of AgEagle’s eBee X series drones are the first to pass Virginia Tech’s set of test methods for drones flying over people.

Ouster and Velodyne predict the combined company will save at least $75 million in operating costs within the first 9 months of the transaction’s close. 

American Robotics, a subsidiary of Ondas Holdings, and Infrared Cameras Inc. (ICI) announced a strategic partnership.

Galen Robotics is a surgical robotics company looking to erase the large capital expenditures end-users face when considering surgical robotics. 

Brain Corp announced the third generation of its autonomy platform for commercial robots, BrainOS.

AMP Robotics, a company creating robots that can organize recycling, brought in $91 million in corporate equity in a Series C funding round.

Iron Ox, an agriculture technology company, laid off a number of its employees, according to reports from now-former employees.

Bright Machines raised $132 million in debt and Series B equity funding, bringing the company’s total funding to $330 million. 

Members of the company’s Trusted Tester Program can now hail one of its all-electric Jaguar I-PACE equipped with a fifth-generation Waymo Driver 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for rides between downtown Phoenix and Phoenix Sky Harbor.

Amazon already has more than half a million robots working in its fulfillment centers every day, and it’s looking to add more.

Ferrari and Comau launched a new learning center this week called the e.DO Learning Center that will use Comau’s robots.

Ford and VW announced that the companies would be ending their investment in Argo AI and that the company would be shutting its doors.

Ford’s CEO, Jim Farley, gave more insight into the company’s decision to stop investing in Argo AI during Ford’s third-quarter earnings call. 

THINK Surgical announced that it brought in a $100 million investment from KDB Investment Global Healthcare of Korea.

Argo AI, the self-driving company previously backed by Ford and VW, is closing down. 

PickNik Robotics announced that it recently won two contracts, a SpaceWERX contract and a NASA SBIR Phase I contract. 

Researchers at Harvard have created a tentacle-like gripper that can grasp irregularly shaped or soft objects without damaging them. 

NVIDIA released the latest update to its Isaac Robot Operating System (ROS) software, Developer Preview (DP) 2.

Foxglove has continued its week of announcements with news of the company being SOC 2 Type II compliant, and more.

Engineers at Stanford University have created a boot-like robotic exoskeleton that can increase walking speed and reduce walking effort.

The International Federation of Robotics’ (IFR) world robotics report showed that worldwide installations reached 517,385 units.

Administrative Law Judge Maryann McNamara issues an initial determination in iRobot’s patent infringement lawsuit against SharkNinja.