Steve Crowe

Mech-Mind Robotics develops 3D cameras for robotics applications such as bin picking.

We’ve seen several multipurpose home robots – Buddy, Cozmo, Jibo, Kuri – crash and burn over the years. Will things be different with Amazon Astro?

Woven Planet said this acquisition will play a key role in the development of its Arene vehicle development platform.

The ARM Institute highlights robotics projects focused on several pandemic-related issues, including facility and surface disinfection, COVID-19 testing, PPE production and more.

NVIDIA and Open Robotics are enabling ROS 2 to run on Jetson processors for perception, modeling, and training to ease robotics development.

NASA’s VIPER rover will land at the Moon’s South Pole in 2023 to map and explore the region’s surface and subsurface. The Moon’s South Pole is one of the coldest areas in the solar system. No prior missions to the Moon’s surface have explored it.

Hai Robotics’ ACR system can pick and place totes or cartons on shelves up to 7 meters and carry up to 8 loads for goods-to-person stations.

The robot provides real-time sharing of photos of on-site situations and an activity log with the control center.

Recapping some of the major acquisitions of autonomous mobile robot companies over the years.

Locus Robotics adds heavy-duty payload capabilities and new AMR opportunities with Waypoint Robotics acquisition.

System will use an RE2 Robotics arm, attached to an ROV, to place and attach neutralization devices to underwater mines.

Project aims to take bipedal robots to a new level, equipping them to adapt on the fly to treacherous ground, dodge obstacles or decide whether a given area is safe for walking.

New support allows full integration of vision-based 3D mapping in ROS 2 designs.

The Wilmington, Mass.-based company has raised about $305 million since it was founded in 2014.

Cyra Richardson was named chief technology officer and chief product officer, while Julien Seret was named vice president of network supply chain.

Perseverance’s Sampling and Caching System uses a rotary-percussive drill and a hollow coring bit at the end of its 7-foot-long robotic arm to extract samples slightly thicker than a pencil.

Raiser Robotics has developed and automated storage and retrieval system. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

In the end-of-life notice, Intel reiterated it will “continue to sell the stereo products to current distribution customers.”

Gatik has raised a total of $114.5 million since it was founded in 2017. It also announced new autonomous box truck operations in Texas.

Intel RealSense winding down, John Deere acquiring another agricultural robotics startup, and Atlas’ new and improved parkour skills captured your attention this month.

“We’re winding down our commercial LiDAR business as we maintain our focus on developing and deploying our Waymo Driver across our Waymo One (ride-hailing) and Waymo Via (delivery) units.”

The all-electric Jaguar I-PACE vehicles are equipped with Waymo’s fifth-generation autonomous driving system. All rides will include a human safety driver.