Marc Raibert, founder of Boston Dynamics, will lead the institute’s work on cognitive AI, athletic AI, organic hardware design and ethics and policy.
Lessons learned in medical robotics development
Enrique Romo, VP of research and innovation at Noah Medical, explains the company’s four tenets of robotics innovation.
Perceptive Automata shuts down after funding dries up
Co-founder Sam Anthony said autonomous vehicle companies weren’t yet “feeling enough pain” to want to work with Perceptive Automata.
How Labrador Systems developed its assistive robots
On The Robot Report Podcast, Mike Dooley discusses the technical and business challenges of developing Labrador Systems’ assistive robots.
Foxglove rolls out beta 3D panel
Foxglove announced that its rolling out a new beta version of its 3D panel for its development platform Foxglove Studio.
Autonomics RADAR for autonomous mobile robots
The new RADAR sensor is designed for the navigation requirements of outdoor AMRs and autonomous vehicles.
Synkar offers sidewalk delivery as a service
Synkar is partnering with food delivery apps to fulfill first and last mile delivery logistics.
Ubuntu Core 22 now supports real-time compute for robotics
The fully containerized Ubuntu 22.04 LTS release introduces support for real-time compute in robotics and industrial applications.
NVIDIA, Ready Robotics look to simplify automation deployments
Ready Robotics’ Forge/OS 5 universal operating system now works with NVIDIA’s Omniverse Isaac Simulator. NVIDIA also made an undisclosed investment into Ready Robotics.
iRobot unveils iRobot OS home operating system
The iRobot OS works on the Roomba j7 and j7+ robot vacuums, and leverages feedback from iRobot’s over 20 million connected devices sold.
DeepMind’s open-source version of MuJoCo available on GitHub
MuJoCo, which stands for Multi-Joint Dynamics with Contact, is a physics engine that aims to facilitate R&D in robotics, biomechanics, graphics and animation.
Intuition Robotics partners with NY State Office for the Aging
ElliQ is a robotic companion designed specifically for aging adults that suffer from loneliness or social isolation.
MIT researchers help robots navigate uncertain environments
MIT’s research team hopes that its findings could help autonomous robots explore remote exoplanets with unknown conditions.
John Deere acquires camera-based perception tech from Light
John Deere will integrate Light’s perception platform into its autonomous tractors to augment its vision-only approach to autonomy.
RGo Robotics exits stealth with $20M in funding
RGo Robotics announced that it raised $20 million in funding and that its Perception Engine is available for customers.
Cirtronics to highlight successful commercializations at Robotics Summit
Cirtronics to lead panel discussion at Robotics Summit & Expo with Tom Galluzzo, founder and CTO of IAM Robotics, and Reese Mozer, CEO and co-founder of American Robotics, about successful commercialization.
SLAMcore closes Series A to develop spatial understanding for robots
SLAMcore uses deep learning to help robots and drones identify physical space, objects and people around them to autonomously navigate the world.
Intel wins DARPA RACER-Sim program
Intel develops advanced simulation solutions to help bridge the gap from virtual to real-world environments for off-road vehicles.
GIST researchers teach robots to identify partially hidden objects
Typically, when AI is presented with a scene of cluttered objects, the system will try to identify each item based only on its visible parts.
HP 3D Printing workshop gives engineers hands-on experience
Leading up to the Robotics Summit, join HP 3D Printing for a unique workshop on designing for HP’s Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) 3D printing technology to accelerate time to market, drive down cost, and deliver quality parts.
Lanner, MOV.AI partner to expedite mobile robot development
Collaborative solution to provide both the machine vision computing and software platform developers need to build and deploy mobile robots.
Researchers enable robot to manipulate dough
A new technique could enable a robot to manipulate squishy objects like pizza dough or soft materials like clothing.