The new organization acquires Savioke R&D and the Relay product line. It will continue to focus primarily on hospitality and healthcare.
Festo, MassRobotics to celebrate healthcare robotics innovation
At the Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum, the Festo-MassRobotics Healthcare Robotics Startup Catalyst will celebrate the milestones achieved four startups.
Intuitive to keynote Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum
Rich Mahoney, Vice President of Research at Intuitive, will discuss the opportunity for healthcare robotics solutions to expand access to quality healthcare at the event.
Intuitive’s profits fall short in first quarter
Compared with Q1 2021, sales were down 14% in the bottom line and 15% growth in sales.
RoboCT brings in $15M for robotic exoskeletons
RobotCT’s UGO exoskeleton robot helps patients who experience motor dysfunction in the lower body learn how to walk.
Diligent brings in $30M to put Moxi in hospitals
Diligent plans to use the round of funding to optimize supply chain and design teams for faster deployments of Moxi.
Embodied to keynote Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum
Phil Duffy, chief product officer at Embodied, will discuss the development of the Moxie companion robot.
Bone-cutting robot maker AOT names new CEO & CFO
A laser mounted to a robotic arm cuts the bone, automatically guided along the cuts based on pre-operation navigation planning and simulations.
Sarcos acquiring RE2 Robotics for $100M
The combined company will offer an extended product portfolio to target a much broader spectrum of customers across the commercial and defense sectors.
Zeta Surgical raises $5.2M in seed funding
Zeta Surgical plans to use the seed funding to finish developing Zeta, its neurosurgical navigation platform.
BU, Harvard receive $3M for assistive robotics research
Researchers aim to improve the lives of people with neuro-motor impairments and to help individuals achieve ambitious fitness goals.
Automata raises $50M for life sciences automation
The company plans to use the financing to further develop its lab automation platform Automata Labs for use in and outside of the UK.
Kinova signs 5-year extension to support Auris Health’s surgical robots
Kinova has been working with Auris Health to develop a purpose-built robotic arm to help enable meaningful progress in surgery.
Memic developing VR simulation for surgical robotics training
The goal is standardized, quantifiable training on the Hominis surgical system.
Researchers create new learning model for prosthetic limbs
For the last decade, scientists have been trying to figure out how to use surface electromyography (EMG) signals to control prosthetic limbs.
Kinova raises $48M for robotic arms
Kinova makes a variety of robotic arms. Kinova said new products for industrial markets will be announced later in 2022.
Fourier Intelligence raises $62M for healthcare robotics
The round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, and included support from Saudi Aramco P7 Venture Fund and the Yuanjing Vision Plus Capital.
Yuanhua Intelligent Technologies announces financing round
Cornerstone Capital, a Chinese private equity investment institution, led the funding round for Yuanhua Intelligent Technologies.
Distalmotion, the company behind Dexter, raises $90 million in funding
Distalmotion plans to use the funding to commercialize Dexter globally, and pursue FDA approval for the system.
Intuitive Surgical announces Q4 financial earnings
Worldwide procedures performed with the da Vinci surgical robot increased 19% compared to the fourth quarter of 2020.
Exoskeleton developer Wandercraft raised $45M in funding
Atalante is a self-balanced, lower-body exoskeleton that emulates the way humans walk. The company began clinical trials for the exoskeleton in 2017. It was CE marked in 2019.
First 3 U.S. facilities adopt Hominis surgical robotics system
Memic’s Hominis system will be used in single-site, natural orifice laparoscopic-assisted transvaginal benign gynecological procedures.