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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 funding will help development of strawberry picking robots and to adapt the technology for apple harvesting.

Rick Faulk and Jason Walker talk candidly with The Robot Report about how the deal came together and what happens next for the combined organization.

The first of its kind, DARPA SubTerranean Challenge 2021 comes to an end this week.

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

Brooks is selling the division to Thomas H. Lee Partners for $3 billion.

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.

Heidenhain’s new KCI 120 Dplus rotary encoder provides both motor feedback and position measurement.

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.

Link will lead IAM Robotics’ commercial strategy to drive business growth and marketshare.

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

Massrobotics is encouraging female high school juniors and seniors to apply to the spring 2022 program.

Spot Release 3.0 enhances its data collection capabilities to improve ease of use and efficiency for facility inspection.

The company is ready to scale its solutions into new regions, while continuing to grow the product line and innovation.

Pudu Robotics is advancing restaurant service automation

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

AmbiOS uses sIm-to-real techniques to reduce model training time and improve grasping success.

The company looks ahead to scaling urban logistics and fleet operations with autonomous driving solutions.

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