ABB has added two new robots to its GoFa cobot lineup and four new robots to its large robot family this week.
Industrial robot market to grow 5-7% out to 2027
Interact Analysis predicts this long-term growth will be mostly driven by demand from the electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing industry.
Industrial robot market to grow 5-7% out to 2027
Interact Analysis predicts this long-term growth will be mostly driven by demand from the electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing industry.
Realtime Robotics brings in another $9.5M for RapidPlan
Realtime Robotics has brought in $9.5 million in funding to meet increased demand for its RapidPlan technology.
Zoox robotaxis hit the road in Las Vegas
Zoox’s purpose-built robotaxis with no steering wheel or pedals are now driving on public roads in Las Vegas.
RoboCat AI model teaches itself to perform new tasks
Google said RoboCat can learn a new task with as few as 100 demonstrations because it draws from a large and diverse dataset.
Nauticus earns Petrobras contract worth $100M
Nauticus Robotics has been awarded a contract with Petrobras to develop and test its autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Aquanaut in Brazil.
Moon Surgical: Maestro’s light touch can win surgical robotics arms race
The Moon Surgical Maestro robotic surgery system faces some stiff competition — and the device developer plans to use that to its advantage.
Powermat announces wireless power platform for robots
Powermat Technologies announced its PMT350 600W wireless power platform for mid-power industrial, micro-mobility, robotics, medical and telecom applications.
Logimat recap and Europe AMR market with Victor Splittgerber
On the podcast this week, our guest is Waku Robotics founder and CEO Victor Splittgerber. We talk about the recent Logimat tradeshow and the state of the AMR market in Europe.
Report: EU to investigate Amazon’s pending iRobot acquisition
The EU seems to be ready to open a full-scale anti-trust investigation into the Amazon acquisition of iRobot, according to reporting from Reuters.
Researchers use ChatGPT to make a tomato picking robot
A team of researchers at TU Delft and the Swiss technical university EPFL used ChatGPT to help them develop a tomato-picking robot.
Tesla acquiring wireless charging developer Wiferion
Tesla has plans to acquire Wiferion, a source who wished to remain anonymous told The Robot Report.
These UGVs can combat mosquitoes in Taiwan sewers
Researchers combined a crawling robot, wire-controlled cable car, and real-time monitoring system into a UGV.
Inside sewts’ textile-handling robots
sewts creates autonomous robots that handle textiles and anticipate how they behave using 2D and 3D cameras from IDS Imaging Development Systems.
Indy Autonomous Challenge sets autonomous vehicle speed record at Monza Raceway
After crashing earlier in the week, team PoliMOVE finished its final lap in a borrowed vehicle with a blistering 2:05.87 on the 5.79 kilometer / 3.6-mile-long track, with 11 turns, reaching a top speed of 273.4 KPH (169.8 MPH).
evoBOT completes first tests at Munich Airport
evoBOT, a uniquely shaped autonomous mobile robot, completed its first test run at the Munich Airport.
Food robotics startup Karakuri shutting down
Karakuri spent the last several months trying to secure funding, but talks with a food-service equipment manufacturer fell apart. Ocado owns 20% of Karakuri.
SoftBank makes offer to acquire Balyo shares
SoftBank Group has entered into an agreement to acquire a 41.8% stake in Balyo for €11.8 million, around $12.9 million.
VDMA: German robotics industry to hit an all-time high in 2023
Germany’s robotics and automation industry is forecasted to increase in sales by 13% this year, reaching 16.2 billion euros.
Inside Comau’s testing of Intrinsic Flowstate
Intrinsic tested its latest platform and Flowstate with Comau, an Italian-based robot manufacturer and global systems integrator.
IFR elects Takayuki Ito as new VP
Ito brings over 40 years of robotics industry experience to the role. He began working for Fanuc in 1981 as a software engineer.