MassRobotics, Pittsburgh Robotics Network and Silicon Valley Robotics have combined forces to create a cluster alliance.
Boston Dynamics upgrades Spot with faster charging, new payloads, 5G
Boston Dynamics’ has added additional payloads and hardware upgrades to its quadruped Spot to help it operate in more areas.
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.
MIT CSAIL develops soft, pneumatic actuator
Soft, pneumatic actuators can provide high response rates and power to input ratios, but creating them can be tedious.
NVIDIA to discuss edge to cloud computing at Robotics Summit
NVIDIA’s director of product management Amit Goel will be giving a session at the Robotics Summit on May 11 from 3:00 PM to 3:45 PM.
Savioke is now Relay Robotics
The new organization acquires Savioke R&D and the Relay product line. It will continue to focus primarily on hospitality and healthcare.
Ruqi Mobility brings in $153M to scale robotaxi fleet
Ruqi Mobility’s funding round included participation from autonomous vehicle industry leaders Pony.ai and WeRide.
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter spots Perseverance debris
Perseverance’s 70.5 foot wide parachute helped the rover land on Mars after making its way through the Martian atmosphere.
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.
VisionNav Robotics closes $80M for AGVs
VisionNav’s AGVs include forklifts, indoor and outdoor autonomous tractors and BrightEye, its smart AGV system.
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.
Team PoliMOVE sets new speed record for autonomous vehicles
The autonomous vehicle pushed the limits of software and hardware to reach a new milestone of speed and control.
ModalAI launches new autopilot in VOXL 2
ModalAI VOXL 2 weighs 16 grams and only uses 10 watts of power, to operate 5 simultaneous neural networks.
Pittsburgh welcomes Plus One Robotics
The logistics robotics company is the latest to join Pittsburgh’s technology ecosystem
American Robotics approved for BVLOS operations at 7 locations
This brings a total of 10 FAA approved for automated BVLOS drone operations online for American Robotics.
Growth in welding, US sales drive Teradyne’s robotics group in Q1
Teradyne’s industrial automation group grew its revenue 29% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2022 to $103 million.
Orbbec releases Persee+ 3D camera
With a hardware accelerator for AI and machine learning applications, the Persee+ helps users achieve a new level of uses for 3D imaging.
Unitree closes Series B round for quadruped robots
Unitree plans to use the funding to increase construction on its mass production lines and strengthen its existing production lines.
Touchlab brings in over $4.5M to make robots feel like humans
Octopus Ventures, a European venture firm that invests in early-stage companies, led Touchlab’s funding round.
Stratom launches Summit Off-Road Autonomy Platform
Developed for maximum flexibility and uncompromising safety, the highly configurable software stack significantly accelerates the implementation of unmanned systems to boost operating efficiency and profitability
Jack in the Box to pilot Miso Robotics’ Flippy
Miso Robotics’ Flippy 2 is a frying robot capable of handling about 60 frying baskets per hour, according to the company.
Pony.ai to launch robotaxi fleet in Guangzhou, China
Pony.ai will integrate its autonomous technology into GAC vehicles, which can be hailed using Ontime’s platform or Pony.ai’s PonyPilot+ app.