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The MiR250 Hook can autonomously connect to and tow carts that weigh up to 1100 lbs.

Vention’s manufacturing automation platform accelerates the design and deployment of modular applications for robot guidance systems with SICK.

Genesis Robotics launches LiveDrive LDD 1800 series direct-drive actuators, that enable high speed, oil-free, low maintenance operations.

Gideon Brothers announces it has raised $31 million in Series A investment to expand its AMR product line.

Vecna Robotics founder Daniel Theobald will resume his roles as chief innovation officer and executive chairman of the board.

Personal, electric VTOL aircraft is about to become a reality with the upcoming launch of the Archer Maker. Launch details in the story.

ACEINNA announces the general availability of the OpenIMU335RI, a rugged inertial measurement unit with CAN and RS232 interfaces. The device includes three independent 3-Axis accelerometers and 3-Axis Gyros

634AI selects the RTI Connext databus for the real-time communications between AMRs operating under its MAESTRO solution.

Funding will be used to mainly to research robotics, expand the product line, explore new usage scenarios and expand their domestic and international market channels.

Real Time Innovations releases the latest version of its remote operation software platform RTI Connext 6.1.

Softbank invests $15M in Chinese AMR company Youibot, helping the young company to continue to expand its worldwide reach.

JASCI Software acquires AMR provider NextShift Robotics and forms a new warehouse automation company: JASCI Robotics.

Microsure closes $3.26M of its Series B funding round and begins clinical evaluations of its MUSA micro-surgical robot.

Sarcos announces that it will become publicly listed through a merger transaction with Rotor Acquisition Corp.

AutoStore, a leading global robotics and software company, today announced that SoftBank has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 40% of AutoStore from funds affiliated with Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (“THL”) and EQT Private Equity (“EQT”), among other shareholders. THL will continue to be AutoStore’s majority shareholder and THL, SoftBank and EQT will…

UVD Robots announced the deployment of the largest fleet of UVD disinfection robots to a school district in the USA. UVD robot have been selected by the Gallup McKinley County Schools (GMCS) in New Mexico to supply 37 of its robots to 34 schools, two administrative buildings and one warehouse to help fight against the Coronavirus…

Nimble Robotics, Inc., a robotics and e-commerce fulfillment technology company, announced a $50 million Series A financing round led by DNS Capital and GSR Ventures with participation from Accel and Reinvent Capital among others. The company plans to accelerate hiring, product and technology development, and continue the scaling of robot deployments for its customer’s fulfillment…

NVIDIA said its Isaac Gym simulation software is designed to provide end-to-end reinforcement learning for robotics developers.

Researchers are embracing chaos and nonlinear physics to create insectlike gaits for tiny robots — complete with a locomotion controller to provide a brain-machine interface. The group now describes using a system of three nonlinear differential equations as a building block for central pattern generators.

Cerus Endovascular said the groundbreaking intracranial aneurysm procedure was completed with Xcath robotic assistance in just 28 minutes.

ABB has expanded its Wizard Easy Programming tool to its IRB 1100 industrial robot range to make it easier to install, program, and operate robots without specialized training.

WiBotic, which has developed wireless charging systems for mobile robots, aerial drones, and lunar systems, has joined the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute.