Luxonis announced the release of its newest DepthAI ROS driver for its stereo depth OAK cameras.

CaPow’s autonomous, battery-free, high-power energy eco-system frees robots from harmful Lithium-Ion batteries. Without robot downtime for charging, the company’s method reduces CapEx, OpEx, and carbon footprint.

ASTM International announced that its developing a standard based on the grasp strength of robot end-effectors. 

Real-time Ubuntu provides a deterministic response to an external event, minimizing the response time guarantee within a specified deadline.

The combined company has an intellectual property portfolio with 173 granted and 504 pending patents and a cash balance of over $315 million.

The total number of ROS packages downloaded increased 7.45%. ROS 2 accounted for 39.82% of all ROS downloads in 2022.

Rapid Robotics is now integrated with the entire Yaskawa robotics portfolio, and can deliver more speed and higher payload robots.

The HPF hollow shaft gear unit series from Harmonic Drive is suitable for a range of industrial applications, including robotics.

Strech’s first commercial application is with DHL Supply Chain, a company that Boston Dynamics has been collaborating with since 2018.

Silicon Valley-based Cepton offers a range of LiDAR sensors, including the Vista-X family of automotive-grade LiDARs and Sora-X family of industrial-grade LiDARs.

Soft Robotics applies NVIDIA Isaac Sim’s synthetic data to food processing automation in efforts to improve safety and increase production.

With a new routine where Atlas assists at a simulated job site, Boston Dynamics engineers have pushed the humanoid one step closer to performing real-world manipulation tasks at human speed.

Teledyne e2v, a part of Teledyne Technologies, has released its Hydra3D+, a new Time-of-Flight CMOS image sensor.

Activ Surgical has completed its first case with ActivSight Intelligent Light, a module that provides enhanced visualization during surgery. 

Seoul Robotics introduced SENSR 3.0, the most advanced iteration of the SENSR 3D perception platform to deliver increased ease of use.

The SouthWest Research Institute shows how older robots can deliver value when you systematically design the approach and work within the constraints of your hardware.

A built-in NVIDIA Jetson Nano is used to run advanced depth vision algorithms, eliminating the need for an external compute device.

Siemens has entered into a cooperative agreement with Comau to offer their jointly engineered product the Sinumerik Run MyRobot / DirectControl.

New features include cloud accessibility, support for ROS 2 Humble and Windows, improved motion generation extension for robot arms and the ability to add human characters to simulation environments.

Owl AI has launched a monocular 3D Thermal Ranger computer vision product for advanced driver assistance systems and autonomous vehicles.

TÜV SÜD has determined that NVIDIA’s DRIVE OS 5.2 software meets the ISO 26262 ASIL B standard, which targets functional safety in road vehicles’ systems.

Running a successful robotics company is never easy. Unfortunately, these companies found out it’s even harder during a pandemic and supply chain crisis.