Pudu Robotics, a leading service robot exporter in China, says that demand and applications are likely to expand globally.
Meet the RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards Winners
The RBR50 celebrates worldwide robotics innovation and the forward-thinking organizations behind them.
Over 150,000 picking robots to be installed by 2030
Interact Analysis expects annual shipments will jump from less than 2,000 in 2022, to just above 50,000 by the end of the decade.
How to use simulation for developing robots
Robotics Summit attendees will learn how simulation can test robot applications in photo-realistic, physically accurate environments.
Full System Simulation: Why Hardware-Based Testing Won’t Cut it For Today’s DevOps Teams
Full-system simulators have brought a true paradigm shift in the world of programming, development and robotics—and one that can’t be ignored. Simulations offer the environment needed to accelerate development and testing time by up to 90 percent. Learn how Wind River’s Senior Solution Architect, James Hui, designs Simics to help organizations and global teams scale…
Open letter pledges not to weaponize robots
Agility Robotics, ANYbotics, Boston Dynamics, Clearpath Robotics, Open Robotics and Unitree pledged not to support the weaponization of their products and are calling for others in the industry to do the same.
Robotics Investment Trends the Focus of RoboBusiness 2022 Keynote
Karthee Madasamy, founder and managing partner of Mobile Foundation Ventures, Sherwin Prior, director of Amazon’s Industrial Innovation Fund, and Fady Saad, founder and general partner of Cybernetix Ventures, to discuss the state of robotics investment.
Inside the RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards
Each year, the RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards program receives more nominations than can fit in the annual list. This year, the final selection reflects more rigorous judging criteria, current technological and business trends in robotics, and the world. Since companies of different sizes build robots for widely differing applications, it is difficult to compare them…
ARM Institute virtual summit tackles robotics for pandemics and beyond
This virtual summit will highlight the impact, success stories, lessons learned, and outputs from 9 pandemic-focused projects.
OTTO Motors’ autonomous mobile robots now available worldwide
OTTO Motors announces new channel partnerships in Europe to extend its reach. The company is also compliant with all significant safety standards.
Seegrid Introduces New Palion Series 8 Autonomous Tow Tractor
Seegrid Corporation announces the availability of the Seegrid Palion Tow Tractor Series 8 with enhanced Smart Path technology.
Walmart invests in Cruise for last-mile delivery
Cruise and Walmart announced in November 2020 a self-driving delivery pilot in Scottsdale, Ariz. using Cruise’s all-electric Chevy Bolts.
Trump pardons autonomous vehicle engineer Anthony Levandowski
In one of his final acts in office, President Trump issued 73 full pardons and commuted 70 sentences late Tuesday evening. Anthony Levandowski, the former Google and Uber autonomous vehicle engineer who was sentenced to 18 months in prison on one count of stealing trade secrets, received one of those pardons. With the full pardon,…
How the Army is improving reinforcement learning for robots
Multi-domain operations (MDO) the Army’s future operating concept, requires autonomous agents with learning components to operate alongside humans. New Army research reduces the unpredictability of current training reinforcement learning policies so that they are more practically applicable to physical systems, especially ground robots. These learning components will permit autonomous agents to reason and adapt to…
Watch Boston Dynamics’ robots tear up the dance floor
We now know why Hyundai Motor was so interested in Boston Dynamics. Forget about robots for construction, inspection or healthcare. Hyundai clearly was interested in its robot choreography skills. Or not. Set to The Contours’ “Do You Love Me,” Boston Dynamics’ entire lineup of robots – Atlas, Handle, and Spot – are seen cutting a…
Han’s Robot rebrands itself as Neura Robotics, announces LARA cobot
Han’s Robot, which has rebranded itself as Neura Robotics, is offering the LARA cobot arm, the MAV mobile robot, and the MIRA mobile manipulator based on its own hardware and software.
Walmart drops Bossa Nova inventory program, highlighting retail robotics challenges
Walmart’s decision to end its five year experiment with Bossa Nova Robotics and their in-store robot program was unexpected, but upon further analysis not without merit, at least in the short term. Other robotics companies servicing the retail sector are progressing, but they must continue to innovate to be successful.
Cognitive Agro Pilot reaps 720,000 tons of crops across Russia in 2020 harvest
Cognitive Agro Pilot, the AI-based vision and autonomy system from Cognitive Pilot, helped farmers across Russia with their fall harvests.
September 2020 Robotics Transactions Include Healthcare Growth, Autonomous Vehicle Slowdown
The total number of robotics transactions held steady year over year, but the autonomous vehicle and manufacturing automation providers received less investment. Healthcare systems, field robots, and drones got funding in September 2020.
ACEINNA OpenIMU ROS driver designed to aid robotics developers with navigation
ACEINNA has released its OpenIMU ROS driver, which it said will make it easier for robotics developers to build precise navigation systems.
August 2020 Robotics Transactions Continue Strong Summer Pace
Despite the ongoing pandemic, robotics investment and acquisition activity did not slow down in August 2020, with funding flowing to autonomous vehicles, industrial automation, and drones.
Dusty Robotics CEO Tessa Lau discusses robotics start-ups and autonomous robots for construction
Industrial Robot’s Joanne Pransky interviews Tessa Lau, CEO at Dusty Robotics about Dusty’s autonomous mobile robots that print layout plans onto the floors of job sites using information from building information models (BIM) as a guide.