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Amazon said it aims to enable practical AI that can perform tasks and make its customers more productive, empowered, and fulfilled.

AWS and NVIDIA said that Isaac Sim on Amazon Web Services can significantly accelerate and scale robot simulation and AI training.

Physical Intelligence is among the companies working to apply foundation models to training general-purpose robots.

3Laws, an innovator in dynamic safety solutions for autonomous systems, has secured $4.1M in seed funding.

The Logistics Hall of Fame is inducting Kiva founders Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman, and Raffaello D’Andrea for developing fulfillment robots.

AES Corp. says its new Maximo robot can install solar panels at half the time and cost of conventional methods as energy demand increases.

The authorization will facilitate the expansion of drone deliveries by Prime Air and enable the expansion of operations to additional U.S. locations.

Meet Titan, Amazon’s new mobile robot. Titan can transport heavy-duty payloads up to 2,500 lb. That is two times more than Hercules, which is Amazon’s most broadly deployed mobile robot.

Glacier has also announced that it will be collaborating with Amazon to enhance traceability and recovery processes for recyclables.

In this episode, Steve Crowe, Mike Oitzman and Gene Demaitre discuss the termination of Amazon’s proposed acquisition of iRobot.

iRobot said its deal with Amazon has fallen through and is taking several steps to restructure its expenses for its revised go-to-market strategy.

The Robotics Summit & Expo, which will be in Boston on May 1-2, will feature speakers from leading robotics innovators across industries.

Rightbot said its robot can address a longstanding challenge for the logistics sector: the unloading of trucks, trailers, and containers.

Instock, a developer of customer fulfillment robots, has brought in $3.2 million in an expanded seed funding round.

The EU informed Amazon that its preliminary view is that the acquisition may restrict competition in the market for robot vacuum cleaners. 

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New Astro Secure subscription provides advanced security features and controls, such as custom patrol routes and scheduling capabilities.

Amazon has designed Titan, which can move up to 2,500 lb., using technologies from the rest of its growing robot fleet.

iRobot Corp has introduced two new models that aim to solve pitfalls faced by competing robots and iRobot OS 7.