Physical Intelligence is among the companies working to apply foundation models to training general-purpose robots.
3Laws secures $4.1M in seed funding to improve robot safety
3Laws, an innovator in dynamic safety solutions for autonomous systems, has secured $4.1M in seed funding.
Kiva Systems founders to enter Logistics Hall of Fame as mobile robot pioneers
The Logistics Hall of Fame is inducting Kiva founders Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman, and Raffaello D’Andrea for developing fulfillment robots.
AES Maximo robot designed to save time and money for solar panel installation
AES Corp. says its new Maximo robot can install solar panels at half the time and cost of conventional methods as energy demand increases.
Amazon Prime Air gets FAA approval for extended BVLOS drone deliveries
The authorization will facilitate the expansion of drone deliveries by Prime Air and enable the expansion of operations to additional U.S. locations.
RBR50 Spotlight: Amazon strengthens robotics portfolio with heavy duty mobile robot
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.
Recycling automation startup Glacier brings in $7.7M
Glacier has also announced that it will be collaborating with Amazon to enhance traceability and recovery processes for recyclables.
What’s next for iRobot?
In this episode, Steve Crowe, Mike Oitzman and Gene Demaitre discuss the termination of Amazon’s proposed acquisition of iRobot.
iRobot terminates deal with Amazon, laying off 31% of staff
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.
Agility Robotics, Amazon, Disney, and Teradyne headline Robotics Summit & Expo
The Robotics Summit & Expo, which will be in Boston on May 1-2, will feature speakers from leading robotics innovators across industries.
Rightbot picks up $6.25M from Amazon and other investors for unloading robots
Rightbot said its robot can address a longstanding challenge for the logistics sector: the unloading of trucks, trailers, and containers.
Amazon Industrial Fund leads Instock seed round for novel fulfillment robots
Instock, a developer of customer fulfillment robots, has brought in $3.2 million in an expanded seed funding round.
EU says Amazon, iRobot merger ‘may restrict competition’
The EU informed Amazon that its preliminary view is that the acquisition may restrict competition in the market for robot vacuum cleaners.
Motion control with GAM Enterprises; power in motion with CaPow
In this episode, learn about custom motion control with GAM Enterprises and wireless power for AMRs with CaPow Energy.
Amazon Astro offers security monitoring for small businesses
New Astro Secure subscription provides advanced security features and controls, such as custom patrol routes and scheduling capabilities.
New Amazon Titan mobile robot handles heavy-duty payloads
Amazon has designed Titan, which can move up to 2,500 lb., using technologies from the rest of its growing robot fleet.
iRobot announces Roomba j9+ vacuums and OS 7.0
iRobot Corp has introduced two new models that aim to solve pitfalls faced by competing robots and iRobot OS 7.
Report: EU to investigate Amazon’s pending iRobot acquisition
The EU seems to be ready to open a full-scale anti-trust investigation into the Amazon acquisition of iRobot, according to reporting from Reuters.
Amazon’s Robin robot has handled 1B packages
Robin uses artificial intelligence, computer vision and machine learning to help employees handle and sort customer packages before shipping.
Amazon’s ARMBench dataset helps train pick-and-place robots
Dataset of images collected in an industrial setting features more than 190,000 objects to train pick-and-place robots.
How Amazon Astro moves through its environment
Amazon counteracts Astro’s lack of computation capabilities with algorithms and software designed to allow the robot to move more gracefully.
Amazon pushing envelope on warehouse automation
Through internal R&D and external acquisitions, Amazon continues to be a leader in automating warehouse operations.