Humatics joins the UR+ program and delivers a simplified solution to higher accuracy positioning of UR cobots.

In September 2020, healthcare robotics, drones for inspection, and industrial automation received funding, but transactions slowed for autonomous vehicle developers.

Humatics, which recently completed a successful microlocation pilot with New York’s MTA, has obtained a Series B round bringing its total funding to more than $80 million.

Robotics startups have a tough time right now, with venture capital firms tightening their belts and looking for sure bets, writes Rags Gupta, a serial entrepreneur.

Here is just a sampling of keynotes, sessions, and panels at next month’s Robotics Summit & Expo in Boston that robotics developers and innovators won’t want to miss.

Engineers can learn about recent developments in mobile robot technology from speakers, exhibitors, and peers at this conference in Boston in June.

Collaborative robots, mobile platforms, and the enabling hardware and software were all on display at Automate/ProMat, but what was new and noteworthy?

WALTHAM, Mass. — Humatics Corp., which makes microlocation products and software, today announced a partnership with logistics systems provider Vecna Robotics. Humatics’ KinetIQ 300 microlocation system will be integrated into Vecna’s self-driving vehicles, enabling them to navigate outdoors and in areas of warehouses that were previously considered difficult, such as loading docks, said the companies.…

Humatics, a Waltham, Mass.-based startup building microlocation technology for manufacturing, warehousing and other commercial environments, raised $28 Million in Series A1 financing. Humatics said this was the “culmination” of its acquisition of 5D Robotics and Time Domain Corporation in 2018. The Series A1, which was led by Tenfore Holdings, brings Humatics’ total financing to more…

Humatics, a Cambridge, Mass.-based startup developing microlocation technology to precisely track the position of robots, has acquired 5D Robotics and its subsidiary, Time Domain. Huntsville, Ala.-based Time Domain is a 31-year-old company that develops ultra-wideband technology. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. A filing in February 2018 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, however, shows…

Boston-area startup Humatics, which is developing “microlocation” systems, secured $18 million in Series A funding. “We now are piloting our breakthrough microlocation system with key industrial automation and manufacturing partners,” co-founder, president and chief operating officer Gary Cohen said in a press release. “For our partners and others, millimeter-scale precision can dramatically improve safety, efficiency…