At the Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum, the Festo-MassRobotics Healthcare Robotics Startup Catalyst will celebrate the milestones achieved four startups.
MassRobotics named strategic partner of Robotics Summit & Expo
MassRobotics will provide strategic guidance for the Robotics Summit and act as a liaison to MassRobotics’ partners, sponsors, startup residents, and the robotics community at large.
MassRobotics celebrates 5th anniversary
MassRobotics’ Five-Year Impact Report details all the organization has accomplished since it officially launched in 2017.
MassRobotics startups get free access to Onshape CAD platform
With Onshape, MassRobotics’ startup community can leverage the latest in cloud product design software for robotics development.
MassRobotics, Novanta partner to aid robotics startups
Novanta business units Celera Motion and ATI Industrial Automation will collaborate with MassRobotics to enable new innovations in medical/surgical robotics and other applications.
AWS, MassRobotics announce robotics accelerator
The AWS Robotics Startup Accelerator will address big challenges in the automation, robotics and industrial internet-of-things industries.
Dronut X1 drone designed for GPS-denied environments
The key to the drone is Cleo’s patented thrust vectoring technology that enables the ducted fan design to remain stable during flight.
4 startups selected for inaugural healthcare robotics catalyst
Assistive Technology, Bionomous, Eureka Robotics and Kinarm will have access to subject-matter experts and also receive technical and marketing support.
Massrobotics launches STEM program to jumpstart girls for tech careers
Massrobotics is encouraging female high school juniors and seniors to apply to the spring 2022 program.
MassRobotics launches inaugural Robo Boston Festival
The Robot Block Party is back in the house! MassRobotics announces inaugural Robo Boston festival in Ocober.
Flexxbotics joins MassRobotics to improve utility of cobots
Flexxbotics currently focuses on collaborative robots from UR and recently expanded into Europe.
InOrbit joins MassRobotics and supports AMR interoperability standard
InOrbit announces that its platform for remote robot management is now compatible with the MassRobotics AMR interoperability standard.
MassRobotics partners with Proctor & Gamble
The partnership will help validate and commercialize new robotic technologies.
Passenger of confused Waymo robotaxi discusses what went wrong
Joel Johnson, the passenger in the Waymo robotaxi that was confused multiple times by construction cones, discusses what went wrong.
Interop Working Group at MassRobotics publishes interoperability standard for AMRs
MassRobotics AMR Interoperability Working Group, comprised of AMR vendors, engineers and AMR end-user companies, has published a consortium-built standard to guide robotic automation interoperability.
MassRobotics, MassTLC hosting virtual robotics & AI career fair
MassRobotics and MassTLC are hosting a virtual career fair on Wednesday, May 19 from 4:00-6:00 PM Eastern for those interested in careers in robotics and AI. This targeted event is designed for all industry jobseekers, including both recent graduates and seasoned engineers, computer scientists, vision specialists, mechatronics experts, AI professionals and all others seeking career…
MassRobotics announces Jumpstart Fellowship Program
There has been a steady growth of robotics companies and an increase in the adoption of robotics in nearly every industry sector, from farming and construction to medical and e-commerce. The current talent pipeline is not adequate to support these increases: nearly every robotics company is actively hiring and in search of talent. Women, especially…
How AMP Robotics is changing recycling; Festo wins gripper challenge
Welcome to Episode 29 of The Robot Report Podcast, which brings conversations with robotics innovators straight to you. Join us each week for discussions with leading roboticists, innovative robotics companies, and other key members of the robotics community. You can subscribe to The Robot Report Podcast on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, SoundCloud, Spotify and more. Please subscribe to the podcast and leave us a…
RoboBusiness Direct panel to discuss the future of robotics
On November 5, MassRobotics and the Innovation Institute at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MassTech) will bring together a world-class team of robotics researchers and industry veterans from Massachusetts to discuss these ongoing initiatives and their impact on the commercial robotics sector. The $100+ billion-dollar global robotics sector is growing by leaps and bounds. Industrial robots…
MassRobotics, Analog Devices launch Real-Time Sensor Fusion Challenge 2.0
MassRobotics and Analog Devices have once again teamed up to offer the Real-Time Sensor Fusion Challenge 2.0. The challenge looks for the next innovative robotics team to bring context awareness to a series of real-life applications through sensors. Building off the success of last year’s challenge, the Real-Time Sensor Fusion Challenge 2.0 is seeking university and…
Activ Surgical closes $15M funding to commercialize ActivEdge surgical platform
Activ Surgical said it has raised $15 million led by ARTIS Ventures to advance autonomous and collaborative surgery with its ActiveEdge software platform.
MassRobotics partners with private equity firm to help startups scale
MassRobotics and Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (THL) announced a partnership to bring together their extensive market knowledge, expertise, and networks to advance the scaling of automation-related businesses across robotics and artificial intelligence startups. Based in Boston, MassRobotics is the first and largest robotics startups escalator in the world. The collective work of this group…