mobile manipulation

Okibo designed its robots to enhance a skilled construction team’s efficiency, increase safety, and address labor shortages.

From teleoperated humanoids to cutting-edge surgical systems, NVIDIA GTC featured robots using AI to train autonomous functionality.

Neura Robotics CEO David Reger explains how his company is staying focused on cognitive robotics as it scales for global growth.

Diligent Robotics co-founder and CEO Andrea Thomaz shared insights into the company’s Moxi robot, milestones, and plans.

Diligent Robotics says that the Moxi mobile manipulator has save clinical staffers more than 1.5 billion steps.

Brightpick says its Giraffe high-reach mobile manipulator can triple warehouse storage density compared with manual operations.

Teradyne has laid off about 10% of UR and MiR’s staff, largely in sales, marketing, and service roles, to manage its growth.

Primech AI has used NVIDIA Jetson Orin Super and software development tools to boost HYTRON’s cleaning efficiency.

Raise Robotics mounts two UR20 arms from Universal Robots on a mobile robot base for Harmon’s construction robots.

Reachy 2, Pollen Robotics’ latest two-armed robot provides possibilities for research centers, industry, healthcare, and retail.

Chris Savoia, head of ecosystem success at Universal Robots, shares his perspective on the success of the UR+ partner ecosystem.

Samsung Electronics is making Rainbow Robotics a subsidiary, and the office will focus on developing humanoids and other robots.

Open Droids is launching two new models of mobile manipulators, designed for tasks in retail, nursing, and restaurants.

Diligent Robotics, the company behind Moxi, has a new AI Advisory Board made up of experts from Stanford, NYU, and Carnegie Mellon.

The Husky A300 uncrewed ground vehicle from Clearpath includes features for both expert robot developers and non-expert users.

In November 2024, stories about the future of robotics, big robot milestones, and new product unveilings grabbed our readers’ attention.

The ASTM International F45 committee is developing a new standard and an apparatus to test mobile manipulator precision.

The MC600 is designed to handle heavier payloads for mobile manipulation using Universal Robots and Mobile Industrial Robots technology.

Collaborative Robotics unveiled its Proxie mobile manipulator, which is designed to work with people for warehouse workflows.

New Edge Edition cobots offer remote power on/off control, allowing for control from the mobile robot controllers or a PLC

Diligent Robotics marked more than 100,000 elevator trips with Moxi, which is conducting autonomous deliveries in hospitals.

Schaeffler, a global motion technology leader, said it sees ‘the potential to deploy a significant number of humanoids in our global network of 100 plants by 2030.’