This month, five of our top 10 robotics stories were about humanoid robot developments or humanoid alternatives.

Ujjwal Kumar, group president of Teradyne Robotics, discussed his role and where he thinks the industry is heading.

Rapid Robotics pivoted from a RaaS model to focusing on its Rapid iD product to accelerate picking, says new CEO Kimberly Losey.

From seeing Boston Dynamics’ Stretch robot at work to Alphabet closing down one of its subsidiaries, there was no shortage of robotics news in February 2023. 

Rapid Robotics is now integrated with the entire Yaskawa robotics portfolio, and can deliver more speed and higher payload robots.

UR and Rapid Robotics announce a new partnership that enables faster cobot deployments in North America.

Rapid’s solution is the Rapid Machine Operator (RMO), a cobot specially designed and priced for machine operation.

Rapid Robotics closes a Series A funding round for $12M with lead investor NEA. The latest investment brings Rapid Robotics’ total funding to $17.5M.

While investment in robotics and automation continued apace in November 2020, the total amount was about half of what it was in the same month a year ago.

Rapid Robotics has raised seed funding as it works on the Rapid Machine Operator, which it claims does not require expensive integration and can help U.S. manufacturers “close the automation gap.”