Ainos and ugo say their integration of accurate volatile organic compound detection with robotics will help multiple industries.
Miso Robotics refines Flippy Fry Station with AI and partners
Miso Robotics has collaborated with NVIDIA, Ecolab, and quick-serve restaurants to refine its AI-powered Flippy Fry Station.
LG acquires majority stake in Bear Robotics
As part of this strategic move, LG Electronics will integrate its commercial robot business with Bear Robotics.
Robots show tenacity in retail
NRF 2025 showcased a variety of technologies for retail operations, including maturing robots and shelf intelligence system.
Primech AI improves HYTRON cleaning robot performance with NVIDIA tech
Primech AI has used NVIDIA Jetson Orin Super and software development tools to boost HYTRON’s cleaning efficiency.
RobotLAB expands product portfolio with Vision Aerial partnership
RobotLAB has added drones from Vision Aerial to the portfolio of service robots it offers through franchisees across the Americas.
Pudu Robotics launches PUDU D9 humanoid robot
The PUDU D9 builds on the previous D7 semi-humanoid robot and includes the DH11 robotic hand for dual-arm manipulation.
Relay Robotics proposes levels of autonomous navigation for indoor robots
Autonomous navigation is best understood in terms of levels of autonomy, similar to those for self-driving cars, notes Relay Robotics.
Service robot sales climb by 30% worldwide, reports the IFR
In its annual World Service Robotics report, the IFR said that sales of medical, logistics, and hospitality robots have been growing.
Pudu Robotics debuts ‘semi-humanoid’ robot for versatile applications
Pudu Robotics introduced the semi-humanoid robot concept in May as part of its long-term strategic vision for the service robotics industry.
igus supplies plastic cable carries for Robotise JEEVES service robot
Robotise Technologies knew a damaged JEEVES would cause great dissatisfaction for its customers, so it aimed to make its robot more robust.
To make household robots widely available, it’s about actuators, not AI
All consumer goods are heavily cost-driven. Household robots will be no exception, writes an Engineering.com columnist.
Picnic updates pizza making robot as a service, and adds executives to team
Picnic said new executive appointments and improvements to its pizza-making robot are designed to help meet increasing demand.
Service robot sales up 32% worldwide, led by surgical, logistics systems, reports IFR
Service robot sales set new records last year, led by logistics robots at 110% sales growth and 28% growth in medicaal robots, reported the International Federation of Robotics.
Robotic Coffee Master from OrionStar and Cheetah Mobile begins serving customers
OrionStar said its new Robotic Coffee Master has two six-axis arms and relies on 3,000 hours of machine learning to simulate master-level brewing techniques.
CloudMinds files for $500M IPO for cloud-based service robots
CloudMinds, which has developed a cloud-based infrastructure for making service robots smarter, filed for a $500 million IPO.
$100 million P-P-P suggestion for healthcare robotics
Hector, the eldercare robot, from the EU-funded Companionable Project. By Frank Tobe, Editor and Publisher, The Robot Report As the robotics industry continues to grow, enters new industries, and provides new applications, strategic focus is necessary or the overall industry will develop haphazardly and spread out around the world. It is important to remember that…
2012 Robo-Stox Wrap-up
If an enterprising firm set up a mutual fund reflecting the worldwide robotics industry, they might choose to separate their picks into three segments, which might look something like this: Industrial Robot Manufacturers Service Robot Makers of security, defense and space robots Service Robot Makers of robots for all other purposes Although I am neither…