Yaskawa Electric and Softbank plan to enable human-robot collaboration and more tasks by integrating AI and communications.
ABB Group to sell ABB Robotics to SoftBank for $5.375B
ABB, which planned to spin out its ABB Robotics & Discrete Automation group, is now selling it to SoftBank, as President Sami Atiya departs.
The road ahead for robotics: Insights from Motional’s Major and Foundation’s Pathak
Motional CEO Laura Major and Foundation CEO Sankaet Pathek join the podcast this week with updates about their systems.
Aldebaran, maker of Pepper and Nao robots, put in receivership
Aldebaran made the Pepper and Nao humanoid robots, which were popular in education and service uses but struggled to make money.
Skild AI grabs $300M to build foundation model for robotics
Skild AI will use the funding to build its model and training datasets for commercial deployment. It’s also hiring across AI, robotics, engineering, operations, and security.
SoftBank makes offer to acquire Balyo shares
SoftBank Group has entered into an agreement to acquire a 41.8% stake in Balyo for €11.8 million, around $12.9 million.