The partnership between Kollmorgen and OTTO Motors is a significant step forward for the autonomous material handling business.
Nauticus begins commissioning of Mark 2 Aquanaut
The Nauticus Aquanaut Mark 2 is the a fully autonomous underwater vehicle that extends undersea operations.
Alphatec acquires robotic navigation platform
Alphatec announced that it acquired all assets related to the REMI robotic navigation system from Fusion Robotics.
Cartken, Uber Eats begin deliveries in Virginia
The latest deployment builds on Carkten and Uber Eats’ successful pilot of autonomous deliveries in Miami, Florida.
Dobot launches new CR20A cobot
The newest cobot from Dobot features a 20 kg payload and vibration dampening algorithm to improve cycle times.
ARM Institute opens call to help manufacturers adopt robotics
The ARM Institute is seeking small and medium-sized businesses in Pennsylvania that are interested in exploring the use of robotics.
John Deere 2023 Tech Summit recap
A select number of journalists, thought leaders and social media influencers were invited to attend the John Deere Technology Summit.
Noah Medical brings in $150M for Galaxy System
Noah Medical plans to use the funding to meet the rising demand for its Galaxy System, a system for navigated robotic bronchoscopy.
Ingenuity helicopter completes 50th flight on Mars
Ingenuity’s 50th flight was completed on April 13, 2023, when Ingenuity traveled over 1,057 feet (322 meters) in 145.7 seconds.
Autonomous vehicle technology deep dive with John Deere and Zoox
Jorge Heraud from John Deere, and RJ He and Ryan McMichael from Zoox join the show today to discuss the current state of autonomous vehicle technology.
PickNik Robotics, Motiv Space Systems developing advanced manipulation skills
PickNik is integrating its motion software with Motiv’s robot arms to improve capabilities for space exploration.
Microsoft, Siemens to drive industrial productivity with generative AI
Azure OpenAI Service powered assistant can augment the creation, optimization and debugging of code in software for factory automation.
Scythe Robotics releases open-source CANopen stack
CANfetti offers a robust, flexible solution for complex CANopen communications in a variety of applications.
Maturi Jagadish discusses product development at Brain Corp
Product Management Director Maturi Jagadish discusses the product development and market fit strategy processes at Brain Corp.
Carbon Robotics raises $30 million in series C funding to scale LaserWeeder platform
Funding will be used to expand sales, optimize manufacturing, develop new products, and launch into international markets.
Amazon’s ARMBench dataset helps train pick-and-place robots
Dataset of images collected in an industrial setting features more than 190,000 objects to train pick-and-place robots.
Covariant raises $75M for robotic picking technology
Pre-trained on millions of picks from Covariant robots in warehouses around the world, the Covariant Brain enables robots to autonomously pick many SKUs.
Cruise recalls 300 robotaxis in response to crash with bus
Cruise said its robotaxi that rear-ended a bus in San Francisco made an error predicting the movement of the bus.
Gatik to start deliveries with Kroger in Texas
Gatik’s medium-duty autonomous box trucks will be transporting products from a Kroger CFC in Dallas, Texas to multiple retail locations.
Yaskawa releases MotoPick 4 software & robotic pallet builder
Yaskawa released its MotoPick 4 software system, and is expanding its Smart Pendant’s capability with its new Pallet Builder extension.
How Geek+ robots could’ve picked 10B items in a year
Geek+ robots achieved a groundbreaking milestone of 10 billion pieces picked in a single year.
Ocado wins UK patent lawsuit over AutoStore
Both AutoStore and Ocado operate automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS) that operate on similar principles.