Sereact Raises Seed Funding for PickGPT AI to Make Warehouse Robots More Accessible
August 9, 2023
Sereact has raised seed funding to continue developing its PickGPT software, which uses large language models to allow users to communicate with robots through speech or text.
Chery Automotive Deploys Over 100 ForwardX Mobile Robots in Super Factory Phase 1
August 8, 2023
Chery Automotive is using three models of autonomous mobile robots from ForwardX in Phase 1 of a materials handling deployment for assembly processes at its new factory.
Yaskawa Offers to Boost Stability, Increase Flexibility, and Scale Up Production at PACK EXPO
August 4, 2023
Yaskawa Motoman and Yaskawa America plan to display robots for packaging, logistics, and bin picking for food and beverage, consumer goods, and other industries.
Emergent Vision Technologies Explains Benefits of High-Speed GigE Vision Machine Vision Ecosystem
August 4, 2023
Emergent Vision Technologies described how advances in high-speed imaging technologies can deliver high performance for industrial applications.
Pit Droid Developer Taps NVIDIA Jetson as the Force Behind AI Powered Robot
August 4, 2023
A pit droid from Star Wars is gaining capabilities from maker Goran Vuksik, who is using the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit.
Slamcore Updates SDK for Robots to Detect People in Warehouses, Factories
August 3, 2023
Slamcore said Release 23.04 of its spatial intelligence development kit includes Perceive functionality and support for NVIDIA Jetson Orin.
indie Semiconductor and SiLC Technologies Partner to Deliver FMCW Lidar
August 3, 2023
indie and SiLC said their collaboration will yield 10x performance, power, and cost over existing lidar sensors for autonomous vehicles.
Innoviz Continues Lidar Development With BMW for Automated Vehicles
August 2, 2023
Innoviz is developing a B-Sample of its InnovizTwo lidar, the new InnovizCore compute box, and AI-powered software for BMW.
TPI Joins GeoCue Distribution Network to Deliver Drone Lidar to Poland
July 31, 2023
TPI will add GeoCue's TrueView 3D imaging sensors and LP360 photogrammetry software to its geospatial offerings.
Raymond Gives Warehouse Performance a Lift With Robots and Data
July 28, 2023
Raymond Corp. has been recognized for motion control and autonomous lift trucks, but it is also focusing on using telematics to improve services for warehouse customers.
MOV.AI, Advantech to Offer Software, Hardware for Mobile Robot Deployments
July 27, 2023
Advantech is providing its rugged computing hardware, while MOV.AI is providing its mobile robot software, to help warehouses automate faster.
ForwardX Robotics Releases Flex 60-T Mobile Robot for Cage Trolley Docking and Towing
July 25, 2023
ForwardX said its Flex 60-T autonomous mobile robot is the first one for docking and towing cage trolleys, which are used in warehouses, factories, and other environments.
ForwardX Robotics Picks Up $61M in Series C Funding for Mobile Robot Orchestration
July 18, 2023
ForwardX has raised a total of about $140 million to date as company offers its vision-based mobile robots to warehouses and manufacturers worldwide.
UR+ Partner Vention Named One of Universal Robots’ Certified Solutions Partners
July 13, 2023
Vention and Universal Robots said they are strengthening their partnership to provide best-in-class automation solutions in record time.
AMD and MassRobotics Announce Five Winners of the AMD Robotics Innovation Challenge
July 12, 2023
AMD and MassRobotics announced the five startups that won the AMD Robotics Innovation Challenge, as well as three runners up. They all demonstrated new robot applications.
RobotLAB to Host Robotics Summit at New Headquarters in Southlake, Texas
July 6, 2023
RobotLAB, a robotics integrator, will host a summit that will feature insights from numerous university professors with expertise in machine learning, finance, and marketing.
Mission Design and OSARO Collaborate to Deploy, Optimize Warehouse Automation
June 28, 2023
Mission Design is applying its experience with integrating warehouse automation to help deploy OSARO's SightWorks vision and control software for kitting.
Special Focus Issue
Robots See a Safer Future
June 28, 2023
Robot safety is more than caging off workcells. In this Special Focus Issue, learn how standards bodies, software and hardware providers, and integrators are working on improving safety.
NVIDIA and Partners to Explore the Future of Robotics at Automatica 2023
June 27, 2023
NVIDIA and partners such as Wandelbots are showing how AI, simulation, vision, and the cloud are coming together to make industrial robots easier to deploy and use.
Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence Names New CEO, Develops Phone2Proc to Train Robots
June 25, 2023
The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence announced researcher and entrepreneur Ali Farhadi as CEO. The organization's work includes Phone2Proc for robot training.