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Autonomous Trucking Firm Plus to Enter SPAC Merger, be Valued at $3.3B
Plus said its SPAC deal will provide $500 million in gross proceeds to help it accelerate commercialization of its autonomous truck technology and expand global operations.

Oculii Offers AI-Powered 4D Radar for Autonomous Vehicle Guidance, Raises $55M Series B Funding
Oculii, which has developed AI software for radar perception, has raised Series B funding as it launches two products intended to help autonomous systems navigate.

First-Quarter 2021 Robot Sales Increase 20% Over Q1 2020, Reports A3
The Association for Advancing Automation said that non-automotive purchases of robots in Q1 2021 were the second-best ever.

Precision AI Raises $20M for Drone-Based Computer Vision for Sustainable Agriculture
Precision.AI Inc. provides fully autonomous spraying and crop-protection systems for farms of all sizes and equipment manufacturers.

Autonomous Welding Vendor Path Robotics Raises $56M in Series B Funding
To address a growing shortage of skilled labor, Path Robotics has raised money for its offering, which it said is the first turnkey system to automate welding.

Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories and MIT Work to Bridge Gap Between Robot Vision, Touch
MERL and MIT researchers are working to apply machine learning, collaborative robots, sensors, and vision to help robots more dexterously manipulate items such as food.

Plus One Robotics Raises $33M to Expand Vision Software Market for Logistics Robots
Plus One Robotics, whose vision software plus human-in-the-loop supervision enables warehouse robots to perform a range of tasks, has raised funding to continue its international expansion.

Russian Farming Machinery Manufacturer to Equip Combines With AI for Autonomy
Bryanskselmash, a leading Russian agricultural equipment provider, is including the Cognitive Agro Pilot autonomy kit standard in its PALESSE GS12 combine harvesters.

AMP Robotics Deploys Recycling Systems at Evergreen for Bottle Recycling
Evergreen, which recycles plastic bottles, is deploying six AI-driven robotics systems from AMP Robotics as both companies expand their sustainability efforts.

New Mobile Manipulator Designed for Affordability, Ease of Use by Waypoint and Productive Robotics
Waypoint Robotics said its new mobile manipulator, which combines its Vector AMR and Productive Robotics' OB7 cobot, is designed to be easy to use and affordable for companies of all...

MIRAI Accelerates Robotic Perception and Learning, Says Micropsi
Unlike other demonstration training systems for cobots, MIRAI allows robots to perceive nd make adjustments in real time, says Ronnie Vuine, founder and CEO of Micropsi Industries.

RightPick 3 Includes Numerous Picking Enhancements From RightHand Robotics
RightPick 3 features dual-GPU architecture to enable denser, damage-free picking and placing, says RightHand Robotics.

Image Recognition Enables Complex Object-Handling Applications
Advances in convolutional neural networks are enabling robots to recognize a wider range of objects, which is essential in piece picking, palletizing, and sortation.

Stratom Develops Robotic Refueling System for U.S. Army Autonomous Ground Vehicles
Stratom is developing an autonomous ground refueling prototype to help protect soldiers, optimize efficiency in the field, and supply ground vehicles and aircraft.

Chinese Service Robotics Startup CloudMinds Raises $150M in Series B Funding
CloudMinds, whose IPO was blocked because of the U.S.-China trade conflict, has raised money to continue development of humanoid service robots.

AppHarvest Acquires Agricultural Robotics and AI Startup Root AI for $60M
Root AI's staff and executives will join AppHarvest and continue developing the Virgo "universal harvester" to apply robotics and AI to indoor farming.

EDDA Technology Raises $150M to Develop Robotics for Precision Surgery
Edda Technology has developed 3D medical imaging systems that hundreds of hospitals use for pre-surgical planning and simulation, intra-operative navigation, and post-operative evaluation.

WaveSense Obtains $15M to Accelerate Development of Radar for Vehicle Positioning
Growing demand from automakers for safer and higher-performing advanced driver-assistance systems signals a critical need for sensing systems that work despite challenging road conditions, says WaveSense.

Boston Dynamics Announces Stretch Robot for Warehouse Automation
The new Stretch movable robot arm is designed to enable warehouses and distribution centers to automate box moving without expensive infrastructure changes.

Automate Forward: Robotics Vendors Show Latest Products at Virtual Event
In addition to A3's rebranding and numerous exhibits, the virtual Automate Forward event included some notable product announcements.



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