Avidbots Expands Mobile Robot Offerings to Include Disinfection
September 21, 2021
Avidbots, which is adding a Disinfection Add-On to its Neo floor-cleaning system, has tested multifunction robots at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
SoftBank Robotics and Keenon Robotics Become Global Partners for Service Industry
September 21, 2021
SoftBank Robotics and Keenan Robotics said their partnership will enable them to serve growing global demand for efficiency in food service, starting in Singapore.
Keenon Robotics Raises $200M in Series D Funding for Service Robots
September 15, 2021
Keenon Robotics plans to use its latest financing, led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, to develop applications for its mobile service robots and expand into new markets.
Agile Robots Raises Series C Funding, Claims to Be First Unicorn in Field
September 13, 2021
Agile Robots, which has headquarters in Munich and Beijing, has developed software and hardware and said it is the first intelligent robotics company worth $1 billion.
Top 10 Robotics and Autonomous Vehicle Transactions of August 2021
September 8, 2021
In August 2021, the total number of deals and their dollar value fell from the previous month, but industrial automation, self-driving cars, and logistics still thrived.
RC Mowers Demonstrates Remotely Operated Robotic Mowers, Finds Nationwide Demand
September 1, 2021
Commercial lawn mowing is a good application for robotic mowers, particularly for difficult terrain. RC Motors is demonstrating its remotely controlled mowers across the U.S.
Basil Street Cafe Rolls Out Proprietary Pizza Kiosks Nationwide
August 27, 2021
Basil Street Café, which is raising funding through a crowdfunding campaign on SeedInvest, has developed automated pizza kitchens that it claims can replicate brick-oven pizza.
Robotic Restaurant Spyce to Join sweetgreen in Automating the Fast-Casual Market
August 25, 2021
Sweetgreen, which is valued at more than $1 billion, said it has a shared vision for making healthy food more accessible with Boston-based robotic salad and bowl maker Spyce.
Sarcos Robotics Names Pine Environmental a Distributor for Guardian S Remote Inspection Robot
August 19, 2021
Monitoring and testing provider Pine, which has 39 locations throughout the U.S. and Canada, will offer Sarcos Robotics' Guardian S mobile robot for surveillance and inspection.
Picnic Makes Robotic Pizza System Commercially Available in the U.S.
August 18, 2021
The Picnic Pizza System, which is now available through a RaaS model for pre-order from Picnic, is designed to work with existing menus and help make up to 100 pizzas per...
Mobile Robots to Revolutionize Multiple Industries, Reports International Federation of Robotics
August 10, 2021
As a subset of service robotics, AMRs are advancing and will grow 31% annually in logistics, as well as become applicable in industries beyond logistics, according to the IFR.
7+ Robots to Watch for During the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games
July 23, 2021
Toyota and Panasonic have developed robots to provide assistance during the delayed Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. They will also showcase Japan's robot prowess.
Brain Corp CTO Discusses Software Driving Mobile Robot Value, Future Plans
July 23, 2021
Jon Thomason, chief technology officer of Brain Corp, recently described his goals for the company, which provides autonomy kits for existing industrial equipment.
Five Robotics Failures and What Developers Can Learn From Them
July 20, 2021
Humanoid robots, fruit-picking robots, and the ongoing self-driving car race show that rather than blame luck or overestimate technology, designers can learn from past mistakes.
Bring Automated Cleaning to Scale
July 20, 2021
Recording: August 25, 2021 at 4:00 EST
Autonomous mobile robots will propel that growth in the cleaning industry. Attend this webcast and learn how companies are incorporating robots, and how InOrbit provides effective operations to help robots...
Tencent Invests $400M in Meituan to Keep Developing Autonomous Vehicles, Delivery Drones
July 17, 2021
Food delivery firm Meituan, which has invested in service robots, 3D vision, and autonomous vehicles, plans to continue development with latest funding from Tencent.
MIT Motion-Planning Algorithm Enables Robot to Safely Dress a Person
July 16, 2021
To move safely and efficiently around people, robots need human-aware motion planning, as in a new algorithm developed at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
AZIOBOT and Network Operator Proximus Explore 5G With Autonomous Cleaning Robots
July 15, 2021
AZIOBOT's SB2 floor-cleaning robot is designed to be "like a self-driving car for cleaning," and Proximus' 5G connectivity will enable it to gather data to improve operations.
WellSaid Labs Raises $10M Series A Round to Build ‘Human-Parity’ Synthetic Voices
July 7, 2021
WellSaid Labs has received funding from FUSE, Voyager Capital, Qualcomm, and GoodFriends and said it will expand development of its AI product, which can aid human-machine interaction.
Reply Develops Architecture for Autonomous Mobile Robots Using Microsoft Azure
July 7, 2021
Reply has developed a system using Microsoft Azure to create mobile robot applications such as a rental vehicle inspection system using Boston Dynamics' Spot quadruped.
