10 Industrial and Service Robotics Trends in the IFR’s World Robotics 2021 Report
October 28, 2021
Worldwide industrial and service robotics shipments began to recover last year, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the International Federation of Robotics' annual report.
Kirovets Tractors to Include Cognitive Agro Pilot Autonomy as Standard Option
October 25, 2021
In Russia's first production-line OEM contract for autonomous tractors, PTZ's Kirovets K-7M tractors will come equipped with the Cognitive Agro Pilot AI and autonomy kit.
DroneDeploy Announces New Products for Drone, Ground Robot Inspections
October 19, 2021
At its annual DroneDeploy Conference, DroneDeploy announced tools to help automate inspections with drones and ground robots, including 3D annotations and its Walkthrough app.
7 Questions With Orbbec, Which Has Set Its Sights on Void Left by Intel RealSense
October 14, 2021
With Intel discontinuing production of its RealSense sensors, an opportunity with robotics developers has emerged for other 3D camera and computer vision vendors such as Orbbec.
Burro Raises $10.9M Series A to Commercialize Collaborative Agricultural Robot
September 29, 2021
Burro, formerly known as Augean Robotics, has raised Series A funding to expand its agricultural fleet for grapes, nurseries, and berries to more than 500 robots next year.
Future Acres Partners With Sun World International for Robot to Aid Vineyard Workers
September 29, 2021
Future Acres has developed the Carry robotic wheelbarrow to help farm workers and is collaborating with Sun World, an international grower, for field testing and commercialization.
Soft Robotics Launches SoftAI to Help Food Industry Adopt Robots
September 16, 2021
SoftAI can augment industrial robots with "hand-eye" coordination, says Soft Robotics. It could drive automation adoption for a more resilient food supply chain, it said.
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.
Gulf Testing Solutions Enterprise Joins Microdrones Global Distribution Network
September 1, 2021
GTS will offer Microdrones' lidar sensors, drones, and surveying software to construction, oil and gas, and agriculture customers in Oman.
Perrone Robotics and Tropos Team up to Develop Autonomous Electric Compact Utility Vehicles
August 18, 2021
Perrone Robotics said it will combine its TONY autonomous vehicle kit with Tropos Motors' ABLE electric compact utility vehicles for applications such as delivery and construction.
Qualcomm Flight RB5 5G Drone Designed to Help Developers Apply 5G, AI, IoT to New Applications
August 17, 2021
The Qualcomm Flight RB5 5G drone reference platform includes concurrent support for seven cameras, IoT and cybersecurity, and deep learning to enable new industrial use cases.
Pipistrel to Use Honeywell Satellite Communications Tech in New Drones
August 16, 2021
Honeywell Aerospace said its satellite communications system for small unmanned aerial vehicles will enable Pipistrel's Nuuva and Surveyor drones to provide data for fleet management.
DroneDeploy Acquires Rocos to Automate Ground, Air Jobsite Data Collection
August 11, 2021
DroneDeploy, which uses aerial data to create digital twins of job sites, structures, and assets, will add Rocos' cloud-based workflow software for ground robots to its offerings.
John Deere Buys Bear Flag Robotics to Expand Farm Automation
August 6, 2021
Bear Flag Robotics, which has been working with Deere on autonomous driving enhancements for farm equipment, will join Blue River Technologies and John Deere Labs in Silicon Valley
Top 10 Robotics, Autonomous Vehicle Transactions of July 2021
August 6, 2021
Although the number of transactions in July 2021 held steady, self-driving car companies and startups working on robot software still raised billions.
Cognitive Pilot CTO Explains How Autonomy Will Advance Agriculture
July 30, 2021
Not only can kits enable equipment to be self-driving right away, but they could also change the nature of farming, says Anton Emelyanov, CTO of Cognitive Pilot.
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.
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.
Farm Robots Could Lead to a Utopian—or Dystopian—Future, Argues Researcher
July 18, 2021
As farms of all sizes look to adopt automation, robotics developers and policymakers should take a broader view of the potential environmental impacts, says a German scientist.
