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Vicarious Surgical Enters SPAC Merger for $115M
In a SPAC deal, Vicarious Surgical will gain valuation of $1.1 billion as it continues developing robotics and virtual reality for minimally invasive surgeries.

Caja Robotics Works With Integrator Advanced Handling Systems to Automate Distribution Facility
Caja Robotics' goods-to-person system and AHS's integrated fulfillment systems will be combined to help a major Midwestern retailer.

AMH Material Handling Deploys Geek+ Mobile Robots for Sortation at Asda Logistics Services
Asda Logistics Services needed to rapidly and accurately sort parcels as e-commerce demand increased over the past year, so it turned to AMH and Geek+.

Soft Robotics Adds Features to mGrip Modular Gripping System for Food Handling
Soft Robotics has added capabilities to its mGrip to enable integrators to design flexible end-of-arm tools that can withstand high-pressure washdown environments.

ABB GoFa Cobot Wins ‘Best of the Best’ Red Dot Award for Innovative Design
This year's prestigious Red Dot "Best of the Best" design award went to ABB's new GoFa collaborative robot arm for its aesthetics and ease of use.

Tompkins Robotics, GreyOrange Partner for ‘Zero Walk’ Automated Fulfillment
The combination of Tompkins' tSort and GreyOrange's Ranger is intended to eliminate walking by human pickers and increase e-commerce order fulfillment.

Microsoft Buys Conversational AI Firm Nuance Communications for $19.7B
Microsoft plans to add Nuance's voice software and services for healthcare and other industries to its cloud/edge offerings.

TuSimple Readies for $1.1B Self-Driving Truck IPO
TuSimple said its software and services for autonomous trucking can address safety, labor shortages, and sustainability.

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.

Geosun Chooses ACIENNA as IMU Supplier for Drone Mapping Lidar
Geosun, which provides lidar scanning systems for construction mapping, has chosen ACIENNA to supply inertial measurement units.

Rapid Robotics Raises $12M Series A for Rapid Machine Operator
The Rapid Machine Operator is available for $25,000 per year and is designed to be easy for manufacturers to deploy, says Rapid Robotics.

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.

OTTO Motors Launches Next Generation of OTTO 1500 as Heavy-Class Mobile Robots Pass 1M Production Hours
OTTO Motors said its updated OTTO 1500 includes off-the-shelf components, higher speeds, and fleet management software.

Sarcos Robotics to Merge With SPAC Rotor Acquisition as It Commercializes Exoskeleton
The deal between Sarcos Robotics and Rotor Acquisition will help bring the Guardian XO industrial exoskeleton and Guardian XT teleoperated robot to market.

RE2 Robotics Launches RE2 Sapien Robotic Arm to Augment Human Capabilities
The new RE2 Sapien arms are designed for tasks from maneuvering solar panels to inspecting pipes below the ocean surface, says RE2 Robotics.

SoftBank Spends $2.8B to Acquire 40% of Automated Storage Provider AutoStore
AutoStore, which makes automated storage and retrieval systems, plans to use the investment from SoftBank to accelerate its expansion in the Asia-Pacific market.

Aurora and Volvo Partner to Accelerate the Deployment of Autonomous Trucks
Volvo Autonomous Solutions has partnered with Aurora to jointly develop and deploy an autonomous system for hub-to-hub transportation in North America.

AGM Systems Makes Multi-Year Agreement With Velodyne Lidar for Ultra Puck in UAVs
Velodyne Lidar will work with Russia-based AGM Systems to include its Ultra Puck sensor in the new AGM-MS3 drone mapping system.

Myomo Device Passes First Phase of Brain-Computer Interface Clinical Trial
Myomo said that Thomas Jefferson University has successfully demonstrated that a stroke patient could control a powered MyoPro device with brain signals.

Embark Universal Interface Designed to Add Self-Driving Tech to Existing Trucks
The Embark Universal Interface will accelerate the adoption of self-driving technology across carriers, says Embark.



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