Wayve says PRISM-1 enables scalable, realistic re-simulations of complex scenes with minimal engineering or labeling input.
Realtime Robotics celebrates motion-planning collaboration with Mitsubishi Electric
Realtime Robotics is bringing its motion planning for industrial and collaborative robots to market with Mitsubishi Electric.
Waabi raises $200M from Uber, NVIDIA, and others on the road to self-driving trucks
Waabi, which has been developing self-driving trucks using generative AI, plans to put its systems on Texas roads in 2025.
RBR50 Spotlight: Renovate Robotics puts Rufus to work on roofs
In 2023, Rufus, first roofing system from Renovate Robotics, applied asphalt shingles three times faster than a human roofer.
GM invests another $850M into Cruise as it expands manual operations
To date, General Motors has invested more than $8 billion into Cruise, and in 2023 alone, the company lost $3.48 billion.
coboworx raises $12M to make robotics more accessible
coboworx will use the funding to expand its team of robotics experts and software engineers, grow its product range, and tap into new markets.
At CVPR, NVIDIA offers Omniverse microservices, shows advances in visual generative AI
Omniverse Cloud Sensor RTX can generate synthetic data for robotics, says NVIDIA, which is presenting over 50 research papers at CVPR.
Korechi Innovations Pik’r-1500 robot retrieves golf balls at the U.S. Open
Korechi Innovations says its new robot can reduce labor, expense, and energy usage for golf course managers.
Beep deploys autonomous shuttles at Honolulu airport with partners
Beep discusses its pilot of Miki shuttles with Sustainability Partners and the Honolulu DoT at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport.
NASA spinoff Seatrec offers a new power source for underwater robots
Seatrec says its technology can allow robots to work in the open ocean indefinitely and without any intervention.
Field robotics with Stratom and inside standards at ASTM
In this episode, we learn what’s new with field robotics innovator Stratom Inc, and also dig into robotics standards.
Industrial robot shipments exceed 500,000 units in 2023
Industrial robot shipments are similar to levels seen in 2022, although the average price of industrial robots decreased last year.
IEEE launches study group to explore and develop humanoid robot standards
ASTM International’s Aaron Prather will chair the IEEE humanoid study group, which is open to other standards development organizations.
Siemens introduces high-inertia 1FK7-HI servo motors
Siemens said these self-cooled 1FK7-HI servomotors provide stall torque in the 3 Nm to 20 Nm range and are offered in IP64 or IP65 with IP67 flange degree of protection.
ROBOTIS and Realbotix become official development partners
The agreement designates Realbotix as an official developer partner and facilitates collaboration and integration with ROBOTIS’ technology.
Collaborative Robotics expands with new Seattle office and AI team
Collaborative Robotics has established a foundation models AI team and partnered with the University of Washington on research.
igus acquires Atronia, invests in smart plastics sensors for Industry 4.0
igus says its acquisition of Atronia will enable cost-effective series production of smart plastics for predictive maintenance.
Detroit launching robotaxi pilot for people with mobility issues
May Mobility’s pilot will run six days per week, and operate across 68 stops in 11 square miles of downtown Detroit. There will be human safety operators inside each vehicle.
RBR50 Spotlight: Instock turns fulfillment processes upside down with unique ASRS
Instock has taken an unusual approach to automated storage and retrieval systems with suspended mobile robots for retrieving totes.
Floatic raises $3.8M for AMRs to tackle e-commerce picking
Korea-based Floatic plans to extend its R&D efforts and commercialize its warehouse robotics system in 2024.
Aramark deploying cleaning robots in key locations
Pringle Robotics says it worked closely with Aramark Facilities Management to evaluate, pilot, and deploy the robots.
Waymo updates software after robotaxi drives into telephone pole
Software update corrects an error in the software that “assigns a low damage score” to telephone poles and updates the company’s map.