SB 915 would have allowed California municipalities to restrict and tax AV companies, similar to how taxi companies are regulated in the state. 

Since its previous funding, Formic’s fleet of robotic equipment has completed 100,000 production hours at more than 99% uptime.

To date, General Motors has invested more than $8 billion into Cruise, and in 2023 alone, the company lost $3.48 billion.

Seatrec says its technology can allow robots to work in the open ocean indefinitely and without any intervention. 

Software update corrects an error in the software that “assigns a low damage score” to telephone poles and updates the company’s map.

Waymo plans to widen its robotaxi service area, while Zoox said it will begin testing autonomous vehicles in two more cities.

Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor says UBTECH’s Walker S humanoid will be performing various tasks in its car manufacturing process.

In May, exciting events, like the Robotics Summit & Expo and Automate, brought a batch of new product releases and partnership announcements.

ETRI is introducing a tactile sensor fits into a robotic finger with stiffness and shape similar to a human finger.

RDS will use AMP technology to extract mixed recyclables and organic materials from municipal solid waste for further processing.

Re-Up CEO Michael Salafia describes how Nala Robotics will help it improve food quality and keep up with customer expectations.

As Aptiv pulls back its support in Motional, Hyundai has invested nearly $1 billion in the driverless vehicle developer this year.

Vogt said that the company has already raised $150 million but didn’t give many details on plans for service robots.

Developed at ETH Zurich, SpaceHopper is designed to use its three legs to hop along asteroids or far away moons to search for rare minerals.

Techman’s new TM30S cobot has a maximum payload of 35 kg (77.16 lbs) and a reach of 1,702 mm (67.01 in) across six joints. 

We spoke to the founders of Adagy Robotics and the founders of Diligent Robotics about their experiences within the industry. 

Advanced Navigation recently sent Hydrus to the depths of the Rottnest ship graveyard, located off the coast of Western Australia. 

Bota Systems will be at Booth 315 on the show floor at the Robotics Summit & Expo, which takes place on May 1 and 2, 2024. 

Locus Robotics reached the three billion picks milestone just 33 weeks after it recorded its two billionth pick.

Project CETI is using robotics, machine learning, biology, linguistics, natural language processing, and more to decode whale communications. 

NASA scientists hope to use EELS to search for signs of life in the ocean beneath the icy crust of Saturn’s Enceladus moon. 

Cruise is taking its first steps towards restarting its robotaxi operations after it paused all operations nationwide in October 2023.