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MIT CTL, Mecalux develop an AI-based simulator to optimize inventory across warehouses

March 12, 2026 · Platform recommends optimal inventory levels and transportation strategies

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Tutor Intelligence raises $34M Series A to scale AI-powered warehouse robot worker fleet

December 1, 2025 · Union Square Ventures led funding round of company’s central robot intelligence platform

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Black Friday 2025: MIT-Mecalux study finds warehouse automation, AI expanding human workforce, not reducing it

November 28, 2025 · Study finds that AI is now embedded in 60% of warehouses

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PHOTOS: Robotics Invest 2025 panelists discuss physical AI, humanoids, and investment strategies

June 19, 2025 · Two-day summit featured panel discussions, presentations, roundtables, networking opportunities

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Universal Robots announces Collaborate North America 2025

December 20, 2024 · Cobot conference, tradeshow to include hands-on demos, speakers from A3, Siemens, MIT

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Mecalux, MIT launch project to accelerate integration of self-learning AI, warehouse robots in logistics

December 6, 2024 · MIT Intelligent Logistics System Lab will develop key research areas

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Karl Iagnemma becomes Vecna Robotics CEO

November 13, 2024 · Material handling automation provider closes $14.5 million in additional funding

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Maja Matarić named 2024-2025 Athena Lecturer

June 30, 2024 · ACM award celebrates contributions of women computer science researchers

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NVIDIA Robotics Research Lab to Present 15 Papers at Conference on Robot Learning

October 30, 2023 · NVIDIA is also supporting Woods Hole and MIT development of a robot for studying coral reefs.

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Boston Dynamics AI Institute Launches Ethics Research Initiative for Robots, AI

September 26, 2023 · Dr. Kate Darling has joined the institute to lead a new team focused on the societal impact of robotics and AI.

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Massachusetts Manufacturing Mash-Up Hosts Grant Winners, Innovators, and Students

September 24, 2023 · The third annual event focused on business, technology, and workforce development in the state.

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MIT Develops AI Technique Enabling Robots to Manipulate Objects With Their Whole Bodies

August 27, 2023 · With a new technique, a robot can determine whether to move objects with more than just its fingertips.

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ARM Institute Funds Eight Member Projects to Strengthen U.S. Manufacturing

August 25, 2023 · The public-private consortium announced the projects that it has chosen for developing and applying robotics and AI to manufacturing challenges.

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MIT CSAIL Develops AI to Help Household Robots Halve Planning Time

July 30, 2023 · PIGINet is a model that shortens the iterative process of a robot learning how best conduct a task.

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DribbleBot From MIT Designed to Play Soccer on Varied Terrains

April 3, 2023 · The new system enables a quadruped robot to dribble a soccer ball on landscapes such as sand, gravel, mud, and snow, using reinforcement learning to adapt to varying ball dynamics

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