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Recogni Says Pegasus PCIe and Scorpio Inference Can Enable Any Autonomous Mobility Application

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…investors in Recogni include GreatPoint Ventures, Celesta Capital, Mayfield, and DNS Capital. Other investors include automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers such as BMW iVentures, Toyota Ventures, Bosch, Continental, Forvia, and FluxUnit-OSRAM Ventures. “Having been in the automotive and autonomous driving industry for decades, it became clear that autonomous capabilities would only be able to go so far when using…


Pony.ai and Toyota to Form Joint Venture to Advance Mass Production of L4 Autonomous Vehicles

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…Pony.ai Inc. held a joint venture signing ceremony today with Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co. and GAC Toyota Motor Co. The three parties said they will work together toward mass production and large-scale deployment of fully self-driving robotaxis. Founded in 2016, Pony.ai said its goal is “to bring safe, sustainable, and accessible mobility to the entire world.” The Fremont, Calif.-based…


Aurora Innovation Raises $820M to Put Autonomous Trucks on the Road

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…acknowledged the challenge of obtaining venture capital in the current economic environment. “We’re all living through an uncertain time in the financial markets,” Urmson said. “Despite some thaw, investors continue to be very cautious with their clients’ money, wanting an extra degree of conviction to make a big bet. It’s part of why we’re proud to be able to raise…


AAABC Offers ElliQ AI Care Companion to Older Adults in Broward County, Fla.

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…Investors in the company include Toyota Ventures, Samsung NEXT, iRobot, OurCrowd, and Terra Ventures, as well as venture capital firms from California, Israel, Japan, and Asia. AAABC accepting applications The Broward County initiative is now accepting online applications. Those eligible to get an ElliQ for free are English-speaking adults ages 60 and older, with Wi-Fi in residence and with no…


Humanoid Robotics Industry Continues Expanding Capabilities, Finds The Brainy Insights

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…focused on new product developments, venture capital investments, and opportunities to obtain market share. WowWee Group's Robosapien X has 67 pre-programmed functions, gestures, and fluid motions and is programmable using the integrated R/C or the RoboRemote app. The robot can be operated independently, with the help of the provided remote control or the new IR dongle, which can be used…


ProMat 2023 – The Chinese are coming

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…executive with previous roles at Toyota, as the senior director of sales and business development. Meyer told me the company has been in business for 7 years, has 500 employees and 2,000 units operating in the field, primarily in the Pacific Rim. VisionNav recently raised $110 million in venture capital, and, Meyer says, just landed its first North American purchase…


ProMat 2023: Materials Handling Automation Reaches a Crossroad

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…the president and CEO of Toyota Material Handling North America. He noted that if you based your view of the economy on television news, you’d think we’re in the doldrums. Now, the long-predicted recession may be coming – we’ve never had this many consecutive years of growth without a downturn in the past – but the numbers that relate to…


Intuition Robotics Launches ElliQ 2.0 Hardware, Software, and App for Families and Caregivers

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…Investors in Intuition Robotics include Toyota Ventures, Samsung NEXT, iRobot, OurCrowd, and Terra Ventures, as well as venture capital firms in California, Israel, Japan, and Asia. New hardware, same price for ElliQ Intuition Robotics said its latest hardware improves on the pilot version. It includes user-interface enhancements such as simpler tablet charging, an upgraded screen, and higher-quality, far-field microphone performance.…


Pickle Robot Pilots Truck Unloading in Southern California, Raises Series A Funding

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…Schusterman Family Investments, and Catapult Ventures led Pickle Robot's Series A round. The company has raised a total of nearly $32 million to date. Previous investors that participated in this funding round included Toyota AI Ventures, Third Kind Venture Capital, Hyperplane Ventures, BoxGroup, and Version One Ventures. Omar Asali, chairman and CEO of Ranpak, has joined Pickle’s board of directors…


Pickle Robot closes $26 million Series A funding round

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…Capital, Schusterman Family Investments, Catapult Ventures, and Soros Capital. Additionally, Pickle Robot has added growth-oriented industry veterans to its leadership team to accelerate commercialization of the company’s flagship robotic unload systems. Founded in 2018, Pickle Robot tackled a number of warehouse challenges using industrial robots built on core AI software, computer vision, and advanced sensors. Today the company is focused…


Dextrous Robotics Introduces DX-1 System for Speedy Unloading of Shipping Containers

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…senior research scientist at the Toyota Research Institute. Drumwright has been granted three patents and has co-authored over 40 research articles on robotics with experts from institutions including MIT, Cornell University, and the University of Michigan. Backed by multiple venture capital firms, Dextrous Robotics received a competitive grant from the National Science Foundation in 2021. Dextrous Robotics designs for precision…


Recogni Looks to Disrupt Autonomous Vehicle Market with Vision Inference Chip

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…major automotive companies, including BMW, Toyota Ventures, and Bosch. To date, it has raised $74 million. RK Anand started Recogni back in 2017 and ran it as CEO up until October of last year when he stepped down to become chief product officer. Anand said he planned to help the company focus on taking its technology to market. Recogni’s new…


Intuition Robotics and Bold Partner to Bring Balance and Fitness to ElliQ Users

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…Atlanta, and Athens, Greece, include Toyota Ventures, Samsung NEXT, iRobot, and international venture capital firms. ElliQ and Bold offer connection The number of U.S. adults age 65 and older will more than double over the next 40 years, reaching 80 million in 2040, according to the Urban Institute. More than one in three people aged 65 and up falls each…


May Mobility Closes $111M Series C Funding to Develop Toyota Autonomous Mobility Platforms

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…continue deployment programs using the Toyota Sienna Autono-MaaS platform, named for autonomous mobility as a service. May Mobility also plans to begin development of the Toyota e-Palette vehicle. “With the close of this latest investment round, May Mobility will continue to accelerate growth in our technology, business development, and platforms, all with a global reach,” said Edwin Olson, CEO of…


Lift Truck Series: Lift truck safety gets proactive with sensors

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…particular applications, explains Tom Lego, Toyota brand ambassador for Toyota Material Handling. “B56 is an ANSI standard that is like the gold standard under which everyone agrees, if you are going to build forklifts, you need to make sure you are within these parameters,” Lego says. “That said, it gives latitude for manufacturers to continue to find ways to drive…


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