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Sarcos Moves Into New Headquarters and Production Facility in Salt Lake City

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…exoskeleton and teleoperated industrial robotic avatar products. “We are thrilled to be in our new, state-of-the-art headquarters,” stated Ben Wolff, chairman and CEO of Sarcos. “With the significant company growth we are expecting over the next several years, we needed a building that could accommodate additional employees as well initial production of our flagship commercial products.” Sarcos offers robotic systems…


Touchlab Develops Electronic Skin, Reaches ANA Avatar XPRIZE Finals

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…warehousing company.” Touchlab is ANA Avatar XPRIZE finalist Touchlab was recently named one of the 15 finalists in the ANA Avatar XPRIZE, in which competitors are developing means for people to transport their presence over distances. “When the XPRIZE competition to make more intuitive telerobotic systems came along, we realized that one of the big things missing is haptics,” said…


ANA Avatar XPRIZE Competition Announces 15 Finalist Teams

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…the $10 million, four-year ANA Avatar XPRIZE Competition, which is intended to encourage the development of robotic avatars that could deploy a human user's senses, actions, and presence to a remote location in real time. XPRIZE yesterday announced that 15 teams from eight countries are advancing to the finals round. “We’re thrilled to announce the finalist teams moving forward in…


U.S. Navy Increases Contract Award for Sarcos Guardian DX Dexterous Mobile Robotic Avatar

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Sarcos Defense today announced that the U.S. Navy has exercised a contractual option to expand testing, evaluation, and demonstrations of its Guardian DX teleoperated dexterous robotic system for Navy-specific tasks, with a focus on its maintenance, modernization, and sustainment requirements. The contract expansion follows successful completion of the first phase of the Navy's Guardian DX contract. Sarcos Defense is a…


Sarcos Marks Industrial Exoskeleton Milestone, Begins Trading on Nasdaq

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…and Guardian XT industrial robotic avatar system to market, giving companies in the U.S. and abroad a unique solution to the critical shortage of workers who are able to conduct physically demanding tasks.” “We are very excited to continue working towards the development of our first commercial units, which we expect will be ready for release at the end of…


OhmniLabs Provides Telepresence Robots to eKAMI, Industrial Users

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…up,” Vu said. “The 'Newme' avatar robots gave out high school diplomas.” Top application areas In addition to events, what are other top users of OhmniLabs telepresence robots? “Healthcare, education, and manufacturing,” replied Vu. “Especially with COVID-19, robots can connect patients in quarantine with their families and doctors. We also integrate with Zoom to provide remote IT support on demand…


GITAI Robot Arm Arrives on SpaceX Capsule at ISS for Demonstration

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…a semi-finalist in the ANA Avatar XPRIZE competition. Onboard demo planned GITAI said it will collaborate with Nanoracks LLC on a technoical demonstration of the S1 robot arm in the Bishop airlock in Node 3 of the ISS. Houston-based Nanoracks is providing the launch opportunity, on-orbit operations, and data downlink. NASA astronauts will install the arm inside the airlock. It…


Sarcos Robotics Conducts First Field Demonstrations of Guardian XT Robotic Avatar

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…the Guardian XT industrial robotic avatar system in the field are a major achievement for Sarcos as we prepare for commercialization by the end of next year,” said Ben Wolff, chairman and CEO of Sarcos. “We look forward to continuing the dialogue with these initial partners and obtaining their feedback in order to deliver best-in-class robotics solutions that increase productivity…


WellSaid Labs Raises $10M Series A Round to Build ‘Human-Parity’ Synthetic Voices

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…represents their brands. Its Voice Avatar library provides access to multiple read styles and tones that producers can use. In addition, “brands can create their own AI voice avatars to spec — capturing the likeliness, style, and uniqueness of the voice needed to tell their stories in exactly the right way,” said the company. “We’ve added AI voice to the…


Sarcos Robotics CEO Discusses SPAC Merger, Bringing Guardian XO Exoskeleton to Market

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…24/7 recently covered the ANA Avatar XPRIZE, which also focuses on teleoperation. Did you consider competing? Wolff: We looked at participating but decided to keep our heads down on our core business. It's easy in robotics to get distracted, and we're focused on bringing our exoskeletons to markets such as warehousing and construction. Commercializing the Guardian exoskeleton How is Sarcos…


ANA Avatar XPRIZE Selects Semifinalists in Telepresence Competition

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…on the way to robotic avatars that could help with disaster relief, healthcare, space exploration, and more. That's the goal of the $10 million ANA Avatar XPRIZE competition, which announced semifinalist teams earlier this month. Sponsored by All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan's largest airline, the Avatar XPRIZE is a four-year global competition focused on crowdsourcing the development of systems to…


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