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Enchanted Tools Shows at CES 2023 Humanoid Robot Designed for Hospitals, Hotels

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…at Aldebaran (later acquired by SoftBank) and helped create the humanoid robots Nao and Pepper. With Miroki, Monceaux told Robotics 24/7 he is hoping to combine his years of experience and offer customers a robot that can easily navigate an environment and collaborate smartly with humans. The robots use artificial intelligence to understand prompts such as “Take all these objects…


Gausium and SoftBank Robotics America to Expand Service Robot Deployments Across U.S. Market

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…are coming to North America. SoftBank Robotics America and Gausium today announced that they have partnered to deploy indoor automated cleaning and service systems in the U.S. market. The partners said they will focus on helping companies successfully adopt, integrate, and scale robot operations. “SBRA [SoftBank Robotics America] is the right partner to bring our products to market throughout the…


Boston Dynamics CEO Discusses Path to Commercializing Robots

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…Group acquired the company from SoftBank Group Corp. in 2021. Since then, Boston Dynamics has demonstrated Spot in many different environments; offered the Stretch robot for unloading trucks; and continued to work with developers, software and sensor providers, and corporate customers. Last month, CEO Robert Playter joined Kiva Allgood, president and CEO of Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corp., at TCs…


JAKA Robotics Raises $150M in Series D Financing for Cobot Innovations

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…D funding Temasek, TrueLight Capital, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, and Prosperity7 Ventures, and the diversified growth fund of Aramco Ventures led JAKA Robotics' Series D round. One strategic investor also participated. “We believe Jaka Robotics is one of the leading collaborative robot companies in China who is helping manufacturers boost productivity,” said Dennis Chang, managing partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers.…


David Pinn, New Brain Corp CEO, Discusses His Outlook for the Mobile Robot Software Company

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…Whiz autonomous vacuum with partner SoftBank Robotics. Pinn brings experience to Brain Corp Pinn holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and a Masters in Business from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. He was a co-founder of Snaptracs, Qualcomm’s consumer electronics subsidiary. Pinn oversaw the…


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

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…project with MONET Technologies and SoftBank for an international route in Tokyo. A Toyota Sienna Autono-MaaS equipped with May Mobility’s ADK will launch this fall as part of a new public on-demand AV deployment. Source: May Mobility Investors support 'driver-out' operations May Mobility said its Series C round brings its total funding to date to $194 million. The company said…


ABB survey: 70% of US businesses looking to bring production closer to home

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…USA Tech: The Future of High-Tech Industries alongside other companies including Softbank Group International, GymPass and A-to-Be. In addition to taking about automation and robotics and the growing move to bring production closer to home, Atiya also noted that the business-friendly environment and level of entrepreneurship in the United States fuels ABB’s own innovation and growth there.


ABB Survey Finds 70% of U.S. Businesses Looking to Bring Production Closer to Home

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…American workers.” “The Future of High-Tech Industries alongside other companies including Softbank Group International, GymPass and A-to-Be,” Atiya said.“In addition to talking about automation and robotics and the growing move to bring production closer to home, Atiya also noted that the business-friendly environment and level of entrepreneurship in the United States fuels ABB’s own innovation and growth there.


Keenon Robotics No. 1 Catering Service Robot Provider in China, IDC Report Finds

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…exclusive strategic financing and the SoftBank Vision Fund. The company achieved successful results and was ranked on the Hurun “global unicorn company” list last year. Meanwhile, Keenon Robotics was named one of the top 10 “best investment cases in advanced manufacturing” by the CVINFO 2021 Annual List. The company has launched with six global business areas: North America, Europe, the…


SoftBank Backed Symbotic Completes SPAC Merger, Ready to Scale AI Driven Warehouse Robots

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…CEO. “Symbotic’s long-term partnership with SoftBank and other established investors will allow us to more rapidly scale our operations, introduce new technology innovations, and expand into new markets.” Wilmington, Mass.-based Symbotic previously announced its planned transaction in December 2021. The company said it provides robots, high-density storage, and machine learning to “reimagine the supply chain” for retail, wholesale, and food…


SoftBank Robotics America Partners With Autonomous Solutions Inc. on Outdoor Robotics

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SoftBank Group has been a significant investor in collaborative and service robotics. Its SoftBank Robotics America Inc. unit today announced a strategic development and equity partnership with Autonomous Solutions Inc., expanding its interest from indoor robots to automated ground vehicles. As part of the agreement, San Francisco-based SoftBank Robotics America (SBRA) has acquired a minority stake in Petersboro, Utah-based Autonomous…


Symbotic and Walmart Expand Partnership to Implement Automation in 42 Regional Distribution Centers

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…SVF Investment Corp. 3, a SoftBank unit, and plans to be publicly listed on Nasdaq. It filed an S-4 registration statement, a final proxy statement, and an SVF prospectus with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 9. Walmart to accelerate materials handling with robots Each week, approximately 220 million customers and members visit approximately 10,500 Walmart stores…


Automation Dawns on a New Day for Warehouses and Distribution Centers

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…the e-commerce fulfillment arm of SoftBank, is working to make a lights-out facility a reality. “Our ultimate goal is a completely automated warehouse,” said Masashi Okabe, a project manager and production engineer at SoftBank Robotics, and a member of the team that designed the highly automated 600,000-sq.-ft. facility in Ichikawa City. Part of that vision includes the development of a…


Boston Dynamics VP Discusses Development of Stretch Robot

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…Since acquiring Boston Dynamics from SoftBank last year, Hyundai Motor Group has expressed strong interest in commercializing products such as Stretch. What are Hyundai's expectations? “Most people in the Americas think of Hyundai as a car company, but in South Korea, it's a manufacturing company, a logistics company, and a construction company,” Blankespoor said. “They've got a huge number of…


United Robotics Group Acquires SoftBank Robotics Europe and Service Robot Portfolio

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…it has agreed to acquire SoftBank Robotics Europe SAS from SoftBank Robotics Group Corp. The transaction will result in United Robotics Group becoming one of the leading service robot providers in Europe, said the companies. As part of United Robotics Group (URG), the former SoftBank Robotics Europe (SBRE) will revert to the name “Aldebaran,” which developed robots for academic and…


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