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NEURA Robotics, the German cognitive robotics company and creator of the Neuraverse, announced Series C financing with a total round size of up to $1.4 billion. The company said that the funding round will accelerate its mission of building the world’s leading physical AI platform. NEURA Series C details NEURA Robotics said that the financing brings together global leaders across…
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B&R Stores, Inc., a family-owned grocery operator behind banners including Russ's Market, Allen's, Super Saver and Cash Saver, has introduced Simbe's Store Intelligence platform, powered by the company’s autonomous shelf-scanning robot, Tally, to select locations in Lincoln, Neb. By capturing real-time, shelf-level data on product availability, pricing and placement, Simbe said that Tally provides B&R store teams the visibility to…
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New York-based AI-native, industrial robotics manufacturer Standard Bots announced a $200 million Series C led by RoboStrategy and existing investors. The funding positions the company at a $1 billion valuation, which it said marks a major milestone for American robotics at a time when U.S. industry is racing to modernize and reshore. The company announced that it is also expanding…
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The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) has announced the keynote lineup for Automate 2026, as artificial intelligence reshapes industrial automation and drives manufacturers and other industries to find new ways to address workforce shortages, improve productivity and remain competitive. The Association said that these themes will take center stage this year at Automate, June 22-25, 2026, in Chicago at McCormick…
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Yale Lift Truck Technologies announced the launch of lithium-ion batteries and chargers designed specifically for its lift trucks, including the new ERC-VG2 series of electric counterbalanced lift trucks. The company stated that its purpose-built batteries and chargers eliminate the compatibility concerns that can arise with third-party power technologies, offering a high-performance, maintenance-free, zero-emission power option at a competitive price point.…
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Mitsubishi Electric opened Serendie Street Boston, the company’s first western digital transformation (DX) hub. The company said that the opening represents a major milestone in Mitsubishi Electric’s global Serendie co-creation initiative which brings together researchers, startups, customers and partners to turn ideas into deployable offerings. Serendie Street Boston details Mitsubishi Electric said that Serendie Street Boston serves as a new…
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Generalist, an embodied foundation model development company, announced a $400 million funding round, bringing its total raised to more than half a billion dollars. The company said that the capital will be used to accelerate its mission of building physical AGI, and making it useful to everyone. Generalist said that its new major investors include Radical Ventures (lead), 8VC, Union…
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A new report from market research firm Interact Analysis found that shipments of collaborative robot (cobots) are predicted to grow at an average annual rate of 17.3% from 2025 to 2030. IA’s latest market report found that cobot shipments will almost double over the forecast period to 128,918 units. This follows a positive 2025, with shipments of cobots increasing 14.5%…
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Autonomous robotic delivery technology company Serve Robotics announced a new partnership with NoScrubs, an on-demand laundry service, marking Serve’s first commercial urban delivery partnership outside of prepared food. Serve said that the pilot, launching in early June in select Los Angeles neighborhoods, will use Serve's existing fleet of autonomous sidewalk robots to deliver NoScrubs laundry orders directly to customers' doors.…
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Robotiq introduced IQ, which the company said is an AI-enabled platform designed to make robotic workcell integration faster, more predictable and easier to scale. The company said that IQ captures unstructured automation project data, coordinates engineering workflows and helps partners generate validated workcell designs based on real customer inputs and historical deployment data from thousands of previous factory installations. Shifting…
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FORT Robotics, a developer of safe control technologies for robots and mobile machines, announced the acquisition of Mapless AI, a Boston- and Pittsburgh-based provider of vehicle teleoperation and autonomy supervision technologies. FORT said that the acquisition represents a significant commercial expansion of its Trust Platform, adding two critical new capabilities: remote human-in-the-loop teleoperation and onboard active safety. Building trust in…
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Real-world AI company Brain Corp announced that its BrainOS autonomy platform has completed a SOC 2 Type II examination - a rigorous, independent audit of how it secures data and operates systems over time. With tens of thousands of autonomous robots already operating in commercial environments worldwide, the company said that the conversation around AI is shifting from proving it…
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Slamcore, a provider of spatial intelligence software, announced a $14 million funding round from top investors, including ROKStar Ventures, a subsidiary of Rockwell Automation, a global provider of industrial automation and digital transformation. The company said that the round brings its total funding to $40M, with backing from investors including Toyota Ventures, Interwoven Ventures, MMC Ventures, Amadeus Capital Partners and…
GENISOM AI makes ICRA debut at conference in Vienna
World's first omni-modal evaluation including tactile sensing for…
Ultrasonic sensing enhances robotics perception
North America’s largest automation and robotics event takes place June 22-25
