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…Center of Excellence for Advanced Robotics Research and Development in Fremont, California. The center, located in the heart of Silicon Valley, will focus on developing state-of-the-art platforms for autonomous mobile robotics and automated guided vehicles, as well as advanced algorithms for human-machine collaboration and biomedical robotics. Overseeing the center’s operation is Tapan Pattnayak, who was named Director of System Architecture…
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…Center of Excellence for Advanced Robotics Research and Development in Fremont, Calif. The Silicon Valley center will focus on developing platforms for mobile robots, as well as advanced algorithms for human-machine collaboration and biomedical robotics. Overseeing the center's operation is Tapan Pattnayak, whom Addverb named director of system architecture in April 2022. Pattnayak brings product development experience from Google, NVIDIA,…
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…February 2022, THL participated in robotic picking provider RightHand Robotics' Series C round. In April, the private equity (PE) firm oversaw the merger of MHS Global and Fortna to create an e-commerce and logistics services leader. THL expects automation to transform industries Mike Kaczmarek, managing director at THL, spoke with Robotics 24/7 about his outlook for robotics. “We invest in…
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…“I'd like to see a robotics entrepreneur win,” noted Andra Keay, managing director of Silicon Valley Robotics (SVR). She is also industrial activities president for the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (IEEE RAS), as well as entrepreneurship deep tech lead at IEEE. IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, is a Piscataway, N.J.-based professional association with more than 400,000…
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…fiction, but Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corp. is making them a reality for industrial use today. The company is rapidly growing to address the potential of human-robot collaboration. Founded in 1983, Sarcos started out like many commercial robotics pioneers, developing systems for the U.S. Department of Defense. Its Guardian S is a portable mobile robot for surveillance and inspection. The…
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XPENG Robotics, an affiliate of XPeng Inc., today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with a consortium of investors to raise over $100 million (U.S.) for its Series A capital funding. XPENG Robotics was established in 2016 and claims to be one of the earliest companies in the walking robot sector in China. The company is headquartered in…
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…the additional for software enhancements, market expansion and to grow Flexiv’s robotic ecosystem. In addition to having an office in Silicon Valley, the company is also in Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Foshan, Taiwan, and Singapore. Market Insights estimated the cobot market will be valued at $8.6 billion by 2029.
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…technologies promise to further democratize robotics. Brad Porter, former vice president and distinguished engineer in robotics at Amazon, today announced that he and his team have raised $10 million to launch Collaborative Robotics. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based startup said it will use the funding to quickly onboard strategic new hires, accelerate research and development, and build out its infrastructure. “There…
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…and Rizon 10 systems combining robotics and artificial intelligence. “This is the first time that Flexiv attends the Automate Show as an exhibitor,” stated Howard Huang, director of sales and business development for North America at Flexiv. “This exhibition offers a glimpse of the future, and we are ready to make that future a reality.” Describing itself as “a world-leading,…
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…are at the forefront of robotics and automation, being the first company in the world to make commercial deliveries by drone, and have developed unmanned delivery vehicles, warehouses and stores. And with their platform generating an astounding 31 petabytes of data every day, they are building powerful AI and machine learning tools. They have global R&D effort headquartered in Silicon…
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…new efficiencies from automation. Dusty Robotics yesterday announced that it has closed a $45 million Series B round. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company said it plans to use the funding to grow its team, expand its product offerings, and accelerate manufacturing with the goal of deploying Dusty systems on every construction site in the U.S. “Dusty is accelerating the digitization…
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PITTSBURGH—At the Cascadia Connect robotics and automation conference yesterday, three of the top robotics cluster organizations in the U.S. announced that they are forming an alliance. MassRobotics, the Pittsburgh Robotics Network (PRN), and Silicon Valley Robotics (SVR) are forming the United States Alliance of Robotics Clusters (USARC). With the increased collaboration, the organizations said they will use one another's resources…
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…capital firm investing in early-stage robotics, automation, artificial intelligence companies, yesterday announced the launch of its first global fund. Cybernetix Fund I will focus on pre-seed, seed, and Series A investments in startups developing systems for manufacturing, logistics, construction, and healthcare verticals. The Boston-based fund said it will also invest in robotics-enabling technologies in AI/machine learning, cloud robotics, cybersecurity, autonomy,…
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…around the world, some key robotics clusters have emerged as hubs of innovation. In the U.S., innovation is happening all over the country, but a few hotbed areas include Pittsburgh, Silicon Valley, and Boston. Denmark, Germany, and Sweden are among the most automated countries in the world, according to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). Japan, South Korea, China, and…
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Construction automation company Built Robotics announced the close of a $64 million Series C led by Tiger Global, bringing its total funding to $112 million. Built Robotics' motto is to “build the robots that build the world.” Its ExoSystem product is retrofitted onto excavators to make them autonomous. The company said the system is deployed across the $1 trillion earthmoving…
From geometry preparation to AI-assisted analysis, integrated CFD workflows…
Software-based GripperAI manages mixed picking through basic geometry
Safety, communication and motion control components enable smooth operation
North America’s largest robotics and automation event winds down
