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Motion plastics components provider igus has unveiled its first humanoid robot, Iggy Rob. The company said Iggy Rob is designed to support industrial production, service environments and transportation tasks. For approximately $54,500, igus said the market-disruptive price presents a cost-effective entry point into humanoid robotics for companies seeking automation offerings. Lower humanoid barrier to adoption igus said Iggy Rob’s introduction…
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XTEND, a provider of AI-powered tactical autonomous robotic systems, announced that Aliya Capital Partners and Protego Ventures have co-led a strategic $30M extension to its $70M Series B funding round. The new funding joins participating investors, including Len Blavatnik’s Caltech, Union-Tech Ventures and Chartered Group. XTEND systems in use by U.S. D.o.D, Israel Defense Force XTEND said its AI-powered systems…
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Glīd Tech, a Detroit-based organization developing autonomous road-to-rail technologies within the first mile, unveiled an unmanned, dual-mode Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform. The company said its platform is built to serve the evolving demands of freight, defense and industrial automation by uniting Rāden, a hybrid-electric unmanned ground vehicle, with EZRA-1SIX, Glīd’s AI-powered orchestration software. Bridging road and rail in logistics Glīd Tech…
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Sagawa Express, one of Japan’s largest logistics companies, today officially approved onsite operational validation of Dexterity’s industrial ‘superhumanoid,’ Mech, in its X Frontier relay center in Tokyo, Japan, after successful completion of rigorous testing. The approval, obtained with the partnership of Sumitomo Corporation, marks the beginning of Mech’s onsite use at Sagawa, which started in May 2025. Mech testing for…
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QNX, a division of BlackBerry Limited, unveiled new research showcasing growing positive attitudes from global technology leaders about the adoption and trust of robotics within the workplace. The research, The Age of the Robot, analyzed data from a survey of 1,000 executives from across the healthcare, manufacturing, automotive and heavy machinery industries revealed that the majority (71%) are currently using…
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Dangerous, dirty and boring tasks are ripe for automation. Repeatability offers a prime opportunity for automation to help uplift and upskill the human portion of the labor force. Closed-loop AI helps robots function more like humans through flexibility and adaptability when changes arise. In this podcast, we discuss the closed-loop AI platform Palladyne IQ, and how to utilize the system…
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SS Innovations International, a developer of surgical robotic technologies that aims to make healthcare via robotic surgery affordable for and accessible to a global population, announced that it has installed more than 100 SSi Mantra surgical robotic systems in India and six other countries. To date, SS Innovations said that more than 5,000 surgical procedures have been successfully performed utilizing…
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Eighty percent of humans will engage with smart robots daily, and one in 20 supply chain managers will manage robots, rather than humans, by 2030, according to a recent report from Gartner, Inc. Organizations are placing greater emphasis on enhancing the capabilities of their existing workforce by supplementing with robotics due to factors like labor scarcity and rising costs. Gartner,…
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Shenzen, China-based Pudu Robotics, a global provider of service robotics, unveiled the PUDU MT1 Vac, an AI-powered robotic sweeper and vacuum. The company said PUDU MT1 Vac was designed to meet the rising demand for high-performance dry cleaning in commercial and industrial spaces. Combining sweeping, vacuuming and dust-mopping functions in a single robot, Pudu Robotics said MT1 Vac brings intelligent…
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Despite initial projections that the global collaborative robot (cobot) market would bottom out in 2023, cobot shipment growth hit new lows in 2024, falling to 13.8%, according to new data from market research firm Interact Analysis. The IA data suggests that the market has come under increasing pressure over recent years amid ongoing economic headwinds and supply chain disruptions. Fluctuations…
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Global provider of embedded machine vision systems e-con Systems recently introduced its RouteCAM_CU86, an ONVIF-compliant 4K HDR GigE camera. E-con Systems said the camera was engineered to provide exceptional image clarity and reliability even in the most challenging lighting environments. The IP67-rated camera is designed for smart surveillance, intersection monitoring, sports and gaming analytics, and dental lighting systems, offering efficient…
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GreyOrange, a global provider of hyper-intelligent warehouse orchestration and store inventory software, announced the appointment of Saurabh Gupta as Chief Technology Officer. GreyOrange said that Gupta, an industry leader in intelligent hardware and autonomous systems, brings over two decades of experience leading innovation at iconic technology companies. Gupta formerly held roles at Apple, Amazon As CTO, GreyOrange said Gupta will…
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Market research firm Interact Analysis said 2025 has been a turbulent year for the warehouse automation market. The year began with optimism, but IA said that as President Trump’s trade policies became clearer, market sentiment shifted toward a more pessimistic outlook. Despite this, IA data indicate that order intake for fixed automation in 2024 (last year) exceeded its expectations. This…
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Developer of advanced autonomous systems for the construction industry, San Francisso-based Bedrock Robotics, announced its emergence from stealth mode with an $80 million Seed and Series A funding round. Rather than design and sell costly new machinery, Bedrock said it upgrades customers’ existing heavy equipment fleets with reversible, same-day hardware and software installs to enable fully autonomous operations. $13 trillion…
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A significant slump in the global industrial robots industry in 2023 continued throughout 2024, with revenue declining 5.8% year-on-year, according to market research firm Interact Analysis. The latest report from Interact Analysis suggests this was due to sluggish demand caused by a dip in manufacturing activity over the year, coupled with a decrease in average prices. With the manufacturing industry…
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