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…North America's freight travels by tractor-trailer truck on highways, but the addition of autonomy, modularity, and electrification to locomotives could give the older transportation mode new life. Parallel Systems last week came out of stealth and announced that it has raised $49.55 million in its Series A round. The Culver City, Calif.-based startup said it plans to use the funding…
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…company said its platform turns tractors and other equipment into autonomous machines providing a low-cost, technology-enabled labor force to remotely manage such equipment. By partnering with some of the most trusted names in agricultural OEM equipment, Agtonomy claimed that it will deliver immediate value and sustainability to local farmers. In addition to accelerating development of its teleoperations technology, Agtonomy said…
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…market leader in robotic tow tractors worldwide. It now offers its products in a robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) model. Seegrid added that it has made multiple enhancements to its autonomy technology and fleet management software. Seegrid IQ fuses data from cameras, lidar, and machine learning models with the company’s proprietary 3D computer vision system. The company also launched Fleet Geek, cloud-based analytics…
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…equip self-driving pallet trucks, tow tractors, and lift trucks for high-capacity materials handling operations. The lidar will help Vecna's system confidently navigate dynamic environments, safely detect and avoid obstacles while working alongside people and manually driven vehicles, and intelligently map its path through real-time topological reasoning, said the companies. “We completed an exhaustive evaluation of all 3D lidar sensors on…
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…“For example, our Palion Tow Tractors are picking and placing at conveyors. Our AMRs can pull alongside the conveyor and transfer an item back and forth between the conveyor and the tow tractor. We also have AMRs currently integrating with roll-up doors in facilities so our robot can open the door as it enters a new space and then closes…
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…today announced a fully autonomous tractor that it said is ready for large-scale production. Deere said the machine combines its 8R tractor, TruSet-enabled chisel plow, GPS guidance, and additional innovations. The autonomous tractor will be available to farmers later this year. In 1837, John Deere, a blacksmith from Vermont, moved to Illinois, where he found that the local soil stuck…
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…share worldwide for automated tow tractors. Seegrid launched several new robot models in 2021, including the Palion Lift, which it said is the only autonomous lift truck in the market with “industry-leading” 3D perception. Seegrid and Applied Intuition Seegrid said the partnership “involves a significant invesment” and will enable it to quickly validate product innovations in more supply chain environments…
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…8 of its Palion Tow Tractor. Jeff Christensen, vice president of product at Seegrid, replied to the following questions from Robotics 24/7 about Seegrid IQ and the Palion Lift, which is available through the Seegrid Technology Early Access Program: What elements of Box Robotics' technology are in the latest generation of the Seegrid IQ technology? Christensen: Seegrid’s acquisition of Box…
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…help harvest specialty crops. Monarch Tractor this week announced that it has completed a $61 million Series B fundraising round. The Livermore, Calif.-based company said it will use the financing to scale its sales, service, and manufacturing footprint. The startup also plans to expand its product offerings and launch international pilot test programs for regional market validation. “Fruit and vegetable…
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…49 million hours’ worth of tractor driving, will now be paired with Midnight Robotics’ autonomous driving technology so that actionable insights are acted upon in the smartest, most efficient way possible—autonomously,” he told Robotics 24/7. “Now through a single platform, growers can understand their farming operations needs and direct autonomous equipment to fulfill them, maximizing accuracy and productivity. The unified…
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…“For example, our Palion Tow Tractors are picking and placing at conveyors. Our AMRs can pull alongside the conveyor and transfer an item back and forth between the conveyor and the tow tractor.” “We also have AMRs currently integrating with roll-up doors in facilities so our robot can open the door as it enters a new space and then close…
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…upgrades to its Palion Tow Tractor and Palion Pallet Truck, extending the end-to-end capabilities of its AMR fleet. The company has also introduced Fleet Geek, a cloud-based analytics product that can provide critical insights to optimize workflows, increase utilization, quantify the value of automation, and scale automation initiatives across the enterprise. Customer insights from STEP will enable Seegrid to add…
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…standard feature in some agricultural tractors. Cognitive Pilot announced that Kirovets K-7M tractors made by Peterburgsky Traktorny Zavod JSC will come equipped with the Cognitive Agro Pilot autonomous driving system starting next year. Production of fully self-driving tractors will begin in 2024, said the companies. Cognitive Pilot and Peterburgsky Traktorny Zavod (PTZ) said their joint offering will enable farmers to…
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…share worldwide for automated tow tractors. Interact Analysis' 2021 Mobile Robot report evaluated 2020 data and focused on material handling applications in manufacturing and logistics environments. “For nearly five years, we have been closely following the tremendous growth in the AGV [automated guided vehicles] and AMR [autonomous mobile robot] market across the globe, and this report reinforces that Seegrid has…
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…have focused first on autonomous tractors, autonomous weeding, and harvesting, where they try to comprehensively automate incredibly hard technical tasks, and often struggle to scale into a large market,” stated Charlie Andersen, CEO of Burro. “We’ve started instead with collaborative people-scale robots that help people by moving heavy things around.” “The beauty of this approach is that we can scale…
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Cybernetix Ventures’ event kicks off Robotics Tech Week 2026 slate of events
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