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Industrial robots take on dangerous tasks

October 22, 2025 · In this Special Focus issue, examine how different robots and automation systems help improve safety, efficiency and sustainabilty in industrial manufacturing settings, like the aerospace, automotive, electronics and defense industries.

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Palladyne AI, Draganfly collaborate to enable advanced UAV autonomous operations, swarming capabilities

October 21, 2025 · Palladyne AI continued its expansion by announcing a collaboration with Draganfly to enable advanced autonomous operations on drones and UAV platforms.

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Dronedesk drone fleet-management platform reaches 2 million flight minutes milestone

October 13, 2025 · Dronedesk, a drone fleet management platform, recorded its two millionth flight minute logged by users, representing a continued boom in professional drone usage.

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Italian startup Cyberwave raises €7M to make the physical world programmable

October 12, 2025 · Cyberwave, led by YC and Google alums, secured €7 million in funding to develop its automation platform that abstracts robots, sensors and machines into programmable digital twins.

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RoboBoston 2025 attracts over 7,500 attendees at yearly MassRobotics gathering in Boston

October 2, 2025 · RoboBoston 2025, hosted by MassRobotics, brought together over 7,500 attendees at the annual Boston event, with 75+ robots attracting crowds.

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Flybotix closes $10M Series A to accelerate growth of drone-based confined-space inspection technology

September 14, 2025 · Flybotix secured a $10M Series A extension round to further fund and accelerate the growth of its drone-based, confined-space inspection offerings, led by the ASIO X.

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XTEND completes $70M Series B round to scale autonomous AI robots across America

July 24, 2025 · AI-powered tactical autonomous robotic systems provider XTEND announced the completion of a $70M Series B funding round and scaling up of its technologies for defense.

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Pittsburgh Robotics Network launches Deep Tech Institute for Leadership and Innovation

July 2, 2025 · The Pittsburgh Robotics Network launched the Deep Tech Institute for Leadership and Innovation to grow technical talent and leadership capacity across Pittsburgh’s robotics, AI and deep tech sectors.

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PHOTOS: Robotics Invest 2025 panelists discuss physical AI, humanoids, and investment strategies

June 19, 2025 · Cybernetix Ventures hosted its third annual Robotics Invest summit, featuring panel discussions, presentations, and roundtables about physical AI, humanoids, and investment strategies.

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Palladyne AI receives additional funding via U.S. Air Force contract

June 11, 2025 · Palladyne AI received additional funding from a U.S. Air Force contract, and recently completed a series of Military Utility Assessment milestones for autonomous engineering projects.

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Foxglove publicly releases SDK for toolkit integration

June 11, 2025 · Speaker applications are open for Foxglove’s Actuate 2025 robot developer conference coming to San Francisco Sept. 23-24. The company publicly released its SDK to streamline integration.

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A3 presents 2025 Joseph F. Engelberger Robotics Awards

June 5, 2025 · Stuart "Stu" C. Shepherd and Peter Corke were presented the 2025 Joseph F. Engelberger Robotics Awards at Automate 2025, recognizing lifelong industry contributions and achievements.

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A3: 2025 Q1 North American robot orders grow slightly YoY from 2024

June 4, 2025 · At Automate 2025 in Detroit, The Association for Advancing Automation reported that YoY robot orders grew slightly in Q1 2025, totaling $580.7 million.

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U.S. Representatives relaunch bipartisan Congressional Robotics Caucus

June 2, 2025 · Four U.S. Representatives relaunched the bipartisan Congressional Robotics Caucus, which looks to bring Congress together to identify and discuss issues in the robotics and automation industries.

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Automate 2025: Orbbec, Connect Tech integrate Gemini 335Lg support

May 14, 2025 · Orbbec is demonstrating broadened compute platform and sensor options from a partnership with Connect Tech for its Gemini 335Lg GMSL/FAKRA stereo depth camera at Automate 2025.

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Automate 2025: NVIDIA partners showcase AI for industrial robots

May 13, 2025 · At Automate 2025, KUKA, Standard Bots, Universal Robots, Vention, Siemens, Connect Tech, DeepHow, InOrbit, and KoiReader are showcasing NVIDIA-powered robots and software.

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Automate 2025: Roboworx announces robot service maintenance optimization software system

May 13, 2025 · Roboworx announced a new software system designed to optimize robot maintenance during Automate 2025 in Detroit.

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Automate 2025: NVIDIA, Schneider Electric and Teradyne Robotics leaders to deliver keynotes

April 25, 2025 · Automate 2025 will feature keynotes from Brad Holmes, GM of the Detroit Lions, Deepu Talla, VP of robotics and edge AI at NVIDIA, Aamir Paul, President at Schneider Electric and Ujjwal Kumar, President at Teradyne Robotics.

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Automate 2025: AMRs, cobots, robot arms, components sensors and more on display

April 23, 2025 · Automate 2025, hosted by A3 at Detroit’s Huntington Place, will feature over 800 exhibitors showcasing the latest in robotics, automation, vision systems, AI, motion control and more.

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Peak Technologies opens new global headquarters

April 18, 2025 · Peak Technologies new global headquarters in Littleton, Mass. features technology demonstration center for AMRs, exoskeletons, scan tunnels, drones, and AI-powered machine vision.

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