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Oshkosh Corp. Invests in Carnegie Foundry to Build Autonomy and Robotics Capabilities

September 22, 2021 · Oshkosh Corp. has invested in and is partnering with Carnegie Foundry to accelerate the development of autonomous systems and robotics for industrial uses.

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Avidbots Expands Mobile Robot Offerings to Include Disinfection

September 21, 2021 · Avidbots, which is adding a Disinfection Add-On to its Neo floor-cleaning system, has tested multifunction robots at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

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SoftBank Robotics and Keenon Robotics Become Global Partners for Service Industry

September 21, 2021 · SoftBank Robotics and Keenan Robotics said their partnership will enable them to serve growing global demand for efficiency in food service, starting in Singapore.

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Keenon Robotics Raises $200M in Series D Funding for Service Robots

September 15, 2021 · Keenon Robotics plans to use its latest financing, led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, to develop applications for its mobile service robots and expand into new markets.

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Agile Robots Raises Series C Funding, Claims to Be First Unicorn in Field

September 13, 2021 · Agile Robots, which has headquarters in Munich and Beijing, has developed software and hardware and said it is the first intelligent robotics company worth $1 billion.

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Top 10 Robotics and Autonomous Vehicle Transactions of August 2021

September 8, 2021 · In August 2021, the total number of deals and their dollar value fell from the previous month, but industrial automation, self-driving cars, and logistics still thrived.

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RC Mowers Demonstrates Remotely Operated Robotic Mowers, Finds Nationwide Demand

September 1, 2021 · Commercial lawn mowing is a good application for robotic mowers, particularly for difficult terrain. RC Motors is demonstrating its remotely controlled mowers across the U.S.

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Basil Street Cafe Rolls Out Proprietary Pizza Kiosks Nationwide

August 27, 2021 · Basil Street Café, which is raising funding through a crowdfunding campaign on SeedInvest, has developed automated pizza kitchens that it claims can replicate brick-oven pizza.

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Robotic Restaurant Spyce to Join sweetgreen in Automating the Fast-Casual Market

August 25, 2021 · Sweetgreen, which is valued at more than $1 billion, said it has a shared vision for making healthy food more accessible with Boston-based robotic salad and bowl maker Spyce.

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Sarcos Robotics Names Pine Environmental a Distributor for Guardian S Remote Inspection Robot

August 19, 2021 · Monitoring and testing provider Pine, which has 39 locations throughout the U.S. and Canada, will offer Sarcos Robotics' Guardian S mobile robot for surveillance and inspection.

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Picnic Makes Robotic Pizza System Commercially Available in the U.S.

August 18, 2021 · The Picnic Pizza System, which is now available through a RaaS model for pre-order from Picnic, is designed to work with existing menus and help make up to 100 pizzas per hour.

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Mobile Robots to Revolutionize Multiple Industries, Reports International Federation of Robotics

August 10, 2021 · As a subset of service robotics, AMRs are advancing and will grow 31% annually in logistics, as well as become applicable in industries beyond logistics, according to the IFR.

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7+ Robots to Watch for During the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games

July 23, 2021 · Toyota and Panasonic have developed robots to provide assistance during the delayed Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. They will also showcase Japan's robot prowess.

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Brain Corp CTO Discusses Software Driving Mobile Robot Value, Future Plans

July 23, 2021 · Jon Thomason, chief technology officer of Brain Corp, recently described his goals for the company, which provides autonomy kits for existing industrial equipment.

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Five Robotics Failures and What Developers Can Learn From Them

July 20, 2021 · Humanoid robots, fruit-picking robots, and the ongoing self-driving car race show that rather than blame luck or overestimate technology, designers can learn from past mistakes.

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Bring Automated Cleaning to Scale

July 20, 2021 · Autonomous mobile robots will propel that growth in the cleaning industry. Attend this webcast and learn how companies are incorporating robots, and how InOrbit provides effective operations to help robots clean more efficiently with real-time data.

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Tencent Invests $400M in Meituan to Keep Developing Autonomous Vehicles, Delivery Drones

July 17, 2021 · Food delivery firm Meituan, which has invested in service robots, 3D vision, and autonomous vehicles, plans to continue development with latest funding from Tencent.

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MIT Motion-Planning Algorithm Enables Robot to Safely Dress a Person

July 16, 2021 · To move safely and efficiently around people, robots need human-aware motion planning, as in a new algorithm developed at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.

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AZIOBOT and Network Operator Proximus Explore 5G With Autonomous Cleaning Robots

July 15, 2021 · AZIOBOT's SB2 floor-cleaning robot is designed to be "like a self-driving car for cleaning," and Proximus' 5G connectivity will enable it to gather data to improve operations.

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WellSaid Labs Raises $10M Series A Round to Build ‘Human-Parity’ Synthetic Voices

July 7, 2021 · WellSaid Labs has received funding from FUSE, Voyager Capital, Qualcomm, and GoodFriends and said it will expand development of its AI product, which can aid human-machine interaction.

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