Topic: Service

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Intuition Robotics Expands ElliQ Robot Pilots to Extend Primary Care Into Older Adults’ Homes

July 5, 2021 · Robots can help primary care providers make house calls. Intuition Robotics has expanded the capabilities of its ElliQ robot to increase interaction and data gathering for older people.

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Matterport and Facebook Release Open-Source Spatial Dataset to Train Robots and AI

June 30, 2021 · Collaboration to enable researchers to use Habitat, Facebook AI’s simulation platform for research in embodied AI, to help robots understand and interact with the physical world.

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Champlain Towers Collapse Demonstrates Need for Disaster-Response Robots, Says Expert

June 28, 2021 · The collapse of part of a condominium building in Surfside, Fla., is a reminder of the need for robots to be more available to local authorities, says IEEE Fellow Robin Murphy.

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Human-Machine Interaction Is Still Evolving, Note Global Robot Cluster Panelists

June 25, 2021 · The Global Robot Cluster co-hosted a virtual event with MassRobotics and Silicon Valley Robotics examining progress in human-robot interaction for healthcare and industrial uses.

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Miso Robotics, Lancer Worldwide Partner on Automated Beverage Dispenser for Quick-Service Restaurants

June 22, 2021 · Miso Robotics and global manufacturer Lander Worldwide are developing an automated beverage dispenser to help commercial kitchens save time and money fulfilling orders.

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Toyota Research Institute Demonstrates New Robot Capabilities for Household Tasks

June 21, 2021 · Robots often have difficulty recognizing transparent and reflective surfaces, but Toyota Research Institute says it has developed a way for household robots to generalize for complex situations.

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RobotLAB and SoftBank Robotics America Partner to Offer Pepper, NAO, and Whiz in North America

June 20, 2021 · SoftBank Robotics' Pepper and NAO humanoid service robots will be available for integration for educational and industrial use through RobotLAB, as will SoftBank's Whiz cleaning robots.

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Good Machine Sustainability Projects Get Autonomous Lift From Plus Trucks

June 18, 2021 · Trucks could help protect the environment, as a project between autonomous vehicle developer Plus and sustainability venture firm Good Machines hauls wildfire detection gear.

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Airwayz Partners With Digiland for AI-Driven Drone Fleet Management Services

June 16, 2021 · Airwayz, which has developed AI-based software for fleet management autonomous drones, is partnering with investment, operations, and consulting firm Digiland to deploy services worldwide.

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Facility Management Company ISS Selects UVD Disinfection Robots for Global Distribution

June 16, 2021 · ISS World Services will offer Blue Ocean Robotics' autonomous UVD Robots to its more than 60,000 customers for disinfecting spaces such as hospitals, factories, and offices.

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Why the U.S. Infrastructure Bill Must Respond to China’s Investment in High-Tech Manufacturing and Robotics

June 15, 2021 · China has made significant investments in technologies such as robotics, as well as in advanced manufacturing and global trade, so the U.S. needs the infrastructure bill to be competitive.

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Scythe Robotics Emerges From Stealth With $18.6M in Series A Funding for Autonomous Mower

June 15, 2021 · Scythe Robotics has raised Series A funding and is offering its electric commercial lawnmower through a robotics-as-a-service model. It can also capture property and performance data.

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Canon Solutions America Adds SoftBank Robotics’ Whiz to Workplace Health Portfolio

June 9, 2021 · Canon Solutions America is offering the Whiz vacuuming robot, produced by SoftBank Robotics and using Brain Corp.'s Brain OS, among its integrated products and services to commercial sites.

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Legged, Wheeled, and Tracked Robots Could Be on Same Power Curve, Find U.S. Army Researchers

June 6, 2021 · From cockroaches to tanks, U.S. Army researchers have found that the same power-mass-speed relation describes both biological systems and mobile ground robots using different locomotion.

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Top 10 Robotics Transactions of May 2021

June 5, 2021 · Robotics transactions in May 2021 slowed from the previous month, but companies supplying autonomous trucks, software and sensors, and systems for new applications raised millions of dollars.

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MegaRobo Raises $30M Series B for Light Robotics, IoT

May 29, 2021 · Robert Bosch Venture Capital and Sinovation participated in MegaRobo's financing, which will enable it to apply its motion-control technology to lab automation, retail, and light manufacturing.

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IFR Reviews National Robotics Plans in Updated ‘World Robotics R &D Programs’

May 27, 2021 · The International Federation of Robotics has reviewed the strategies of China, Japan, South Korea, the EU, Germany, and the U.S. and their funding for robotics research.

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Toyota Research Institute Shares Punyo Bubble Gripper Design to Advance Soft Robotics

May 26, 2021 · The source files for the Punyo Soft Bubble Gripper, which Toyota developed for household manipulation, are freely available to researchers working on soft robotics technology.

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Airwayz to Deploy Multiple Public Safety Drone Fleets in Same Urban Airspace

May 26, 2021 · Military and civil conflicts cost lives and property damage, but drone fleets such as those managed by Airwayz can help authorities assess the situation and prioritize responses.

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OhmniLabs Offers Modular Robotics Platform for Cloud-Based Mobile Robot Design

May 21, 2021 · OhmniLabs said its new Ohmni Modular Robotics Platform enables it to rapidly develop, manufacture, and deploy mobile service robots for a wide variety of applications.

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