American Robotics Owner Ondas Acquires Ardenna to Offer Drone Analytics for Rail Inspection
March 21, 2022
Ondas Holdings, which owns industrial drone provider American Robotics, plans to integrate Ardenna's image-processing capabilities to make inspections easier and railways safer.
Zebra Technologies to Acquire Matrox Imaging Division
March 21, 2022
Zebra Technologies and Matrox Imaging cite their shared focus on innovation, as well as Zebra's global footprint, to help accelerate Maxtrox's machine vision strategy.
ABB Robotics President Predicts Automation and Robotics Trends for 2022
March 19, 2022
ABB new Robotics Division president notes that electric vehicles, collaborative robots, e-commerce acceleration, and the need for retraining will all be trending this year.
Secretary Walsh Participates in MassRobotics Panel on the Influence of Robotics on the U.S. Job Market
March 18, 2022
MassRobotics hosted a panel with government, academic, and industry experts on the future of work coinciding with the release of its five-year impact report.
Toyota Ventures Opens 2022 Call for Factory of the Future Innovation
March 18, 2022
Toyota Ventures' third global call of innovation seeks startups that can apply AI, robotics, and other technologies to enable Industry 4.0 and advanced manufacturing.
Plus One Robotics to Present and Give Robot Demonstrations at MODEX 2022
March 18, 2022
Plus One Robotics plans to demonstrate its software for giving vision to picking robots and supervised autonomy for a variety of warehouse tasks in Atlanta later this month.
Chipotle Tests Chippy Tortilla Robot From Miso Robotics
March 17, 2022
Chipotle is testing Miso Robotics' Chippy, which uses AI and robotics to cook and season tortilla chips in keeping with the fast-casual restaurant chain's recipe and style.
MIT Researchers Develop Learning Model to Teach Legged Robot to Run Faster
March 17, 2022
MIT's mini-cheetah quadruped robot can now run faster than ever, thanks to a new learning model developed by researchers at the university.
RightHand Robotics Launches Partner Integrator Program With Element Logic as First Member
March 16, 2022
RightHand Robotics, whose RightPick 3 system automates piece picking, is working with partners such as Element Logic and AutoStore to help customers automate order fulfillment.
Robot Prices Drop as AI Investments, Ethics Worries Increase, Finds Stanford HAI AI Index 2022 Report
March 16, 2022
The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence released the "AI Index Report 2022," which studied academic research, job postings, investments, and regulations around AI and robotics.
RIT Researchers Work to Make Mobile Robots for Warehouses Smarter
March 15, 2022
RIT faculty and researchers are developing ways for autonomous mobile robots to move more intelligently around warehouses. They have worked with The Raymond Corp. and Simcona Electronics Corp.
Intuition Robotics Launches ElliQ Companion Robot for Subscription in the U.S.
March 15, 2022
Intuition Robotics, which has developed ElliQ to be a digital care companion for older adults, said its system is now available on a subscription basis in the U.S. with...
Qualcomm, BMW, and Arriver Partner to Develop Driverless Vehicle Technology
March 14, 2022
Qualcomm, BMW, and Arriver are sharing one another's resources to help build a network of processing hardware, autonomous vehicle software, and machine vision systems.
ENOT Debuts Technology to Optimize Deep Neural Networks for Speed, Compression, and Energy Efficiency
March 14, 2022
ENOT.ai said its framework optimizes neural network architectures for accuracy and efficiency. The company said its framework, which has a Python API, can help robotics developers.
KABAM Robotics Merges With Cognicept Systems to Increase Presence in Facilities Management, Security
March 11, 2022
Thanks to a recent merger, Cognicept Systems and KBAM Robotics will soon be taking advantage of each other’s technology.
Mobileye Files for IPO in U.S., Will Stay Part of Intel
March 10, 2022
Mobileye has filed papers with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, entering the first phase of the Intel machine vision unit's initial public offering.
Mujin to Unveil Mixed Case Palletizing System, Other Warehouse Robotics Applications at MODEX 2022
March 9, 2022
Mujin will demonstrate its technology along with partners including FANUC, Kawasaki, Mitsubishi, and Yaskawa Motoman, as well as products from MHS, Tompkins Robotics, and Universal Robots.
MedCrypt Wins Cybersecurity Contracts for Three Surgical Robotics Companies
March 9, 2022
MedCrypt recently announced it has won contracts to work with three robotic surgical companies. It did not disclose which ones.
Terradepth Launches Absolute Ocean Data as a Service Platform to Map World’s Oceans
March 9, 2022
Terradepth's new Absolute Ocean platform is a cloud-based way for scientific, government, and industrial users to manage and share undersea data, which is provided as a service.
Robotics Promises to Help People With Disabilities
March 6, 2022
The Paralympics are a good occasion to look at robotics, exoskeletons, prosthetics, and other assistive technologies in development.
