Tennant Adds Lithium-Ion Batteries to Three Autonomous Floor Cleaning Robots
April 6, 2022
Tennant Co. has added lithium-ion batteries as an option to three of its autonomous floor-cleaning robots running on BrainOS. It said they will ease usage and maintenance.
Kraken Completes Robotics as a Service Contract for Royal Canadian Navy
April 6, 2022
Kraken Robotics says its recently completed contract with the Royal Canadian Navy demonstrated that its KATFISH and LW-SAS systems can meet naval needs for high-quality survey data.
Softeon Showcases Smart Warehouse Management Services at MODEX 2022
March 28, 2022
Softeon said it offers enabling technologies for warehouses looking to automate more processes. It will show off some of that technology at MODEX 2022 this week.
NVIDIA Announces Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit and Isaac Nova Orin for Mobile Robots at GTC 2022
March 22, 2022
NVIDIA announced at GTC Spring 2022 its Jetson AGX Orin developer kit, which is eight times faster than Jetson AGX Xavier, and the new Isaac Nova Orin for 3D robotic perception.
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.
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.
InOrbit Adds Data Backfill to Robot Operations Tools
March 17, 2022
InOrbit, which develops robot operations tools, is now offering Data Backfill to maintain data integrity by storing data and uploading it to the cloud for later analysis and observability.
Körber Shares Supply Chain Software and Automation Strategy at Elevate Americas 2022
March 16, 2022
Korber Supply Chain has announced new cloud-based services, warehouse management software, and controls for voice and robotics systems, as well as customer successes, at the event.
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.
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.
Geek+ and Engero Deploy AMRs at Cold Chain Port in Tianjin, China
March 2, 2022
Geek+ has partnered with integrator Engero to outfit a cold-chain port warehouse in China with its autonomous mobile robots.
CoreAVI Offers Safe Robotics Designs With Newly Ratified Vulkan SC API
March 2, 2022
CoreAVI says its VkCore SC, which is based on the new Vulkan Safety-Critical open application programming interface, will help robot and vehicle developers build on embedded safety.
Zyter and Qualcomm to Provide Mobile Robot, Other Applications for 5G Private Networks
February 28, 2022
Zyter and Qualcomm have collaborated to provide 5G network management, a consolidated dashboard, and production-ready applications for mobile robots in multiple environments.
RIOS Raises Series A Funding for AI Powered Robotic Workcells
February 23, 2022
RIOS said it plans to use its $28 million to scale deployments of AI-driven workcells in a robotics-as-a-service model for factories, warehouses, and supply chain customers.
RightHand Robotics Picks Up Series C Funding for Piece Picking Automation
February 23, 2022
RightHand Robotics has raised a total $99 million to date as it continues to make its RightPick 3 suite even faster, more flexible, and scalable for e-commerce order fulfillment.
PTC to Provide Onshape to MassRobotics Startups to Accelerate Robot Design Process
February 17, 2022
PTC is providing free licenses of its Onshape cloud CAD software to MassRobotics resident startups to accelerate the product-design process and help them be competitive.
InOrbit Launches Configuration as Code to Help Robot Operations Developers
February 9, 2022
InOrbit says its new Configuration as Code capability enables robot operations developers to apply software best practices and tools to understanding and managing fleets of robots.
Kollmorgen and Ericsson Test 5G to Expand Mobile Robot Capabilities
February 9, 2022
Kollmorgen, a supplier of autonomy technology for robots and vehicles, said its initial tests of 5G networking with telecommunications provider Ericsson yielded promising results.
Collaborative Robots Raise the Bar for Productivity
February 8, 2022
Collaborative robots can not only boost productivity, but they can also provide flexibility and precision for automating tasks in manufacturing, fulfillment, and logistics.
