Topic: Industrial Automation

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Cosmic Robotics raises $4 million for AI-powered robots

April 19, 2025 · Cosmic Robotics raised $4 million for AI-powered mobile manipulation robots designed to help reduce labor shortages and accelerate solar utility infrastructure construction.

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Remedy Scientific to automate soil decontamination

April 16, 2025 · Environmental remediation automation startup Remedy Scientific is introducing technology to automate soil decontamination, cleaning up land for redevelopment.

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Fizyr, Cognibotics, Zivid unveil new automated bin picking system

April 16, 2025 · A new bin picking system combining Cognibotics’ HKM1800 robot arm, Zivid’s 2+R series 3D camera, and Fizyr’s PANOPTICTM computer vision software was unveiled.

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Igus to introduce ReBeL humanoid mobile manipulation robot

April 14, 2025 · With 277 new motion plastics components introduced in 2025, igus is marking global growth and sustainability initiatives, including a new ReBeL humanoid mobile manipulation robot.

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Boston Dynamics Stretch unloads shipping containers for DHL

April 11, 2025 · To help meet the needs of its customers, DHL Supply Chain partnered with Boston Dynamics to develop Stretch, a mobile manipulation robot for loading dock case handling.

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Hyundai to deploy Boston Dynamics humanoids, quadrupeds

April 7, 2025 · At a Boston Dynamics town hall meeting, Hyundai Motor Group announced it will deploy tens of thousands of Atlas humanoids and Spot quadrupeds to expand manufacturing collaboration.

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Photoneo releases PhoXi control & firmware update 1.14

April 2, 2025 · Photoneo releases PhoXi control & firmware update 1.14, with updates that can increase accuracy for pick-and-place robot arms and AGV navigation.

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Chef Robotics raises $43M Series A to scale AI-enabled robots

April 1, 2025 · Chef Robotics raised $20.6M in equity and $22.5M for RaaS equipment, $43M Series A total to support sales and marketing to scale AI-powered food packaging automation deployments.

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ProMat 2025: Rousseau Metal introduces ElevaTek height-adjustable workstation

March 31, 2025 · Rousseau Metal recently introduced its modular and adaptable ElevaTek height-adjustable workstations designed to improve ergonomics and efficiency at ProMat 2025 in Chicago, Ill.

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ProMat 2025: Zebra Technologies unveils Aurora Velocity scan tunnel

March 28, 2025 · Zebra Technologies unveiled its Aurora Velocity automated scan tunnel and showcased industrial scanners, machine vision, AMRs, and wearable computers at ProMat 2025 in Chicago.

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Dexterity unveils AI-powered ‘superhumanoid’ Mech MMR

March 27, 2025 · Dexterity calls its new AI-powered Mech mobile manipulation robot (MMR) a superhumanoid designed for truck loading and unloading, palletizing and depalletizing, and order picking.

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Contoro Robotics raises $12M Series A to scale truck unloading robots

March 25, 2025 · Contoro Robotics raised $25M Series A to scale its AI-powered trailer and container unloading robots for loading dock automation in warehouses, gaining Amazon and Doosan funding.

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ProMat 2025: Deposco expands AI-powered WMS integration capabilities

March 25, 2025 · Deposco expanded its AI-powered WMS with order fulfillment profiles and pre-configured robotics and integration profiles with companies like AutoStore and Locus Robotics.

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ProMat 2025: AMRs, lift trucks, drones, batteries and more from day three in Chicago

March 19, 2025 · On day three of ProMat 2025 in Chicago, attendees were treated to more robot and software releases, expanding automation opportunities in the warehouse, supply chain and logistics spaces.

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ProMat 2025: AGVs, AMRs, ASRS, humanoids and more from day two in Chicago

March 18, 2025 · On day two of ProMat 2025 in Chicago, attendees were treated to more robot and software releases, expanding automation opportunities in the warehouse, supply chain and logistics spaces.

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GTC 2025: Vention unveils AI-powered bin picking system

March 18, 2025 · An ABB GoFa robot arm will pick and place McAlpine & Co.’s plumbing products from a bin using Vention’s MachineMotion AI controller accelerated by NVIDIA Jetson Orin at GTC 2025.

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ProMat 2025: Plus One Robotics launches new Partner Portal

March 18, 2025 · Plus One Robotics launched its new Partner Portal and showcased its advanced end-to-end palletizing and depalletizing capabilities at ProMat 2025.

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ProMat 2025: New mobile robots, lift trucks, software and more from day one in Chicago

March 18, 2025 · On day one of ProMat 2025 in Chicago, attendees were treated to numerous robot and software releases, expanding automation in the warehouse, supply chain and logistics industries.

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ProMat 2025: Orbbec unveils Gemini 335Le stereo vision camera, Pulsar SL450 long-range lidar

March 17, 2025 · At ProMat 2025 in Chicago, Orbbec released Gemini 335Le stereo vision camera enabled with Ethernet for robots operating in industrial environments, and Pulsar SL450 long-range lidar.

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Anyware Robotics secures $12M seed funding, deploys Pixmo unloading robot commercially

March 16, 2025 · Anyware Robotics announced it secured a $12 million seed funding round to develop and deploy its Pixmo unloading robot for containers and trucks in the logistics industry.

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