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January 5, 2025 · One Equity Partners completed a majority investment in Comau, which will provide the global industrial robotics and automation company with additional capital to grow and expand.
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January 2, 2025 · CynLr, an India-based robotics startup, secured a $10M Series A, which will be used to expand its team and supply chain network capabilities along with hardware, software enhancements.
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January 1, 2025 · Bain Capital led Series A funding for Cofactr’s component sourcing platform. Customers include e-commerce robotics, autonomous vehicles, and wearables hardware manufacturers.
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December 31, 2024 · Robot industry leaders provided their 2025 robotics predictions, focusing heavily on humanoids, artificial intelligence and vision systems for automation in 2025.
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December 30, 2024 · Zebra Technologies acquired Photoneo and the company’s robotic vision sensors and intelligence software from Photoneo Brightpick Group. The transaction is expected to close Q1 2025.
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December 28, 2024 · The US1 power wash drone from Apellix builds upon the success of the company’s B1 cleaning drone, with updated navigation and fluid resistance backed by customer support.
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December 25, 2024 · Saurabh Daga, GlobalData project manager of Disruptive Tech, said improvements to AI, adaptability, and dexterity will pave the way for humanoids to replace or augment human roles.
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December 24, 2024 · MHI announced that Paul Zikopoulos, Azeem Azhar, Deion Sanders, John Paxton and Wanda Johnson will provide the keynote addresses at ProMat 2025 at Chicago’s McCormick Place.
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December 23, 2024 · ABB Robotics announced that T-Robotics and Mbodi won its 2024 AI Startup Challenge. The winners will collaborate on conversation AI, adaptive learning robotics offerings with ABB.
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December 21, 2024 · Mantis Robotics secured $5M in funding, led by Emerald Technology Ventures and the Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund to expand its presence in the industrial robot arm marketplace.
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December 20, 2024 · The free-to-attend cobot conference and tradeshow will feature hands-on demos, speakers from A3, Siemens and MIT, and 'surprise speakers' from automotive and AI chip manufacturers.
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December 18, 2024 · Robot trends in 2024 focused heavily on humanoids, artificial intelligence (AI), collaborative robots (cobots) and robotic deployments across industries.
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December 18, 2024 · Pudu Robotics released its AI-powered industrial robotic sweeper, the MT1, which is designed for large-scale environments to transform large-scale cleaning operations.
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December 17, 2024 · In this Special Focus issue, examine how robotic integrations occur across a variety of industries, and the potential challenges associated with integrating multiple types of automation within the same environment.
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December 17, 2024 · Slip Robotics announced it has secured a $28 Series B financing round, led by DCVC, to further its development of automated-truck-loading robots-as-a-service offering.
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December 14, 2024 · Boston Dynamics made the 'extremely difficult' decision to lay off 45 employees across the company to support 'long-term profitability goals' and 'sustainable growth.'
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December 11, 2024 · Rethink Robotics announced it has appointed two new C-suite executives, naming Julia Astrid Riemenschneider and Franziska Lorenz as CEO and COO, respectively.
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December 10, 2024 · Larry Sweet, a member of the ARM (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing) Institute’s engineering team, shares experiences and best practices from successful robot integrations.
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December 9, 2024 · FlexLink’s third generation RC12 palletizing cobot arm features a redesigned, standardized base, safety systems, and a user-friendly interface that require no programming skills.
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December 8, 2024 · Tormach announced an expanded initiative for U.S. manufacturing education by developing a CNC metal milling curriculum and releasing a new 4th axis for its xsTECH Tabletop CNC Router.
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