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Allied Universal Starts Selling Knightscope Autonomous Security Robots

February 16, 2022 · Allied Universal, a global security services provider, has started selling Knightscope's autonomous security robots to help expand its customer base.

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Starship Technologies Launches Robotic Delivery Service in San Francisco Bay Area

February 16, 2022 · Starship Technologies has expanded its partnership with The Save Mart Cos. to launch on-demand delivery of groceries from the Lucky California flagship store with its mobile robots and app.

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Flytrex Releases ‘2021 Yardstick,’ Offering Insights Into Drone Delivery Demand

February 16, 2022 · Flytrex, which has conducted drone deliveries starting in 2017 in Iceland and has expanded service in North Carolina, shared details of last year's customer trends as it expands nationwide.

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Miso Robotics to Install Flippy 2 Frying Robot in 100 More White Castle Locations

February 16, 2022 · White Castle, which claims to be the world's first fast-food hamburger chain, is ordering more Flippy 2 robots from Miso after its initial, successful deployment around Chicago.

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AERAS Fog Uses Drones to Survey Pittsburgh Bridges for Structural Integrity  

February 15, 2022 · While AERAS drones have cleaned stadiums and other large venues such as the Kentucky Derby, they are now being used to determine the safety of infrastructure in the “City of Bridges.”

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Humanoid Robots Could Reach Out and Take Patient’s Blood Pressure

February 14, 2022 · Simon Fraser University researchers have provided a humanoid robot with leech-inspired origami sensors in its fingertips to take ECG and PPG readings and obtain a patient's blood pressure.

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Titan Medical Passes Milestone With More Than 200 Patents and Patent Applications

February 14, 2022 · Nearly 14 years after its founding, Titan Medical has grown its patent portfolio for its medical workstations and patient carts. It has clarified its third-party licensing strategy.

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HeroWear Exo-LiFFT Tool Assesses Exoskeleton Effectiveness in Reducing the Risk of Back Injury

February 14, 2022 · Lower-back injuries account for nearly 40% of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, which exoskeletons could reduce by as much as 60%, finds a HeroWear study with Vanderbilt and Auburn universities.

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Mobile Logistics Robots Take a Starring Role Across Industries

February 13, 2022 · A combination of hardware and software improvements, worker shortages, and growing recognition of efficiency and data insights is driving adoption of mobile logistics robots.

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My Goat Educates the Lawn Care Industry on the Benefits of Robots

February 12, 2022 · My Goat has developed lawn mowing robots as a service that operate in geofenced pens. The company is helping commercial groundskeepers take a new approach to property maintenance.

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Coco Expands Robotic Delivery Service to Austin After $56M Series A

February 11, 2022 · After receiving funding and a successful launch in Los Angeles, Coco is hitting the Austin food scene with its remotely controlled delivery robots.

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Omron Automation Americas Opens Advanced Motion R &D Center in California

February 10, 2022 · Omron Automation Americas' new Omron Advanced Motion Research and Development Center in Chatsworth, Calif., will work with customers on smaller, faster, and more accurate motion controllers.

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Kinova Raises $48M to Commercialize Robots for Medical, Manufacturing Markets

February 9, 2022 · Kinova has received venture capital from Graham Partners and funding from the Canadian government to commercialize cobots, increase its engineering staff, and develop new products.

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Chartwells Higher Education Puts Picnic Pizza Automation on Texas A &M Campus

February 8, 2022 · Chartwells Higher Education, which serves 300 institutions, and Picnic claimed that they are bringing the world's first robotic pizza-assembly station to a U.S. college campus.

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Novanta Partners With MassRobotics to Nurture Robotics Startups

February 8, 2022 · Novanta's Celera Motion unit will work with MassRobotics to advance medical robotics innovations, and its ATI Industrial Automation unit will help develop robotics precision.

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5 Robots to Watch at the Beijing Winter Olympics

February 4, 2022 · China is showcasing several robots around the Beijing Winter Olympics. Here are some that are helping to maintain health and hygiene, from food service to disinfection.

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Anduril Industries Acquires Dive Technologies, Adds Autonomous Underwater Vehicles to Arsenal

February 3, 2022 · Anduril has added Dive Technologies' DIVE-LD modular underwater vehicle to its offerings for autonomous data collection for military, scientific, and industrial use.

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Robot Sales Reach New Records in 2021, Reports Association for Advancing Automation

February 2, 2022 · Skilled labor shortages and the need for efficiency continued to drive strong robot adoption in several sectors outside the automotive industry last year, reported A3.

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ZAPI Group Acquires Robot Navigation Provider BlueBotics

February 2, 2022 · BlueBotics, which provides navigation technology for automated guided vehicles and autonomous mobile robots, is now part of ZAPI Group and expects to grow its global market presence.

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Abundant Robots Looks to Harvest Seed Capital via Crowdfunding for Apple Picking

February 2, 2022 · Abundant Robots launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on WAX, as Wavemaker Labs Asia acquired the intellectual property of Abundant Robotics, which shut down last summer.

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