Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation to Acquire RE2 for $100M
March 28, 2022
Sarcos is purchasing RE2 for an estimated $100 million to expand its customer base and to explore new industries.
Locus Robotics Adds AMRs to Product Line, Execution Platform for Warehouse Optimization
March 28, 2022
Locus Robotics' new Locus Vector and Locus Max AMRs have joined the Locus Origin and are fully integrated with its LocusOne orchestration platform for warehouses.
Kindred’s New AI-Powered INDUCT Robot System Automates Parcel Handling
March 25, 2022
Kindred's new parcel-handling robot workstation uses AI, machine vision, grasping technology, and manipulation algorithms to sort items.
Waymo to Remove Drivers as Part of San Francisco Autonomous Ride Hailing Tester Program
March 23, 2022
In response to feedback from participants of its autonomous ride-hailing test program in San Francisco, Waymo said it will begin to offer fully autonomous rides in the city.
RE2 Robotics, VideoRay Reach Reach New Depth With Underwater Robot
March 23, 2022
RE2 Robotics, which has developed the Maritime Mine Neutralization System with VideoRay, has set a new 1 km depth record for inspection-class remotely operated vehicles underwater.
Berkshire Grey, Swisslog Partner to Provide AI-Enabled Robots for Order Fulfillment
March 22, 2022
Berkshire Grey and Swisslog plan to jointly offer integrated, AI-driven robots and automation for distribution, grocery, and e-commerce customers, starting in the Americas.
General Motors Purchases SoftBank Vision Fund’s Stake in Self Driving Company Cruise for $2.1B
March 21, 2022
SoftBank Vision Fund has sold its stake in Cruise to General Motors four years after initially investing in the self-driving vehicle developer.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sanctuary Cognitive Systems to Use Series A Funding Toward General Purpose Robots
March 3, 2022
Sanctuary Cognitive Systems has raised $58.5 million as it continues to develop general-purpose "Synths," humanoid robots and AI, to relieve labor shortages and help explore outer space.
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.
