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Evolution Gym at MIT CSAIL Gets Soft Robots Into Shape for Basic Tasks
Scientists at MIT CSAIL created a system for co-optimizing the brain and body of soft robots and found that they often resembled real animals while outperforming hand-designed robots.

READY Robotics, Futura Automation Partner to Aid Manufacturers in Western U.S.
Futura Automation has joined READY Robotics' network of distributors and integrators and will include the Forge/OS software to help manufacturers apply automation to new applications.

Amazon Web Services Offers AWS IoT RoboRunner for Fleets, Teams With MassRobotics for Startup Accelerator
Amazon Web Services says its AWS IoT RoboRunner service will help developers deploy robot fleets. The AWS Robotics Startup Accelerator with MassRobotics offers mentoring and funding.

5 Ways Robots Can Help Warehouses Handle the Holiday Rush, According to inVia Robotics
Supply chains face many pressures, compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic and holiday peak, but the latest mobile robots and orchestration software can guarantee throughput, says inVia.

Smith+Nephew Launches CORI, ‘Turnkey’ System for Robot-Assisted Orthopedic Surgery
Smith+Nephew says its CORI handheld robotic system to assist surgeons with knee replacements can improve patient outcomes and is immediately scalable to the U.K.'s National Health Service.

Omron Automation Launches Proof of Concept Center in Michigan
Omron Automation Americas says its new Proof-of-Concept Center in Novi, Mich., will help customers by providing engineers and facilities to test robotics applications before deployment.

Everyday Robots Moves Out of Alphabet X, Reports Progress Toward General Purpose Robot
From cleaning a table and picking up toys to opening doors, everyday tasks are coming within reach of service robots, says Everyday Robots, which is spinning out of X Development.

Smith+Nephew Invests in Surgical Robotics R&D Center in Pittsburgh
There's more to developing surgical robots than cutting-edge technology. Smith+Nephew, which launched its second-gen CORI system last year, is part of Pittsburgh's robotics talent pool.

10 Technologies for Autonomous Vehicle, Robotics Developers From NVIDIA’s GTC 2021
From autonomous trucks to robots in factories and warehouses, NVIDIA made a host of announcements at its GTC event, including new libraries, integrations, and simulation products.

Jungheinrich Acquires Mobile Robot and Fleet Management Firm arculus
Industrial automation provider Jungheinrich acquired arculus, whose autonomous mobile robots and fleet management software comply with the European VDA 5050 interoperability standard.

MIT CSAIL Designs Dexterous Robot Hands to Easily Manipulate Multiple Objects
MIT CSAIL has built a model-free framework that can learn to reorient more than 2,000 geometrically different objects from above or below, with implications for logistics and manufacturing.

MBZIRC Maritime Grand Challenge With $3M Prize Launches in Abu Dhabi
In the Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge, to be held by ASPIRE in the United Arab Emirates in June 2023, teams will deploy unmanned vehicles in a GNSS-denied environment.

Nuro Raises $600M in Series D Funding for Self-Driving Delivery Vehicles
Investors including Google, Kroger, SoftBank, and Woven Capital continue to support Nuro's efforts to commercialize and deploy its zero-occupant autonomous delivery vehicles.

Gaumard Scientific Robotic Simulators Show Value in Training Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Gaumard Scientific's simulators have not only helped with training during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the humanoid robots have also been found to reduce medical malpractice claims.

Aurora Releases Beta of Aurora Driver in Commercial Self Driving Truck Pilot
In the pilot of the Aurora Horizon autonomous trucking service, Aurora is using the first commercial beta of its Aurora Driver suite. The company is also working with Colrspace on...

Learn OnRobot Platform Guides Users for Collaborative Applications
OnRobot aims to ease the design and deployment of common collaborative robot applications using its tooling by offering the free Learn OnRobot Web-based training platform.

Open-RMF Addresses Growing Robotics Interoperability Needs
From simulation to management of robot fleets in heterogeneous environments, Open Robotics' Open-RMF is an open-source approach to interoperability that is different than other efforts.

Zyter to Implement Qualcomm IoT Systems for OneScreen Smart Warehouse
To implement a smart warehouse for OneScreen, Zyter is using Internet of Things-as-a-service offerings from Qualcomm to take data out of silos and help manage robots and other devices.

TUM Autonomous Motorsport Wins $1M Indy Autonomous Challenge Powered By Cisco
The Technical University of Munich beat eight other university teams in developing and racing its autonomous race car on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

MIT-PITT-RW Team Faces Obstacles at Indy Autonomous Challenge
The team from the University of Pittsburgh, MIT, the Rochester Institute of Technology, and the University of Waterloo was undaunted by challenges with fundraising, collaboration, and a crash on race...



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