Topic: Soft Robotics

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SS Innovations surpasses 100 installations of SSi Mantra surgical robotic system

July 21, 2025 · SS Innovations International surpassed 100 installations of its SSi Mantra surgical robotic system. To date, over 5,000 surgical procedures have been performed on the system.

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SS Innovations completes first robotic telesurgery for weight loss

July 12, 2025 · SS Innovations announced that two advanced One-Anastomosis Gastric Bypass (OAGB) procedures were performed via telesurgery by Dr. Mohit Bhandari in India with zero perceptible lag, high precision and seamless robotic control using the SSI Mantra 3 system.

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Dr. Vipul Patel performs Africa’s first robotic telesurgery from Florida

June 20, 2025 · Dr. Vipul Patel performed a radical prostatectomy on an Angolan man in an Angolan hospital remotely from Orlando, Florida in Africa’s first robotic telesurgery.

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Hexagon launches AEON humanoid powered by NVIDIA

June 17, 2025 · Hexagon launched its AEON humanoid robot powered by NVIDIA at Hexagon LIVE 2025 in Las Vegas, and announced partnership pilots with Schaeffler and Pilatus.

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Grinding gears: Components and sensors that make robots work

June 17, 2025 · In this Special Focus issue, examine the various components that make up a robot, including sensors, cameras, motors, actuators, end-of-arm tooling and batteries/charging.

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U.S. Representatives relaunch bipartisan Congressional Robotics Caucus

June 2, 2025 · Four U.S. Representatives relaunched the bipartisan Congressional Robotics Caucus, which looks to bring Congress together to identify and discuss issues in the robotics and automation industries.

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Automate 2025: Robot arms, sensors, cameras, components and more from day one in Detroit

May 12, 2025 · Automate 2025 began at Detroit’s Huntington Place, with robot manufacturers, integrators, systems components vendors and more taking in the sites and sounds.

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ProMat 2025: Newcastle Systems offerings highlight efficiency, safety with mobile workstations

February 26, 2025 · Newcastle Systems will highlight its offerings at ProMat 2025 in Chicago, specifically the Apex Series Powered Workstations for higher efficiency and safety with mobile workstations.

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ProMat 2025: Azeem Azhar, Deion Sanders among keynote speakers

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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Stanford University opens Robotics Center, unites robot expertise under one roof

December 3, 2024 · The new Stanford Robotics Center opened on November 1, bringing together the University’s robotics researchers under one roof for research, education and collaboration.

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Digital Engineering to host Design & Simulation Summit on October 31

October 24, 2024 · Digital Engineering has announced its full speaker lineup for the fourth annual Design & Simulation Summit, which will take place on Thursday, October 31.

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2024 Robotics Application Conference sessions now available on-demand

September 27, 2024 · The 2024 Robotics Application Conference, a one-day virtual event, can now be viewed on-demand with sessions led by speakers from DHL, Plus One Robotics, Grey Orange and more.

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2024 Robotics Application Conference announces session, speaker lineup

September 11, 2024 · The 2024 Robotics Application Conference, RAC ’24, will take place Sept. 18. DHL, Plus One Robotics, GreyOrange and more will speak about robotic trends and deployments.

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Soft Robotics divests hardware business to Schmalz, rebrands

August 6, 2024 · Oxipital AI will focus on providing its deep-learning machine vision systems for manufacturing robotics after divesting its gripper hardware business to the Schmalz Group.

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Verve Motion releases study on soft exosuits

July 19, 2024 · 97% of soft exosuit users from Verve Motion’s latest study reported that wearable robotics assisted in their work, providing data to support benefits of robotics assisted lifting.

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Innovation Works’ Robotics Factory welcomes 5 companies to Accelerate program

July 13, 2024 · The Robotics Factory welcomed five new companies to the second cohort of its Accelerate program, focusing on health tech, aviation and plastic recycling.

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Elysium Robotics develops human-muscle-like actuators

June 24, 2024 · Elysium Robotics’ co-founders said the company can mass produce humanoid robot and prosthetic hands made from dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) for under $1,000.

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Unitree Robotics debuts new G1 humanoid with $16K price tag

June 11, 2024 · Unitree Robotics announced the release of its new G1 humanoid robot, a smaller humanoid compared to its H1 offering, that comes with a base model price of $16K.

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Automate 2024: Doosan Robotics to unveil new cobot, robot ecosystem

May 6, 2024 · Doosan Robotics announced a new cobot with a 30 kg payload and mixed cocktails with its “Mixmaster Moodie” at Automate 2024 in Chicago.

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How supervised autonomy keeps robot arms moving

April 10, 2024 · Erik Nieves, CEO of Plus One Robotics, described what degree of freedom Plus One gives to its AI control systems, as well as the types of situations that warrant human intervention.

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