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Advanced Navigation Opens High-Tech Robotics Manufacturing Facility
Advanced Navigation has opened a facility in New South Wales, Australia, to commercialize technologies and develop the country's high-tech workforce.

Manifest Vegas 2024 Plenary Stage to Feature Supply Chain Award Winners, Executives
Manifest Vegas 2024 plenary speakers discussing innovation will include executives from award-winning companies such as DHL Supply chain.

AMD Releases Kria K24 SOM and KD240 Drives Starter Kit to Aid Developers With Edge Compute
AMD noted that the energy savings from its Kria K24 edge processor can add up when multiplied across electric motors and industrial robots.

Conigital Gets $619M Series A+ Funding Offer From Global PE Firm for Self-Driving Tech
Conigital has raised Series A funding and is also looking for bridge investors as the British company develops autonomous systems for industrial sites such as logistics yards.

Pittsburgh Robotics Network to Display Emerging Technologies at Pittsburgh Robotics Discovery Day
The Pittsburgh Robotics Network said this year's Pittsburgh Robotics Discovery Day will feature three zones for people to learn about new technologies.

ff Venture Capital to Be First In-Residence Investor With GENIUS NY Accelerator
ff Venture Capital is opening an office in Syracuse, N.Y., and will support competitions and events with GENIUS NY for drone and robotics startups in the region.

The Future of Supply Chain and Logistics Is Here
Manifest Vegas, Feb. 5 to 7, 2024, is the largest global supply chain and logistics tech event in the world, bringing together Fortune 500 global supply chain executives, logistics service providers, cutting-edge startups, venture...

MassRobotics to Host Sixth Annual RoboBoston and Robot Block Party
MassRobotics and partners including Boston Seaport by WS Development will offer educational opportunities and show the public robotics and related technologies on Sept. 28 and 30.

Stack AV Launches Self Driving Truck Business With Argo AI Veterans, SoftBank Support
Stack AV is a new Pittsburgh-based autonomous trucking developer that plans to apply its founders' expertise in AI and self-driving vehicles to modernize freight transport.

Caltech Aims All Terrain M4 Morphobot at NASA Mars Mission
Caltech, Northeastern University, and NASA Jet Propulsion Lab have developed the Multi-Modality Mobility Morphobot to fly, drive, walk, and combine motions for dynamic travel.

Recogni Says Pegasus PCIe and Scorpio Inference Can Enable Any Autonomous Mobility Application
Recogni said multiple self-driving applications can use its its Pegasus card, which works with Scorpius and its SDK for high compute at low power.

DFI to Show Smart Factory Systems for the First Time at India Automation Expo
DFI, which supplies embedded computing for systems including industrial automation, mobile robots, and medical devices, is growing in South Asia.

Kia and Boston Dynamics Plan to Introduce New Robot in 2024
Kia and Boston Dynamics are jointly developing a robot, as the Hyundai Motor Group subsidiaries combine their R&D and manufacturing expertise toward sustainability goals.

Pony.ai and Toyota to Form Joint Venture to Advance Mass Production of L4 Autonomous Vehicles
Pony.ai, Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., and GAC Toyota Motor Co. are cooperating toward large-scale deployment of self-driving robotaxis being tested in China.

CloudSort Focuses on Driving Efficiency, Flexibility, and Scalability to the Middle Mile
CloudSort said its approach to optimizing middle-mile shipping is an alternative to hub-and-spoke operations that takes advantage of its distributed network of shippers.

Innoviz Continues Lidar Development With BMW for Automated Vehicles
Innoviz is developing a B-Sample of its InnovizTwo lidar, the new InnovizCore compute box, and AI-powered software for BMW.

Robel Rail Automation Uses FANUC Robots to Repair Railway Lines
Robel Rail Automation in Germany is testing an automated cart that includes sensors and FANUC robots for complicated track and switch maintenance and repairs.

Pittsburgh Robotics Network Names Jenny Sharpe as Senior Program Manager of Workforce Development
The Pittsburgh Robotics Network plans to build more bridges between workforce development organizations, technology entrepreneurs, and the community with Sharpe's leadership.

Aurora Innovation Raises $820M to Put Autonomous Trucks on the Road
Aurora Innovation said it is on schedule with its product roadmap as it develops Aurora Horizon for autonomous freight transportation and Aurora Connect for ride hailing.

Sarcos Lays off Portion of Staff and Eliminates Manufacturing in Pittsburgh as Part of Cost Saving Efforts
Sarcos, which acquired RE2 Robotics just last year, has laid off about a quarter of its staff and said it is refocusing on aviation, marine, and solar markets.



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