Topic: Hospitals

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Nyobolt closes Series C round at $1B valuation

May 8, 2026 · Nyobolt announced a $60 million funding round, pushing its valuation to the $1 billion mark as it looks to accelerate instant power for robotics, automation and AI data centers.

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Omakase Robotics completes Japan’s first humanoid PoC at University of Tsukuba Hospital

March 27, 2026 · ZEALS completed Japan’s first humanoid proof-of-concept at the University of Tsukuba Hospital, with a Unitree G1, powered by the Omakase OS.

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Able Innovations deploys ALTA robotic patient delivery platform in the U.S.

March 12, 2026 · Lahey Hospital & Medical Center is the first U.S. hospital system to adopt Able Innovations’ ALTA automated patient handling platform.

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Tampa General Hospital adopts LIBERTY endovascular robotic system

March 2, 2026 · Microbot Medical announced that Tampa General Hospital became Florida’s first hospital to adopt its LIBERTY endovascular robotic system.

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MassRobotics announces 5th cohort of Healthcare Robotics Startup Catalyst program

January 23, 2026 · MassRobotics announced the 11 startup members of its 2026 Healthcare Robotics Startup Catalyst, looking to improve medical care through robotics.

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Serve Robotics acquires Diligent Robotics, expands physical AI platform beyond the sidewalk

January 20, 2026 · Serve Robotics announced its acquisition of Diligent Robotics, expanding the autonomous robotics platform from delivery service to hospital settings.

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3E8 Robotics introduces Elly delivery robot that can detect and press elevator buttons

December 12, 2025 · California-based startup 3E8 Robotics unveiled its flagship delivery robot, Elly, that the company said can detect and press elevator buttons to unlock multi-floor autonomy.

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Ottonomy, Arrive AI partner to launch asynchronous robotic medical deliveries at Indiana hospital

November 3, 2025 · Ottonomy and Arrive AI partnered to launch asynchronous robotic deliveries of medical specimens at an Indiana regional healthcare system.

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Swisslog Healthcare welcomes University of Colorado Boulder engineering students to Technology Center

October 28, 2025 · Swisslog Healthcare welcomed engineering students from the University of Colorado Boulder to showcase how automation technologies advance hospitals and healthcare.

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SS Innovations completes first robotic telesurgery performed from MantraM mobile robotic bus

October 3, 2025 · SS Innovations International performed its first telesurgery in its MantraM mobile robotic telesurgery unit, which connected to the company’s SSi Mantra surgical robotic system.

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Automatica 2025: PAL Robotics to demonstrate humanoid embodied AI

June 22, 2025 · PAL Robotics TIAGo Pro mobile manipulation robot will perform teleoperation and interactively demonstrate embodied AI that enables machine learning at Automatics 2025.

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Appetronix, Agápe Automation, Donatos Pizza to open Columbus airport restaurant

May 30, 2025 · Donatos Pizza and its sister company Agápe Automation partnered with Appetronix to open an AI-powered, fully-autonomous restaurant in the John Glenn Columbus International Airport.

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Diligent Robotics humanoid MMR performs one million deliveries

February 19, 2025 · Diligent’s Moxi humanoid mobile manipulation cobots have saved hospital staff over 1.5 billion steps and half a million hours of time by automating delivery and restocking tasks.

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Tampa-area hospital completes first robot-assisted coronary artery bypass surgery

August 17, 2024 · Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, Fla. recently completed its first robotic-assisted coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG), a minimally invasive, technologically-advanced procedure.

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LG opens new Business Innovation Center showroom in New Jersey

August 11, 2024 · LG Business Solutions USA opened its new Business Innovation Center in New Jersey with hands-on experiences with the company’s latest robot technologies, digital signage and more.

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RobotLAB Wins Innovation Award, Integrates Service Robots Across Industries

October 17, 2023 · RobotLAB, which received recognition at the Daytime Beauty Awards, has applied robotics and AI to health, hospitality, and education applications.

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Diligent Robotics Raises $25M to Deploy Moxi Robots to Hospitals Nationwide

September 22, 2023 · Diligent Robotics plans to use its latest funding to continue developing its Moxi mobile manipulator robot and expand deployments.

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Chang Industrial, Mobile Industrial Robots Partner to Help Healthcare Industry

August 9, 2023 · Chang Industrial is including MiR autonomous mobile robots with its engineering services to help healthcare providers with nursing shortages by automating hospital processes.

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Touchlab Robot Has Haptic Perception, Could Help Reduce Spread of Hospital Infections

June 15, 2023 · Touchlab's three-month pilot at Laakso Hospital in Helsinki explores how robots can help deliver care, reduce workloads, and prevent the spread of infectious diseases.

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RelayRx Delivery Robot From Relay Robotics Addresses Hospital Nursing Shortage

June 12, 2023 · RelayRx doubles the capacity of previous models and can take a variety of lab samples and other items across hospitals, including on elevators, noted Relay Robotics.

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