Topic: Laboratory

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ABB Robotics, Roche Diagnostics collaborate to bring physical AI to laboratories

July 19, 2026 · ABB Robotics and Roche announced a collaboration to generate digitally connected labs enabled by intelligent robotics to provide significant efficiencies in laboratory workflows.

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Genesis AI unveils GENE-26.5 robotic brain that enables human-level physical manipulation

May 6, 2026 · Genesis AI introduced GENE-26.5, a robotic brain that gives robots human-level physical manipulation abilities, and a system to unlock and train data for the platform.

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Rhoda AI exits stealth mode with $450M Series A

March 10, 2026 · Rhoda AI announced a $450 million Series A and unveiled FutureVision, an intelligence layer to expedite robot development to deployment.

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SLAS 2026: ABB turns AI into action to accelerate the future of lab automation

February 4, 2026 · At SLAS 2026, ABB will demo interoperable robotic technologies with Agilent and Mettler Toledo to showcase how AI turns to action in lab automation.

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Cartken, Stirling Ultracold partner for autonomous ultra-low temperature material transport

June 16, 2025 · Autonomous robotics company Cartken and Stirling Ultracold have partnered to launch an autonomous ultra-low temperature material transport robot offering.

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Faulhaber adds two new metal planetary gearheads to GPT series

April 23, 2025 · Faulhaber’s new 14GPT and 16GPT metal planetary gearheads offer high torque in small size, ideal for laboratory automation or inspection robots.

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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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Meltio metal 3D printer tested for titanium implants

February 8, 2025 · Spanish research project ATILA is testing additive manufacturing of titanium biomedical implants using Meltio DED-LB/M welding wire direct metal laser deposition.

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ABB collaborates at SLAS laboratory automation conference

February 1, 2025 · ABB Robotics collaborated with METTLER TOLEDO and Agilent Technologies on demos and a roundtable at the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening Conference in San Diego.

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International Federation of Robotics report highlights top 5 global robotics trends of 2025

January 24, 2025 · The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) reported on the top five global robotics trends of 2025, identifying topics including AI, humanoids and sustainability.

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Rethink Robotics redefines cobots once again

October 23, 2024 · Chris Harbert, Greg McEntyre, and Julia Astrid Riemenschneider of Rethink Robotics describe the relaunched company’s new focus on cobots that can adapt to changing workflows.

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Rethink Robotics debuts new portfolio of robots at IMTS 2024

September 14, 2024 · Rethink Robotics launched seven Reacher cobot arms, two Ryder AMRs, and a combined Riser mobile manipulation robot as part of its new vision and mission at IMTS 2024.

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Medical robotics company Clarapath partners with the Mayo Clinic

May 29, 2024 · Clarapath, producer of the SectionStar tissue slide preparation system, has partnered with the Mayo Clinic to develop pathology laboratory automation technologies.

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ABB Robotics, METTLER TOLEDO sign MOU to accelerate global adoption of flexible lab automation

February 2, 2024 · ABB Robotics and METTLER Toledo will integrate ABB robots with METTLER Toledo’s LabX instrument management software to expedite adoption of flexible lab automation.

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Automata Announces Plan to Open Office in Boston

February 27, 2023 · Automata will soon have a bigger presence in the United States as it looks to expand its offering of life science automation equipment.

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ABB Robots Help University of Texas Medical Branch Automate COVID-19 Neutralizing Antibody Testing

February 7, 2023 · ABB Robotics has developed a system with the University of Texas Medical Branch to increase test rates, help diagnose herd immunity, and understand the effectiveness of vaccines.

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Celera Motion Introduces Compact Denali Servo Drives

February 2, 2023 · Celera Motion claimed that its new Denali Series servo drives are the "world's smallest," designed for use in surgical robots, industrial grippers, and other compact applications.

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Bionomous Closes Series A Funding for EggSorter Life Science Automation

January 20, 2023 · Bionomous, which has developed the EggSorter device for inspecting, sorting, and dispensing small biological entities, plans to use the funding to continue global commercialization.

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Flexiv Robots Perform COVID Tests and Massages at World Artificial Intelligence Conference

September 6, 2022 · Last week in Shanghai, Flexiv’s adaptive robot arms were busy at work on the World Artificial Intelligence Conference floor.

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Agilent and Mytide Therapeutics to Collaborate on Automated Drug Manufacturing

September 2, 2022 · Agilent Technologies and Mytide Therapeutics said they share a focus on using automation and analytics to address reliability and data-quality issues across the peptide industry.

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