As we joyfully fill our online shopping carts and hope the robots will deliver.

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We're back in person.... robot! Demos from: Micropsi with UR ??? Bring your robot demos to show'n'tell! We'll have an open mic for robotics companies/projects. Are you hi

Are you looking for a gift for the women in robotics in your life? Or the up and coming women in robotics in your family? Perhaps these suggestions from the Women in Robotics community will inspire! We hope these are also good suggestions for everyone […]

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We are asking researchers to submit a white paper / position statement, no longer than two pages, that addresses the following:

What are the current gaps in robotics research and its ecosystem – and what are potential opportunities to fill those gaps?

The white paper can focus on gaps across sectors or within one sector. We are most interested in your ideas, not the format of the paper; if you only have time to provide us with some general notes, we welcome them. None of the submissions will be published as-is. White papers should be submitted by end of day January 9, 2023

That’s right! You better not run, you better not hide, you better watch out for brand new robot holiday videos on Robohub! Drop your submissions down our chimney at daniel.carrillozapata@robohub.org and share the spirit of the season. For inspiration, here are our lists from previous years.

We’re a month out from the next CES. TechCrunch is returning to Vegas for the first time in a few years and — as usual — we’re on the hunt for the most fascinating startups. Work for a startup showing off a cool new product at CES next month? Let us know by filling out […]

TechCrunch wants to meet your startup at CES 2023 by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

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Potentially deadly robots will be used by San Francisco police in extreme situations and under supervision. This controversial plan passed with an 8 to 3 vote,...

Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Authority has approved their highly automated parking system for use in the P6 parking garage run by Apcoa at Stuttgart Airport. […]

Monarch Tractor, maker of the MK-V, the fully electric, driver-optional, smart tractor, says the first tractors are now coming off the Founder Series production line at its headquarters and manufacturing facility in Livermore, California. […]

Harnessing the power of the Renesas RZ/G2L and RZ/V2L processors, MistySOM enables efficient and flexible development of low power consumption applications ranging from human machine interface (HMI) solutions to battery powered computer vision.

With MirAI, Fanuc customers can now add valuable hand-eye coordination to multiple Fanuc industrial and collaborative robots (cobots) to handle difficult-to-automate functions such as cable plugging and assembly. Using […]

The Utah Bionic Leg is a motorized prosthetic for lower-limb amputees developed by University of Utah mechanical engineering associate professor Tommaso Lenzi and his students in the HGN Lab. Lenzi’s Utah Bionic Leg uses motors, processors, and advanced artificial intelligence that all work together to give amputees more power to walk, stand-up, sit-down, and ascend […]

The new certification, focused on assessing a candidate’s comprehension of fundamental robotics concepts, may be used by those currently looking to upskill or reskill into manufacturing careers before pursuing equipment-specific or […]

Verdant Robotics' Series A raised $46.5 million. The money will speed up the company's robotic farm manufacturing and market launch.

The post Verdant Robotics cultivates $46.5M in Series A funding appeared first on The Robot Report.

In mammals, the touch modality develops earlier than the other senses, yet it is a less studied sensory modality than the visual and auditory counterparts. It not only allows environmental interactions, but also, serves as an effective defense mechanism. The role of touch in mobile robot navigation has not been explored in detail. However, touch […]

Watching AWS re:Invent this week, it was hard to get excited about the announcements, and it seems the age of innovation could be ending.

The era of constant innovation at Amazon could be over by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

Between Boston Dynamics' lawsuit against Ghost Robotics and layoffs reported at major companies, there was no shortage of things to cover in November. 

The post Top 10 robotic stories of November 2022 appeared first on The Robot Report.

New data suggest most of the growth in the wage gap since 1980 comes from automation displacing less-educated workers.

Brian Heater's take on the Acemoglu and Restrepo paper referenced above.

Earlier this month, Candy Crush celebrated its decade birthday by hosting a free party in lower Manhattan. The climax culminated with a drone light display of 500 Unmanned Ariel Vehicles (UAVs) illustrating the whimsical characters of the popular mobile game over the Hudson. Rather than applauding the decision, New York … Read More

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The thing about being a robot builder is, well … we’re odd. If you’re thinking about building a robot, well … you’re odd too. But that’s OK!

✍️ Founder’s Desk column by Abhishek Gupta, Founder and Principal Researcher at the Montreal AI Ethics Institute. In a potentially prescient comment from a few months ago, I had shared thoughts with Kyle Wiggers (TechCrunch) on some of the ethical challenges related to AI systems like Stable Diffusion as they become more widely available: “We […]

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