Can't believe it's August already! Robots just keep getting funding.

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Taking place October 19-20 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, RoboBusiness will bring together the brightest minds in robotics to drive the robotics sector forward.

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FIRA USA will be the biggest place for in-field robot demos. One-day in field demos of robots in real conditions at the Fresno campus farm from The California State University.IN-FIELD ROBOT DEMOSDiscover the latest innovations for autonomous farming:Harvesting, weeding, thinning, planting robots and breedingIrrigation automation and data analytics solutionsFocus on field crops, fruits & vegetables and vineyards

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WHERE ABILITY AND ENGINEERING RUN TOGETHER This race is for everyone. What's your mile time? Register Now October 30, 2022 - 9AM Golden Gate Park

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Artificial intelligence is developing quickly, and Australian law needs to catch up.

Geek+ plans to use the fresh funding to further expand in the global market and invest in research and development.

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Ally is introducing a new era for attainable robotics technology with affordable, lightweight and easy to use robotic arms. By drastically reducing the costs and technical barriers to entry, Ally is poised to enable new industries to embrace automation.

If this deal goes through, iRobot would be Amazon’s fourth most-expensive acquisition ever.

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We discuss the Amazon / iRobot acquisition news and learn how DHL deploys robots in its North American warehouses.

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iRobot is laying off about 140 employees. The Roomba maker said the reductions are not connected to the Amazon acquisition.

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Way back in March, autonomous tractor maker Monarch announced a $20 million Series A. Now, a mere eight months later, the company is tripling the round, with a $61 million Series B. This latest raise is led by sustainable food fund Astanor Ventures, with participation from CNH Industrial, At One Ventures and Trimble Ventures. The […]

Full-scale production of Monarch Tractor’s MK-V all-electric, autonomous tractor is scheduled to begin in Q1 2023.

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NASA Space Robotics Dive into Deep-Sea Work

“Robots suck.” It’s a bold declaration for a startup founder aiming to work with robots — or more accurately, the software that helps turn a tractor, tiller or forklift into an automated vehicle. But Stefan Seltz-Axmacher, who previously founded and led the now shuttered autonomous vehicle startup Starsky Robotics, is trying to make a point. […]

Long-Awaited ‘CHIPS and Science Act’ Headed to Biden Following Congressional Drama

Following a month of intense activity in Congress, lawmakers have passed bipartisan semiconductor funding and innovation policy measures that have been in the works since the Trump administration. Meanwhile, Democrats also revived the fortunes of a partisan spending bill that includes funding for climate change mitigation as well as a significant boost for some science budgets.

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Over the past decade and a half, Spread has become the most recognizable name in Japan’s vertical framing ecosystem. The Kyoto-based firm opened its first farm in 2007 and six years later claimed to be the first company in the space to achieve profitability. That’s no mean feat, given the considerable overhead that goes into […]

FANUC America announces new West Campus robotics and automation facility in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

Robotics Industry Pioneer, Melonee Wise, Joins the TAILOS Board of Directors AUSTIN, Texas, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Tailos today announced Melonee Wise, founder of Fetch Robotics, has been elected to Tailos’ board of directors. Wise will bring decades of experience in industry-leading robotics development and building innovative companies, including a long track record of leading innovative and diverse […]

June 27, 2022 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time CAMPBELL, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Relay Robotics, Inc., a leading supplier of service robots to the hospitality, healthcare, and real estate industries, is exhibiting its Relay+ Service Robot, the hospitality industry’s most advanced delivery robot, at the 2022 Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC), June 27-30, at the Orange […]

The Rizon 10 earned the best of the best distinction at this year’s Red Dot Awards for its ground-breaking design and precise balance between form and function June 22, 2022 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Flexiv, the world’s leading general-purpose robotics company, has been granted the “Red Dot: Best of the Best” […]

By Andrew Dunne Gardening is proven to be healthful and joyful, but as more of us discover the joys of working in the garden for the first time, some basic knowledge about plants, landscaping and soil is required to get started. What, where and when should you plant, for instance? These were some of the […]

Three robotic bagging systems to be deployed at Zenni’s Northern California customer fulfillment center; job description calls for visual acuity, precision, dexterity — and tireless work ethic June 22, 2022 06:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–OSARO™, a global leader in the development and deployment of advanced robotics for e-commerce, has partnered with Zenni®, the […]

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A lot of times on our podcast we dive into startups and smaller companies in robotics. Today’s talk is unique in that Brady Watkins gives us insight into how a big company like Softbank Robotics looks into the Robotics market.

If you’ve been subject to my posts on Twitter or LinkedIn, you may have noticed that I’ve done no writing in the last 6 months. Besides the whole… full-time job thing … this is also because at the start of the year I decided to focus on a larger coding project. At my previous job, […]

Brady Watkins gives insights into how a large company like Softbank Robotics America approaches the robotics market.

Neuroscience professor and Science Hub investigator Ted Adelson explains how simulating the sense of touch with a camera can make robots smarter.

It has been a while since I’ve posted to the blog, but lately I’ve actually been working on the UBR-1 again after a somewhat long hiatus. In case you missed the earlier posts in this series: Part 1: Getting started with ROS2 Part 2: Porting robot_controllers Part 3: Porting the head camera ROS2 Humble The […]

In this post we bring you all the paper awards finalists and winners presented during the 2022 edition of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). ICRA 2022 Outstanding Paper ‘Translating Images into Maps‘, by Saha, Avishkar; Mendez Maldonado, Oscar Alejandro; Russell, Chris; Bowden, Richard. (WINNER) ‘CT-ICP: Real-time Elastic LiDAR Odometry with Loop […]