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Legged robots have lagged behind wheeled models for commercial applications, but they could soon catch up, thanks to Boston Dynamics Inc.’s latest partnership. Rocos Global Ltd. today announced that is working with Boston Dynamics on remote management of the Spot...

Robin the companion robot during a sonography procedure in Armenia. | Credit: Expper Technologies As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its fourth month in the United States, the new normal is challenging traditional caregiving structures with family members and nurses...

The global demand for robots to disinfect hospital wards, aircraft, food-processing facilities, and public spaces far outstrips the supply during the COVID-19 pandemic. Keenon Robotics Co., one of the largest service robot providers in China, has joined the market...

Already five regions within New York State have reopened for business, ushering in a new reality of “test, isolate, and trace.” The United States estimates it will hire close to 300,000 people to become contact tracers, identifying potential spreaders of COVID-19....

Disinfection drone with UV light payload. Source: Exyn Technologies As businesses around the world get ready to reopen after novel coronavirus closures, many are looking to autonomous cleaning and disinfection. Unmanned aerial vehicles have several potential uses for...

The sibling publication to Robotics Business Review has launched The Robot Report Podcast, which features conversations with robotics innovators and business leaders. The post The Robot Report Podcast launches, to feature chats with robotics business leaders appeared...

Realtime Robotics, a Boston-based developer of responsive motion planning for robotics and autonomous vehicles, today launched its Realtime Controller. It claims the controller simplifies the programming and deployment of robotic workcells. The post Realtime Robotics...

Boston Dynamics’ Spot quadruped is now available commercially in the U.S. | Credit: Boston Dynamics Nine months after the limited release of its Spot, Boston Dynamics made the quadruped robot commercially available. Applicable business can buy Spot from Boston...

Four years after entering into a collaboration with researchers at Harvard University to develop wearable exoskeletons for patients with limited mobility, ReWalk Robotics revised the research agreement to extend the terms of the collaboration. Continuing the ongoing...

Source: Brain Corp As retail stores and other public spaces reopen after closures in response to the novel coronavirus crisis, interest in robots for disinfection and cleaning has grown. San Diego-based Brain Corp., which provides autonomy to mobile systems, said it...

DHL is scaling up its robotic workforce. Last month it announced an expanded roll-out of Locus Robotics’ autonomous mobile robots, and today it said it’s scaling the use of Avidbots’ Neo floor-scrubbing robot. The post DHL deploying hundreds of Avidbots’ Neo cleaning...

Influenced by the increasing profitability of indoor farming and the ever-increasing costs and difficulty of finding labor, robotic technology is quickly revolutionizing agriculture. The post 5 ways robots are disrupting agriculture and farming appeared first on...