Robotics News

Skyward has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the FAA to test cellular-connected drones. | Image credit: Skyward Skyward, a Verizon company, has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to test cellular-connected...

The Hugo system includes wristed instruments and 3D visualization technology to help surgeons perform minimally invasive surgeries. | Credit: Medtronic Medtronic completed the first patient procedure with its Hugo robotic-assisted surgical system. Fridley, Minn.–based...

Business-to-business publisher WTWH Media announced the winners of the 2021 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards (RBR50). Produced by Robotics Business Review for the past decade, the annual RBR50 list celebrates forward-thinking organizations and their original,...

Retailers and 3PLs are rapidly adopting a wide range of automation technologies - including robotics - to improve the operational efficacy and efficiency in warehouses and distribution centers. The primary demand driver is e-commerce. The post 30 E-Commerce Stats That...

This box forming line demos how a simple linear axis system can automate a basic packaging operation | Phot Credit: Bell Everman Packaging operations continue to embrace automation as a way to reduce labor costs and workplace injuries while improving the efficiency...

FANUC America has introduced its LR Mate 200iD/14L, the 10th model in its LR Mate series of tabletop industrial robots. Since the LR Mate Series was launched nearly 30 years ago, it has become one of FANUC’s biggest sellers with 70,000-plus units installed across the...

The collaborative mobile manipulator from Waypoint Robotics and Productive Robotics. Over the past few years, you’ve likely heard mobile manipulation is a trend to watch. Perhaps advances being made in a variety of enabling technologies – sensors, controls, power –...

FAULHABER’s MC 3001 B (foreground) and MC 3001 P (middle), shown with a matching motherboard from the starter kit in the background. | Photo Credit: FAULHABER The new MC 3001 are unhoused versions of the FAULHABER motion controllers and, by means of the integrated...

Programming industrial robots can be difficult, time consuming and costly. RoboDK addresses these challenges by providing an affordable, simplified simulation and programming platform that supports more than 500 robot arms, from 50 different robot manufacturers, for a...

Autonomous vehicle developer Waymo raised more than $3 billion in 2020. Source: Waymo Waymo One, the fully autonomous driving ride hailing service, announced today that users in the Phoenix AZ area can now see Waymo One as an option when planning a trip in Google...

Canonical and Open Robotics announced a 10-year partnership around extended security maintenance (ESM) and enterprise support for the Robot Operating System (ROS). ROS support will be made available as an option to Ubuntu Advantage support customers. Open Robotics is...

Doosan Robotics, the South Korea-based developer of collaborative robotic arms, released open-source drivers compatible with ROS 2 Foxy Fitzroy. Foxy Fitzroy is the first ROS 2 release with a three-year, long-term support window. The post Doosan Robotics’ cobots...