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The investment landscape in the Robotics, Automation, and Artificial Intelligence (RAAI) sectors is at a critical inflection point, and well-positioned companies are poised to receive attractive valuations as new classes of investors angle to make their footprints in the space.

ROS 2, the recent Humble Hawksbill release, the new TurtlebBot 4, SpaceROS, and our multi-robot framework OpenRMF. 

Richard Socher, former Salesforce chief scientist, is among the founding partners of AIX Ventures, a new $50 million AI venture fund.

America’s Seed Fund Startup Expo enables entrepreneurs with technology developed through the SBIR/STTR programs an opportunity to present their innovative ventures to leading members of the broader innovation ecosystem and the American Public. Deadline to apply to present is April 22

The Association for Advancing Automation is now accepting abstracts for the Autonomous Mobile Robots & Logistics Week, October 10-13, 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts.

RIOS is a technology company helping global customers automate their factories, warehouses, and supply chain operations by deploying a new class of AI-powered and dexterous robots. RIOS robots handle hard-to-automate tasks, typically requiring human-level dexterity, in unstructured environments. RIOS is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA and has a pilot facility in San Carlos, CA. More […]

JOB DESCRIPTION About RIOS RIOS is a technology company helping global customers automate their factories, warehouses, and supply chain operations by deploying a new class of AI-powered and dexterous robots. RIOS robots handle hard-to-automate tasks, typically requiring human-level dexterity, in unstructured environments. RIOS is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA and has a fabrication facility in […]

About RIOS RIOS is a technology company helping global customers automate their factories, warehouses, and supply chain operations by deploying a new class of AI-powered and dexterous robots. RIOS robots handle hard-to-automate tasks, typically requiring human-level dexterity, in unstructured environments. RIOS is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA and has a pilot facility in San Carlos, […]

About RIOS RIOS is a technology company helping global customers automate their factories, warehouses, and supply chain operations by deploying a new class of AI-powered and dexterous robots. RIOS robots handle hard-to-automate tasks, typically requiring human-level dexterity, in unstructured environments. RIOS is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA and has a pilot facility in San Carlos, […]

About RIOS RIOS is a technology company helping global customers automate their factories, warehouses, and supply chain operations by deploying a new class of AI-powered and dexterous robots. RIOS robots handle hard-to-automate tasks, typically requiring human-level dexterity, in unstructured environments. RIOS is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA and has a pilot facility in San Carlos, […]

About RIOS RIOS is a technology company helping global customers automate their factories, warehouses, and supply chain operations by deploying a new class of AI-powered and dexterous robots. RIOS robots handle hard-to-automate tasks, typically requiring human-level dexterity, in unstructured environments. RIOS is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA and has a pilot facility in San Carlos, […]

About RIOS RIOS is a technology company helping global customers automate their factories, warehouses, and supply chain operations by deploying a new class of AI-powered and dexterous robots. RIOS robots handle hard-to-automate tasks, typically requiring human-level dexterity, in unstructured environments. RIOS is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA and has a pilot facility in San Carlos, […]

X Robotics: You will join an early stage team exploring how a mix of new fabrics, robotics and AI/ML might help people with mobility challenges and improve quality of life for hundreds of millions of people. For example, imagine the functionality of exoskeletons in a form-factor closer to clothing. The project will be in […]

As a Manufacturing Engineer (Mechanical, Software) at Neuralink, you will be instrumental in scaling up manufacturing of critical surgical robot consumables with micron scale precision. You will design and implement tooling, automation, and manufacturing process improvements. You will get to own projects from concept to production, utilizing your engineering background in the challenging field of […]

As an Optical Engineer at Neuralink you will develop custom optics and imaging systems used directly in our surgical robot, and associated consumables manufacturing systems. These systems are responsible for everything from sub-micron conventional imaging to laser scanning imaging to non-imaging optical power delivery. To develop and deliver these, you’ll work closely with mechanical, electrical, […]

Silicon Valley-based Iron Ox is an agriculture start-up disrupting the farming space by using robots and AI to save water.

The 27-foot-wide aircraft features a hybrid-electric power system and weighs 1,900 pounds. Just don’t expect it to land in your driveway.

Listen to how Blue River Technology brought autonomy to John Deere tractors and are using machine learning to continually improve the operations.

Alphabet’s self-driving unit Waymo made an unusual leadership move last year: employing two executives it filled its CEO spot that had been vacated by John Krafcik. The new co-CEO role combined the technological prowess of its CTO Dmitri Dolgov with the policy and commercial operations expertise of its COO Tekedra Mawakana.  Two executives sharing the […]

Robots and automation are entering the service industry is more subtle and humble ways.

Award, which comes with $250,000, recognizes computing research and contributions that have fundamental impact and broad implications

Kindred Powered by Ocado Group announced it will bring to market INDUCT, an AI-powered robotic system designed to automate the small parcel induction

Gatik, the market leader in middle mile logistics, today announced that CTO and Co-founder Arjun Narang has been named one of Business Insider’s Self-

The ideal solution for a company and its employees may be to provide IPO-like liquidity and potential upside for employees but without all the distractions of being a public company.

Reposted from an Open Robotics post with permission. March 22nd, 2012 is the day it all began. That’s the day we officially incorporated the Open Source Robotics Foundation, the origin of what we now call Open Robotics. The prospect of starting a company is both scary and exciting; but starting an open-source company in a […]

The rapid expansion of e-commerce during the pandemic coupled with advances in automation have spurred growth in the autonomous last-mile delivery sector – the use of robots and drones to ferry goods from depot to customer.

The new 5-year plan for the robotics industry in China, released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) in Beijing, focuses on promoting innovation - making China a global leader for robot technology and industrial advancement. The statistical department of the International Federation of Robotics reports about the domestic and foreign engagement on the world’s largest market.

In 2015, Agility Robotics spun out of Oregon State University’s College of Engineering with plans to capitalize on its revolutionary bipedal walking technology. Investment firm Playground Global got in on the ground floor, as the robotics firm began the process of commercializing its robot Digit for tasks including warehouse fulfillment and last-mile delivery. Agility cofounder and CTO Jonathan Hurst and Playground Founding Partner Bruce Leak join us to discuss the journey. on the TechCrunch Livehow

Science and technology leaders are raising several issues that over time could pose problems for California’s technology leadership.

Marina Bill has been appointed as new Vice President of the International Federation of Robotics with immediate effect. She represents IFR along with IFR President Milton Guerry.

There is considerable misunderstanding around the role of AI in robotics. Human-like robots with super intelligence are standard fare in entertainment, while terms such as ‘robotic process automation’ and ‘bots’ refer to software applications with no physical robot.