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From seeing Boston Dynamics’ Stretch robotic at work in a DHL facility to Alphabet closing down one in all its robotics subsidiaries, there was no scarcity of robotics information in February 2023.
Listed below are the highest 10 hottest tales on The Robotic Report in February 2023. Subscribe to The Robotic Report Publication or hearken to The Robotic Report Podcast to remain up to date on the robotics tales that you must find out about.
10. Gentle robotic wearable restores arm operate for individuals with ALS
Some 30,000 individuals within the U.S. are affected by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also referred to as Lou Gehrig’s illness. Now, a staff of researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson College of Engineering and Utilized Sciences (SEAS) and Massachusetts Common Hospital (MGH) has developed a tender robotic wearable able to considerably helping higher arm and shoulder motion in individuals with ALS. Learn Extra
9. What slowdown? – December 2022 robotics investments attain $1.14B
December 2022’s 55 robotics investments totaled US $1.14B, a 7.7% improve over December 2021’s funding whole. Funding into corporations offering robotics options for autonomous floor transportation resembling sensors, autonomy ‘stacks’ and ‘drivers’, and complete material techniques, was notably sturdy. Learn Extra
8. Alphabet closes On a regular basis Robots amongst layoffs
Alphabet, Google’s mum or dad firm, is shutting down its subsidiary On a regular basis Robots, in line with reporting from Wired. On January 20, 2023, Alphabet introduced it could be shedding round 12,000 staff, 6% of its workforce, and On a regular basis Robots is among the few tasks disbanded as a part of the price range cuts. Learn Extra
7. Speedy Robotics to supply Yaskawa industrial robots
Speedy Robotics introduced a brand-new integration with Yaskawa America, Inc., Motoman Robotics Div. (Yaskawa Motoman) that can carry industrial capabilities to Speedy Robotics’ Speedy Machine Operator (RMO). The corporate is now built-in with all the Yaskawa robotics portfolio. Learn Extra
6. Speedy Robotics and Common Robots staff as much as speed up cobot deployments
Speedy Robotics and Common Robots (UR) simply introduced a brand new partnership. UR, a Danish firm that makes collaborative robots (cobots), will provide Speedy Robotics with collaborative robotic arms in order that it will possibly arrange cobot work cells throughout North America. Which means that Speedy Robotics will have the ability to serve extra prospects and hold the fast deployment occasions that prospects have come to anticipate, whilst Speedy Robotics continues to develop throughout the nation. Learn Extra
5. 5 high robotics traits to observe in 2023
Robotic installations hit an all-time excessive in 2021, with the Worldwide Federation of Robotics’ (IFR) knowledge exhibiting over 500,000 new industrial robots had been put in that 12 months. In North America, robotic gross sales hit an all-time excessive for the second 12 months in a row in 2022, in line with the Affiliate for Advancing Automation (A3), bringing in $2.38 billion. Learn Extra
4. How ChatGPT can management robots
Researchers at Microsoft, which has invested billions into OpenAI and not too long ago built-in ChatGPT into its Bing search engine, prolonged the capabilities of ChatGPT to manage a robotic arm and aerial drone. Microsoft launched a technical paper that describes a collection of design ideas that can be utilized to information language fashions towards fixing robotics duties. Learn Extra
3. 10 industries China is specializing in automating
China’s Ministry of Trade and Data Know-how, together with 17 different companies, has created a brand new motion plan known as the “Robotic + Software Motion Plan.” This plan lays out 10 industries the nation needs to give attention to growing robotic techniques for and overarching objectives for the nation’s robotics trade to hit by 2025. Learn Extra
2. Inside Zoox’s upgraded robotaxi check fleet
Since its founding eight years in the past, Zoox, an organization growing autonomous automobiles (AVs) and now a subsidiary of Amazon, has been working in direction of its purpose of making a purpose-built autonomous car, with no steering wheel. Zoox has an in depth, not too long ago upgraded testing fleet that’s verifying the effectiveness of its autonomous driving expertise. Learn Extra
1. Watch Boston Dynamics’ Stretch unload a DHL trailer
Boston Dynamics is formally placing its Stretch robotic into the hand of its prospects. Its first industrial utility is with DHL Provide Chain, an organization that Boston Dynamics has been collaborating with since 2018, when it started growing Stretch. Learn Extra
