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The summer time of humanoids continues as, as soon as once more, our high two tales final month have been about humanoids. Robotics funding tales in addition to new milestones for robotics firms additionally grabbed your consideration in August 2023.
Listed below are the highest 10 hottest tales on The Robotic Report in August 2023. Subscribe to The Robotic Report E-newsletter or hearken to The Robotic Report Podcast to remain up to date on the robotics tales you might want to find out about.
10. Beijing declares $1.4B robotics fund
Beijing introduced its plans to create a ten billion yuan ($1.4 billion) robotics fund to advertise robotics expertise growth within the metropolis. The fund is a part of a broader effort to ascertain Beijing because the {industry}’s worldwide industrial highland. Learn Extra
9. Olis Robotics brings in $4.1M
Olis Robotics, an organization that focuses on distant monitoring, management, and error restoration expertise for industrial robots, introduced in $4.1 million in funding. With Olis Join, the corporate’s flagship system, customers can safely remotely monitor, management, and troubleshoot their industrial robots. This results in improved general tools effectiveness (OEE), successfully addressing expensive robotic downtime. Learn Extra
8. Right here’s how a lot funding robotics firms raised in June
Robotics funding reached $2.1 billion in June 2023 because of 51 investments. This brings the year-to-date funding whole for the robotics {industry} to roughly $6.1 billion. Firms based mostly in america and China as soon as once more obtained essentially the most variety of rounds, 20 and eight, respectively. Learn Extra
7. Aerobotix integrates robots that examine, put together, and paint fight plane
The featured interview on this episode of The Robotic Report Podcast is a dialog with Aerobotix VP of Gross sales, Chris Kolb. Aerobotix builds and integrates robotic inspection, sanding, and portray programs for US navy plane upkeep. The programs put in by Aerobotix even painted the US Air Pressure plane filmed for the unique High Gun Maverick film. Learn Extra
6. John Deere to debate state of agrobotics at RoboBusiness
At RoboBusiness (Oct. 18-19 in Santa Clara, Calif.), John Deere’s director of rising applied sciences, Sarah Schinckel, will element how superior robotics are important to serving to farmers upskill restricted labor and carry out exact duties at scale. This presentation will discover the worth robotics convey to the farm and what different industries can be taught from its purposeful use case in agriculture. Learn Extra
5. Locus Robotics passes 2 billion models picked milestone
Locus Robotics introduced that its AMRs have picked greater than two billion models, reinforcing the corporate’s place as a number one robotics supplier for the warehouse and logistics {industry}. This new milestone comes simply 11 months after reaching the industry-first landmark of 1 billion picks in 2022. Learn Extra
4. ARM Institute declares 8 new expertise initiatives
The Superior Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute introduced eight new short-cycle expertise initiatives it will likely be funding. The Institute plans to award almost $1.56 million in venture funding from numerous sectors, for a complete contribution of $3.26 million throughout these eight initiatives. Learn Extra
3. German Bionic debuts Apogee+ powered exoskeleton
German Bionic unveiled Apogee+, a powered exoskeleton for the North American healthcare market. Apogee+ goals to merge cutting-edge robots with research-backed, data-driven insights to raised assist caregivers. Learn Extra
2. Apptronik unveils Apollo humanoid robotic
Apptronik launched its Apollo humanoid robotic. The corporate joins a rising record of robotics firms within the race to commercialize a humanoid. Till now, the corporate has had a low profile, working totally on analysis and growth initiatives with exoskeletons and bipedal locomotion for the U.S. authorities and the Division of Protection (DoD). Learn Extra
1. Unitree teases new H1 humanoid robotic
Unitree introduced on social media that it’s creating a humanoid robotic, constructing on its expertise in quadruped robotics. Unitree is likely one of the main builders of quadrupeds and lately launched the second technology of its Go2 quadruped. Learn Extra
