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Attabotics’ automated storage and retrieval system can reduce warehouse space by 85%. | Source: Attabotics Attabotics announced that it brought in $71.7 million in Series C-1 funding. The latest round brings its total funding to $165.1 million since its founding in 2015.  The Canadian automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) developer plans to use the Series C funding to further accelerate the commercialization of its robotic warehousing solution. Attabotics ‘ solution condenses typical warehouses into a single, vertical storage structure.  Inside the system, Attabots, or robotic shuttles, move in 3D space to pick goods and present them to workers at workstations on the outside perimeter. This system can reduce a retailer’s required warehouse space by up to 85% and enable delivery times as short as one hour.  “Our vision from day one has been revolutionizing the current supply chain system by offering retailers a fast, sustainable and ultramodern model to fulf...

Waymo , the self-driving unit of Google parent Alphabet, will soon begin giving autonomous robotaxi rides, with no automation specialists in the vehicles, to members of the public in San Francisco. The company plans to begin rides in the coming weeks, as it just received a driverless pilot permit from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). The permit allows Waymo to give rides in its autonomous vehicles (AVs) without any driver in the vehicle, but it does not allow Waymo to charge for these rides. Waymo can give autonomous rides throughout San Francisco, as walls as in portions of Daly City, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain View, Palo Alto and Sunnyvale. The company’s AVs can operate on roads with posted speed limits of up to 65 miles an hour, at any time of day or night.  While Waymo is unable to charge for its rider-only autonomous rides, it does hold a Drivered Deployment permit, which allows it to charge for rides given in San Francisco when its automation sp...

Mobile robots. Credit: Licensed from AdobeStock A new standard released by the ASTM defines the types of objects that might be encountered during the operation of an Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) or Automatic Guided Vehicle (AGV). The new standard documents a list of common terms that describe these objects, and provides a common language for the use of both operators and manufacturers of this equipment. The standard was developed by ASTM’s committee on robotics, automation, and autonomous systems ( F45 ). This standard ( F3588 ) provides specifications for a set of reference objects to act as obstacles or infrastructure for testing the capabilities of A-UGVs. The objects represent those common in many manufacturing environments. According to ASTM International F45 committee chair Adam Norton, this helps both developers of A-UGVs and those looking to use them with evaluating their systems. The committee surveyed both end users and manufacturers to assemble the list of items that ...

Welcome to Episode 99 of The Robot Report Podcast , which brings conversations with robotics innovators straight to you. Join us each week for discussions with leading roboticists, innovative robotics companies and other key members of the robotics community. This week, we talk to the founders of the Robotics Operations Group (ROG) about the growth of the organization and the planning and execution of the inaugural “RobOpsCon”, a conference dedicated to best practices for operating autonomous robotics at scale. Co-host Mike Oitzman attended the conference earlier this week in Santa Cruz, CA, and had the opportunity to sit down with ROG co-founders Florian Pestoni and Joe Wieciek to talk about the organization, its mission and what it took to pull this live, in-person conference together. The podcast also recaps some of the week’s top stories, including a patent fight that’s brewing between Boston Dynamics and Ghost Robotics. Cruise is now able to run its robotaxis during the day, ...

One of Motional’s all-electric IONIQ 5 robotaxis in Las Vegas. | Source: Motional Motional , the autonomous driving company that began as a collaboration between Hyundai Motor Group, Aptiv, and Lyft announced that the companies are rolling out an autonomous ride-hailing service in Los Angeles. This is the second city the companies have launched a robotaxi service in.  The companies have integrated Motional’s Level 4 autonomous vehicles (AVs) onto the Lyft platform, giving LA riders access to a rideshare network with multiple modes of transportation, AVs and classic rideshares. The autonomous rides are being conducted on Motional’s all-electric IONIQ 5-based robotaxis. Motional has had an operations and engineering presence in LA since 2016.  The IONIQ 5 AV is equipped with app touch screens mounted behind each front-row seat. This screen will confirm passenger details and provide real-time ride information. Below the screens are three hard keys that riders can use to star...

Soft Robotics’ m Grip soft gripper can handle even delicate foods, like cupcakes, without smashing them. | Source: Soft Robotics Soft Robotics brought in $26 million in the first closing of its Series C funding round. This brings the robotic picking company’s total funding to $86 million, according to  Crunchbase .  Soft Robotics plans to use the latest round of funding to expand commercial deployments of m GripAI , its robotic picking product.  m GripAI is an IP69K-rated automation package that uses 3D vision and artificial intelligence (AI) to allow industrial arms to perform automated bulk picking in food processes.  m GripAI, originally brought to market in 2021, can perform over 90 picks per minute. The system includes perception modules that capture high-resolution, 3D images. These images are sent to an intelligence module, which translates them into action for the robotic arm and gripper. The  m Grip soft gripper works in unison with the intelligen...

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