Category: Humanoids
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Beyond Imagination receives order for 1,000 humanoid robots
Robotics innovator Beyond Imagination has entered into an agreement with SELF Labs to provide at least 1,000 humanoid robots for use in agricultural “grow boxes”. This is believed to be the largest deal of its kind. SELF and Beyond are announcing a partnership to develop automated off-the-grid grow boxes. Each box will be equipped with…
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Apptronik raises $15 million for its humanoid robots
Apptronik, an Austin-based robotics company specializing in the development of exoskeletons and collaborative robotics systems, says it raised $14.6 million in a Seed Round, including Capital Factory, Grit Ventures, Perot Jain and other strategic investors. This funding will go toward fulfilling the company’s current customer orders while accelerating the commercialization of one of the industry’s…
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Halodi selects Immervision to give ‘human-like’ vision to its humanoid robots
Immervision, a leading developer of advanced vision systems combining optics, image processing, and sensor fusion technology, has been chosen by Halodi Robotics to provide their next generation vision system for their humanoid service robot platform, capable of handling both human and computer vision. Robots are capable of performing a wide variety of tasks that are…
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Halodi Robotics to supply 140 humanoid robots to security company ADT
Halodi Robotics has signed an agreement to provide 140 humanoid robots to ADT Commercial, a US-based provider of commercial security, fire, life safety and risk consulting services. This is believed to be the largest deal of its kind involving humanoid robots. The two companies will demonstrate their joint solution at the ISC West trade show…
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Facebook files patent for robotic eyeball
Social media giant Facebook has filed a patent for a robotic eyeball, according to a report on Gizmodo.com. The “mechanical eyeball” is said to feature human-like abilities and can be integrated to humanoid or other types of robots. Why Facebook, which recently rebranded itself as Meta, is developing a robot eyeball is subject to considerable…
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Elon Musk and his Tesla Bot: Will humanoid robots take over the world like all of science fiction predicts?
Arguably the world’s most visionary entrepreneur, Elon Musk, is rarely out of the news, whether it’s because of his super-duper Tesla electric cars or because of his achievements in aerospace, which include rockets and spacecraft built by his SpaceX company docking with and supplying the International Space Station. In recent days, Musk has been in…
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Sarcos Robotics ‘merges’ with Rotor Acquisition
Shareholders in Rotor Acquisition, a publicly-traded special-purpose acquisition company, have approved what’s being described as a “business combination” – possibly meaning a merger – with Sarcos Robotics, a maker of exoskeletons. Upon completion of the transaction, subject to the satisfaction of certain customary closing conditions, Rotor will change its name to Sarcos Technology and Robotics…
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Sarcos Robotics and T-Mobile team up to integrate 5G into Guardian XT exoskeleton robot
Sarcos Robotics, a developer of robotic exoskletons, and telecommunications company T-Mobile, have agreed a collaboration to integrate T-Mobile 5G into the Sarcos Guardian XT highly dexterous mobile industrial robot. The Guardian XT robot is a remote-controlled robotic system designed to help humans safely work in hazardous conditions, performing tasks such as lifting heavy materials or…
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UBTECH Robotics unveils latest version of Walker X humanoid
UBTECH Robotics, a developer of intelligent humanoid robotics and AI technologies, has unveiled Walker X, the latest version of its groundbreaking bipedal humanoid robot. With significant improvement in physical performance, autonomous intelligence and human to robot interactions, Walker X took another step closer to becoming the gold standard in humanoid robotics. Walker X has been…
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RoboCup Federation and UBTech Robotics team up to improve robots’ football skills
The RoboCup Federation, famous for organising football matches between teams of tiny Nao humanoid robots, and UBTech Robotics have formed a strategic partnership. The two companies say they are aiming to achieve “the highest-quality artificial intelligence and robotic research and education as well as respective worldwide visibility”. Both organizations share the goal of intelligent robots…