Open Robotics News Today

Technology companies have continued to lay off staff in 2024, despite improving fundamentals. Here's an updated timeline of notable layoffs, and reasons why Big Tech is in turmoil.

The acquisition of Open Robotics received a mixed reception across the industry. “The aim of Intrinsic is to democratize the access to robotics,” says Wendy Tan White, CEO of Intrinsic.

Agility Robotics will soon be able to make 10,000 bipedal humanoid robots per year and claims it is creating jobs rather than taking them from humans.

A range of robotics companies based in China, tackling everything from food prep to deliveries and supply chain logistics, announced new fundraising this week.

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Between events like the Robotics Summit & Expo and Automate, acquisitions, and big funding announcements, there was no shortage of exciting robotics news. 

Motor City mechatronics. Actuator: Three days at Automate, a conversation with Melonee Wise and more humanoid talk.

This morning, the company announced its first product, Flowstate, a development platform designed to help non-roboticists.

Actuator: The spotty history of Google robotics, the rise of software and viral boxing Boston Dynamics fakes.

Looking for topics to discuss over the Thanksgiving dinner table that aren’t politics or sports? Let’s discuss killer robots now. Depending on how broadly you define “robot,” the idea has long since transposed from science fiction to reality. Asimov’s First Law of Robotics, which states that “A robot may not injure a human person” or …