robotics
Meta acquires ‘Assured Robot Intelligence’ to strengthen robotics and physical AI capabilities: Report
Meta reportedly acquired Assured Robot Intelligence as it steps up efforts in humanoid robots and physical AI. The startup’s team is expected to join Meta’s AI and robotics…
Google launches ‘Gemini Robotics On-Device’ AI model that powers robots without internet
Google DeepMind has launched a new version of its artificial intelligence (AI) system called ‘Gemini Robotics On-Device’, built to run directly on robots without needing any internet connection.…
SoftBank to lead $500Mn investment in AI robotics startup ‘Skild AI’: Report
SoftBank, which has been committing billions in US investments around data centres and AI, is now aggressively pushing into another related and trending sector – robotics. SoftBank Group…
Automation upstart Ati Motors raises $20Mn in Series B to fund global expansion
Bangalore-based Industrial automation upstart Ati Motors, has now secured a total of $20 million in its latest round of funding. The Series B round was led by Walden…
OpenAI reportedly considered a return to robotics with humanoid robots
OpenAI – with ChatGPT and its various AI models (including the o3 reasoning models rolled out last week) – has positioned itself as a major player in the…
Peer Robotics secures $2.3Mn led by Kalaari Capital
Advances in technology has ensured that the robotics tech sector has clocked a steady growth, and if statistics are anything to go by, it was $62.75 billion in…
Unbox Robotics grabs $550K in seed to enable warehouses in automating operations
Unbox Robotics, a startup that is looking to automate complex warehouse operations, has announced raising of a $550K seed round. The round was led by CIIE.CO (IIM-A housed…
A startup making robo waiters just raised $32 million in a round led by Softbank
Every sci fi movie ever has had a scene of robots working among humans, as an integral part of society. Who of us hasn’t fantasised about living in…
SoftBank to acquire robotics company Boston Dynamics from Google parent Alphabet
SoftBank is accelerating its robotics technology efforts. The Japanese giant has today announced that it will be acquiring two more robotics firms, Alphabet’s Boston Dynamics and Japan-based Schaft, to…
UK govt commits £93Mn for robotics, AI, and an additional £38Mn for driverless cars
Business Secretary Greg Clark has launched the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) committing to invest more than £1 billion in cutting-edge technologies for next four years. It aims to create…
MIT Pune and IBM collaborate to come up with an intelligent, dancing robot ‘Chintu’
An INR 1 million grant from IBM to MIT Pune last year led to the conception of Chintu, a 2 feet tall robot that can remind you to take…
Udacity announces two new nanodegree programs, 21 new hiring partners
Udacity’s mission to provide education for all seems to be turning out to be a great commercial success as well. The success of its programs and the oversubscribed classes…
Honda’s new R&D Center focuses on the tech of the future
Honda has joined the ranks of automobile manufacturers working to create new technologies for making the automobiles of the future — or was it the future of automobiles?…
Bill Gates wants robots to be taxed just like regular humans
Robots are slated to replace a significant portion of the human populace currently deployed in factories. That is probably a given. However, there are going to be a…
Xiaomi’s Next Expansion Is Virtual Reality And Robotics, Says Its Theme For 2016 Is ‘Bold Exploration’
In the official Mi5 launch a few days ago, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun announced, what could be possibly be the biggest expansion plan in the Chinese upstart’s history —…
