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2024 is heating up for the robotics business. In February we noticed new product launches, and a few corporations in scorching water with funding losses or shutdowns. It was an thrilling month for the business, and there was no scarcity of robotics new to cowl. 

Listed below are the highest 10 hottest tales on The Robotic Report in February 2024. Subscribe to The Robotic Report Publication or take heed to The Robotic Report Podcast to remain up to date on the robotics tales it’s good to find out about.

10. Scythe robotic lawnmowers adopting ‘Tesla charging customary’

Colo.-based Scythe Robotics is adopting the North American Charging Normal (NACS) cost port for its M.52 robotic lawnmower. The corporate stated this transfer will combine NACS capabilities into their all-electric, totally autonomous business mower as early as This fall 2024. Learn Extra

9. Cruise and Motional backers slash robotaxi funding

The highway continues to be bumpy for robotaxi builders. Not too long ago, Cruise and Motional, two main U.S.-based robotaxi corporations, misplaced main funding sources that might considerably alter their futures. Let’s begin with Cruise. And this information shouldn’t be stunning when you’ve been following Cruise for the previous few months. Basic Motors, which acquired Cruise in 2016, stated this week it is going to minimize spending on the robotaxi unit by about $1 billion in 2024. Learn Extra

8. 10 surgical robotics corporations to comply with in 2024

The surgical robotics area noticed a significant shakeup final 12 months. “Robotics is difficult. Robotics in healthcare is difficult.” Hani Abouhalka, Johnson & Johnson’s firm group chair for Robotics & Digital. It just about sums up the state of affairs for medtech corporations massive and small that sought to compete towards Intuitive Surgical within the soft-tissue surgical robotics area. Learn Extra

7. 10 startups chosen for MassRobotics Accelerator

Throughout its annual associate celebration, MassRobotics launched the ten robotics startups chosen to take part in its inaugural equity-free accelerator. Every startup was awarded a $100,000, non-dilutive grant from the Massachusetts Expertise Collaborative, or MassTech, as a part of a $5 million state initiative. Learn Extra

6. Cobot creates ‘cell manufacturing dream’ for plastics thermoformer

Thermoforming, a know-how that’s greater than a century previous, makes use of sheet plastic that’s heated to develop into mushy so it may be vacuum-formed in or round a mould. Extra plastic is then minimize off to create closing merchandise with dimensions that vary from a couple of inches to the scale of a room. Learn Extra

5. Prime 5 robotics tendencies for 2024, in line with the IFR

The Worldwide Federation of Robotics listed its picks for the highest 5 world robotics tendencies of this 12 months. The Frankfurt, Germany-based group attributed rising demand for automation to technological improvements. Learn Extra

4. Robotics investments high $749M in December 2023

Robotics corporations raised $749 million in December 2023 on account of 41 investments. Robotics investments reached about $12.9 billion for 2023. Learn Extra

3. KUKA unveils KR FORTEC industrial robotic

KUKA AG has revealed its KR FORTEC industrial robotic. This newest robotic suits between KUKA’s KR QUANTED and KR FORTEC extremely robots. This newest industrial robotic has an prolonged arm that has a attain of 145 in. (368.3 cm) and might deal with payloads of as much as 529 lb. (240 kg). The firm stated that with the KR FORTEC, it hopes to ship versatility with a smaller footprint. Learn Extra

2. Agtech startup Small Robotic Firm shutting down

Small Robotic Firm is shutting down because it did not get the funding wanted to achieve its subsequent part. The corporate has entered liquidation after an prolonged battle for survival. Regardless of having a signed time period sheet, the awaited funding did not materialize earlier than the corporate’s monetary runway ran out. Learn Extra

1. Watch Boston Dynamics’ Atlas humanoid deal with automotive struts

With the onslaught of humanoids that have been launched in 2023, it appears Atlas, the humanoid that set the stage for a lot of as we speak’s humanoid development, has fallen out of the limelight. However on its YouTube channel, Boston Dynamics stated not so quick. Learn Extra