Robotics

Fetch Robotics, a Silicon Valley startup that's bringing robots and a supporting cloud-based software system to industrial environments, today announced a $46 million Series C round of funding. The round was led by Fort Ross Ventures, with additional participation from CEAS Investments, Redwood...

Good day, Mobility companies aren't necessarily known for their civic mindedness, so perhaps it's not so surprising that equity was a central theme at a TechCrunch mobility conference held earlier this week in San Jose, California. TC Editor Matthew Panzarino set the tone with his introduction,...

The numbers of robots in use around the world has tripled to 2.25 million over the last 20 years and is forecast to reach 20 million by 2030, according to consultants Oxford Economics. In its report "How robots change the world – what automation really means for jobs and productivity," the...

Starsky Robotics tested its fully unmanned autonomous truck on a 9.4-mile stretch of public highway on the Florida Turnpike on June 16. The company had previously been testing its self-driving technology on private roads. "We are now the only autonomous company that's testing trucks without having...

As some autonomous trucking startups seek to eventually eliminate drivers' jobs completely, Starsky Robotics is taking a different approach. The three-year startup, headquartered in San Francisco, is developing autonomous trucks with remote driving capabilities. It launched its new campaign titled...

One of our favorite images we’ve used when pitching technology in agriculture is monitors mounted in combines as farmers till and harvest showing board futures prices and basis prices at local elevators. Well, 2019 farmers are taking it to a whole new level. The Journal ran an article about...

As some technology companies scale back or eliminate their self-driving programs, Starsky Robotics is pushing forward with its autonomous truck technology. The self-driving truck startup completed a series of road tests, with a driver behind the wheel, on a section of the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway...

Locus Robotics, a Wilmington, Massachusetts-based company that makes autonomous mobile robots for e-commerce warehouses, announced today it has raised $26 million in a Series C round. Investors included Zebra Ventures, the strategic investment arm of Zebra Technologies, and Scale Venture Partners...

Though specialized robots have proven to be a viable alternative to human workers across several sectors within manufacturing since the 1960s, their presence in the supply chain has largely been non-existent until recently. This is because robots excel at work that is repetitive, which makes them a...

As more companies debut autonomous delivery robots – Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is the latest to announce a pilot – questions are mounting about how ready the technology is to navigate the surprisingly perilous world of the neighborhood sidewalk. Another major question...

Robotic loading systems at air cargo warehouses could move a step closer this summer with the introduction of a robotic car parking system at London's Gatwick Airport in August. The Stanley Robotics system uses a lifting platform on a droid to raise a car and the robot is then guided via a...

Small delivery robots started rolling down the sidewalks in the Seattle suburbs Wednesday as Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) joined the unmanned home delivery space. Amazon joins other companies that deliver items — including Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM)-owned Pizza Hut, Domino...

Artificial intelligence and robotics stocks and exchange traded funds were pummeled in 2018. The Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETF (NASDAQ: BOTZ), one of the category’s largest ETFs, sank 28.3 percent on the year. That was not the way to follow up 2017, a year in...