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Wearable Robotics closes €5M Series A to scale development

Wearable Robotics,an Italy-based company developing wearable robotics for neuromotorrehabilitation, has raised €5 million in a Series A funding round to supportinternational expansion and product deve…

FedEx chooses partnerships over proprietary tech for its automation strategy

FedEx recently announced a partnership with Berkshire Gray as the company works with external players to develop its automation tech.

Nomadic raises $8.4 million to wrangle the data pouring off autonomous vehicles

The company turns footage from robots into structured, searchable datasets with a deep learning model.

Physical Intelligence is reportedly in talks to raise $1 billion, again

The deal would effectively double the company’s $5.6 billion valuation in just four months.

Melania Trump wants a robot to homeschool your child

The First Lady sees AI and robotics playing a prominent role in the future of American education.

30 Years Ago, Robots Learned to Walk Without Falling
30 Years Ago, Robots Learned to Walk Without Falling

When you hear the term humanoid robot, you may think of C-3PO, the human-cyborg-relations android from Star Wars. C-3PO was designed to assist humans in communicating with robots and alien species. The droid, which first appeared on screen in 1977, jo…

Lucid Bots raises $20M to keep up with demand for its window-washing drones 

Lucid Bots has seen demand accelerate over the last year for its window cleaning drones and power washing robots.

Amazon just bought a startup making kid-size humanoid robots

The acquisition of Fauna Robotics is the second robotics startup Amazon has purchased this month.