Tutor Intelligence has unveiled new generations of its Cassie and Sonny robots, expanding the systems’ capabilities for material handling, e-commerce fulfillment and other industrial applications. The company says the new Cassie is now fully autonomously mobile, allowing the single-arm robot to move between workstations and perform different jobs around factories and warehouses. Cassie is already […]
Skyfly Technologies, the British developer of electric and hybrid-electric vertically capable aircraft, has closed a $10 million seed round led by specialist growth equity investor, HICO Investment Group, with participation from Archangel, Europe’s only dedicated next-generation defence technology fund. The investment takes the Axe, Skyfly’s two-seat electric aircraft that takes off like a helicopter and […]
Europe is rapidly becoming one of the most closely watched regions in the global robotaxi race, as autonomous-driving companies from China and the West increasingly target the same cities for commercial expansion. Unlike the United States and China, where regulatory, political and market barriers make meaningful competition by foreign autonomous-driving companies difficult, Europe remains comparatively […]
Motion technology company Schaeffler has opened a state-of-the-art lighthouse factory for humanoid robotics in Taicang, China. It houses an intelligent assembly line, a training and data acquisition center, a platform for digital twins, and a data center across approximately 7,500 square meters of floor space. The building covers the entire process from testing of individual […]
Misumi Americas has launched Misumi Ventures, a $50 million early-stage investment fund targeting robotics, automation, advanced hardware, physical AI and industrial software companies. The San Francisco Bay Area-based fund plans to build a portfolio of 20 to 30 seed and early-stage companies, typically investing between $500,000 and $1.5 million initially and reserving capital for follow-on […]
