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 […]
Automation company beRobox has introduced the “3D Dynamic Safety”, a new safety module for its PALTZ robotic palletizers, that brings a “fundamentally new approach to safeguarding palletizing operations”, according to the company. Instead of keeping safety detection fixed around the robot, the design aims to “make it move with the robot”. Powered by Sonair’s safety-certified […]
Dream Labs, an AI company building the brain for everyday robots, has announced $90 million in seed funding led by B Capital along with Kindred Ventures, with participation from A.Capital, Unusual Ventures, SV Angel, Wing VC, Scribble VC, and Adrian Aoun, among others. Alongside the financing, the company launched Dream API, the first publicly available […]
Traditional musculoskeletal care generates over $300 billion in costs each year, and often forces patients to choose between invasive surgical interventions and endless cycles of symptom-masking medication. Advanced shockwave technology breaks this paradigm by delivering high-energy acoustic pulses directly into damaged tissue, initiating cellular repair mechanisms without a single incision. Medical practices across orthopedic, podiatric, […]
