With the IC Drone operational for cleaning electric insulators, Duke Robotics now aims to expand its offering to utility providers globally.

While Skydio lost out on its U.S. Army contract to Red Cat, it did bring in $170 million in funding this week.

On a pro forma basis, the combined company expects to deliver more than $1.7 billion in revenue.

The EDU program offers subscribers full access to Falcon’s comprehensive feature set, alongside community resources developed by Duality AI.

ANELLO Photonics, which has developed compact navigation and positioning for autonomous systems, has closed its Series B round.

As DARPA’s robotic payload developer for the RSGS program, NRL looked to the future to build and test satellite servicing capabilities.

Ascento launches Ascento Guard 2.0, the latest generation of its unique two-wheeled autonomous security robot mobile robotic solution. 

Swiss-Mile is productizing a robot that puts wheels onto a four legged robot, and XPENG released a video of of its humanoid at work.

Gecko Robotics has developed Fulcrum, which uses AI to provide high-quality infrastructure data to its Cantilever analytics software.

AITX RAD unveiled the capabilities of ROAMEO Gen 4, its autonomous security robot that will begin shipping in March 2025.

The new See3CAM from e-con Systems includes proprietary technology for separating RGB and IR frames for precise embedded vision.

Palladyne AI is continuing its four-year contract to validate its Palladyne IQ software for media blasting of complex aircraft components.

XTEND has quickly pivoted and iterated drone hardware and autonomy software to support the IDF in field operations.

It’s drone week on the podcast, learn about the largest U.S.-based agtech spraying drone and a hydrogen powered, long duration drone solution.

Kodiak Robotics unveiled its first autonomous test vehicle for the U.S. military, a Ford F-150 pickup truck outfitted with Kodiak Driver.

Outdoor robots have specific challenges for reliable design, which a panel at RoboBusiness 2024 will explain.

GelSight and Flexxbotics say their initial target industries include aerospace, defense, medical devices, automotive, and more.

SiLC Technologies says its FMCW lidar is superior to time-of-flight sensors for the various types of mobility that Honda produces.

Mobilicom says it has seen growth in the tactical handheld GCS market for operating small drones, robots, and loitering munitions.

MassRobotics resident startups have used its shared space, development resources, and mentoring and networking programs to grow.

Capra says security and defense need innovation, and Custos will begin with its mobile platform for mine detection and removal.

In August 2023, Apptronik released Apollo, the first commercial version of its bipedal humanoid robot.