Equipped with a suite of advanced sensors, Surveyor delivers real-time intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) above and below the surface. | Source: Saildrone
Saildrone Inc., in partnership with Meta, this week announced that it has completed a deep-water cable route survey in the North Atlantic using the Saildrone Surveyor, a 20-m...
Whale Dynamic specializes in providing last-mile deliveries in urban and rural environments. | Source: Whale Dynamic
Whale Dynamic, a developer of autonomous delivery vehicles, last week partnered with Noodoe, an electric vehicle charging and energy management software provider. The companies said they plan to create an &end-to-end...
Welcome to Startups Weekly-- your weekly wrap-up of everything you can't miss from the world of start-ups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Register here.From obtaining stealth start-ups to bigger ones, and from funding Series A to Series G rounds, buyers and investors produced a hectic news cycle.Most intriguing startup stories from the weekImage ...
Wandercraft is a French robotics company established in 2012 by Nicolas Simon, Matthieu Masselin, and Jean-Louis Constanza. The creators were encouraged by individual experiences, as member of the family experienced Charcot Marie Tooth, or CMT, illness and dealt with minimal movement options.The business‘& lsquo; s primary goal previously has been to enable individuals ... Wandercraft is a French robotics business established in 2012 by Nicolas Simon, Matthieu Masselin, and Jean-Louis Constanza. The founders were encouraged by individual experiences, as relative struggled with Charcot Marie Tooth, or CMT, illness and faced minimal mobility options.The company‘& lsquo; s primary goal until now has actually been to make it possible for people with severe gait and movement impairments to stand and stroll again. Wandercraft established a line of product of reliable, self-balancing exoskeletons capable of safely bring a person.Renault to assist develop industrial roboticsThis week, Wandercraft revealed its first humanoid robotic called Calvin. The business claimed that it established the robotic in 40 days, utilizing components of its exoskeleton products.The new job begins the heels of an announcement that Renault Group is making a minority investment in Wandercraft. The automaker is investing along with Wandercraft&& s existing investors and brand-new investors.The business partners said they intend to ensure the development of Calvin as a household of next-generation robots, mainly for commercial uses. Calvin will enable Renault to relieve its workers from agonizing and non-ergonomic tasks, while minimizing production time and thereby increasing productivity.At a later phase, Renault will assist commercialize the robotics and exoskeletons by reducing costs through design-to-cost and scaling, 2 disciplines in which the automobile industry is well recognized. This will help Wandercraft to put its brand-new exoskeleton Eve on the marketplace and open new organization chances in robotics.&& Renault Group & s investment marks a specifying minute for Wandercraft,& & said Matthieu Masselin, co-founder and CEO. && This partnership will increase our ability to construct and scale high-impact, affordable robotics that improve the daily lives of real people—-- whether it&& s assisting individuals with specials needs stroll or supporting commercial workers through automation —-- on the factory floor, in centers and in the house. We&& re happy to combine our technology with Renault Group&& s commercial excellence to deliver the next generation of mobile robotics.&& Calvin utilizes a set of non-grasping hands, and in the video above, the robotic moves a lug to a shelf. The Robot Report reached out to the company for specifications on the robot, but it didn&& t reply as of press time.The new Calvin humanoid robot is developed for industrial usage. Credit: WandercraftWandercraft exoskeleton in medical trialsWandercraft&& s main product is the Atalante X, a self-stabilizing exoskeleton created for rehab settings. Released in 2019, Atalante X enables clients to stroll, stand, and relearn natural human motion from their very first session. It is presently utilized in almost 100 rehabilitation and clinical proving ground worldwide.Key functions include ActiveBalance mode and 12 degrees of freedom at the hips, knees, and ankles, enabling a natural gait. The Atalante X provides benefits for both patients (early rehabilitation, hands-free walking, high action counts, multi-directional movement) and therapists (quick setup, customizable strength, high-intensity training, no need for crutches). Atalante X has actually gotten FDA clearance for people with spinal cord injuries (T5-L5) and stroke clients, and it has a CE mark in Europe for various conditions.The company demonstrated the exoskeleton last year when a paraplegic athlete took part in an Olympic flame running event.Following the success of Atalante X, Wandercraft just recently revealed the Personal Exoskeleton, a self-balancing, walk-assist system developed for individual, daily usage. The company started scientific trials of the Personal Exoskeleton in February 2025. This hands-free system intends to provide individual freedom of motion in home and community settings. Like Atalante X, it features a fully powered hip-knee-ankle lower body with 12 activated degrees of flexibility and dynamic walking control.The Personal Exoskeleton, revealed as a prototype in December 2023, remains in its final stages of research study and development and will undergo medical testing and regulatory review before ending up being widely available.Now accepting session submissions!The post Wandercraft unveils Calvin, brand-new commercial humanoid, and Renault collaboration appeared initially on The Robot Report.
Video world models, which predict future frames conditioned on actions, hold immense promise for artificial intelligence, enabling agents to plan and reason in dynamic environments. Recent advancements, particularly with video diffusion models, have shown impressive capabilities in generating realistic future sequences. However, a significant...
Time is running out. The gates to Startup Battlefield 200 at A Technology NewsRoom Disrupt 2025 are about to close. In just 3 days, your window to enter the most iconic live startup competition will slam shut. Over 10,000 tech titans, top-tier VCs, and media powerhouses will be watching. This is your chance to rise, roar, and rewrite your...
Plus said its mission is to deliver autonomous driving software that creates value in commercial trucking. | Source: Plus
Plus Automation Inc., which is commercializing software and artificial intelligence for autonomous trucks, yesterday announced that it is going public. Churchill Capital Corp IX, a special purpose acquisition company or SPAC,...
This is it. The gates to Startup Battlefield 200 at A Technology NewsRoom Disrupt 2025 close tonight. If you want a shot at the most electrifying startup pitch competition in tech, your application needs to be in before the deadline hits.
You’ve got vision. Traction. A product that’s making noise. Now’s the time to show up on the biggest stage in st...
This is it. Only two tables remain to exhibit at A Technology NewsRoom All Stage, happening July 15 in Boston — and the booking window officially closes today at 11:59 p.m. PT. If you’ve been waiting to make your move, now’s the time to book your table.
Why your startup should be in the room
This founder-focused conference is where startups — from e...
The new ESCON2 series of maxon servo controllers with CANopen and I/O commanding achieves a new level of smoothness, dynamics, and precision in machines and devices thanks to an innovative method for Hall sensor-based speed control and FOC commutation.
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XRobotics thinks it has cracked the code on getting pizza restaurants to adopt robotics.
The San Francisco-based robotics company built a countertop robot called xPizza Cube, which is roughly the size of a stackable washing machine and uses machine learning to apply sauce, cheese, and pepperoni to pizza dough. The machines, which lease for $1,300 a...
Anysphere, the maker of AI coding assistant Cursor, has raised $900 million at a $9.9 billion valuation, Bloomberg reported. The round was led by returning investor Thrive Capital, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Accel, and DST Global.
The massive round is Anysphere’s third fundraise in less than a year. The 3-year-old startup secured i...
Vanderlande and Hai Robotics are collaborating on mobile robots to handle cases and totes. Source: Vanderlande
Warehouse operators and third-party logistics providers are turning to automation to be more efficient, flexible, and competitive in the face of accelerating customer demand, labor shortages, and trade disruptions. Mobile robots are a key...
While the online feud between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump seemed to drive traffic to Musk’s social media platform X (formerly Twitter), it could also create issues for the platform’s parent company xAI.
Musk merged X and xAI earlier this year, with Bloomberg reporting this week that he was looking to raise $5 billion in debt (as well as a...
The fight between HR tech startups has heated up another notch this week as Rippling on Thursday filed an 84-page amended complaint in its lawsuit against Deel.
The complaint accuses Deel of targeting, infiltrating, and compromising four other competitors, in addition to Rippling.
The revised complaint doesn’t name all of the four other alleged v...
The Tally inventory robot, part of Simbe&s Store Intelligence platform, at a DeCicco - Sons grocery store. Source: Simbe
Simbe Robotics Inc. today announced a strategic partnership with DeCicco - Sons, a family-owned grocery chain in New York state. The partners will bring Simbe&s Store Intelligence platform to DeCicco&s...
Brad Menezes, CEO of enterprise vibe-coding startup Superblocks, believes the next crop of billion-dollar startup ideas is hiding in almost plain sight: the system prompts used by existing unicorn AI startups.
System prompts are the lengthy prompts — over 5,000 to 6,000 words — that AI startups use to instruct the foundational models from companies...
Founders Fund has led another, enormous round for defense tech startup Anduril with a $1 billion investment as part of a new $2.5 billion raise, the largest check the firm has ever written. Existing investors also piled in, an Anduril spokesperson tells A Technology NewsRoom.
Anduril has now doubled its valuation to $30.5 billion with this Series...
Kepler said its booth became a high-traffic destination at ICRA 2025. Credit: Kepler Robotics
During last month&s IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2025 in Atlanta, Kepler Robotics Co. introduced its latest humanoid robot, the K2 &Bumblebee.& The Shanghai, China-based company said the live...
Narrowing down the 30 most visionary startups of the year to just five finalists was no easy feat. VivaTech’s Innovation of the Year attracted an extraordinary pool of applicants — startups tackling massive global challenges with bold, technically sophisticated, and scalable solutions. From redefining human-machine interaction to revolutionizing he...
We're in the final stretch. Exhibitor tables for A Technology NewsRoom All Stage, occurring July 15 in Boston, are almost entirely offered out-- and less than 48 hours stay before booking officially closes.TC All Stage is constructed for creators This isn't simply another start-up event-- it's where brands connect straight with financiers, customers, and pr ...
Functions of the samos PRO MOTION safety controller. Source: Wieland Electric
Wieland Electric Inc. this week announced that its samos PRO MOTION Controller was named the Gold winner in the Control Systems category of the Plant Engineering 2025 Product of the Year awards program. Plant Engineering is a sibling site to The Robot Report...
Early-stage AI startups are imbuing new life into San Francisco’s Northern Waterfront, after years of “for lease” signs dotting the post-pandemic landscape. According to the San Francisco Business Times, five AI-focused companies — four backed by Y Combinator — recently leased 23,900 square feet at the Waterfront Plaza complex. This is part of a ci...
When Monik Pamecha co-founded AI voice startup Toma in early 2024, he hadn’t anticipated spending the summer months sweating in Bible Belt car dealerships. He and co-founder Anthony Krivonos were still focused on banking and healthcare customers when the dealers came knocking.
“They just called us up and said ‘we are drowning in phone calls,’” Pame...
We are passionate about the impact robotics can have on the world. That&s why for 14 years, the RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards have honored the most innovative robotics companies, technologies, and applications from around the world.
This year we brought back three major awards: Robot of the Year, Application of the Year, and Startup of the...
If you’ve been following Anthropic, you’ll know it’s been a busy year for the AI startup. Back in March, the company announced that it raised $3.5 billion at a $61.5 billion valuation in a round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Since then, it’s launched a blog for its Claude models and, according to Bloomberg reporting, partnered with A...
Today's the day!A Technology NewsRoom Sessions: AIis lighting up UC Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall at 8 a.m. PT on the dot. The stage is set, the speakers are ready, and the AI community is gathering for one powerful day of insight, development, and momentum.Local to Berkeley and enthusiastic about AI? There's still time to join us-- grab a pass and imm ...
Nucleus Genomics, a hereditary testing start-up founded by 25-year-old Kian Sadeghi, initially launched in 2021 with the goal of determining a patient's risk for specific diseases. It's been courting controversy for years with products that declare to tell people how their genetics correlate to a host of intricate problems, including their IQ. On ...
PalmPay, an African digital bank fintech, is in talks to raise between $50 million and $100 million in a Series B round, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
It’s unclear what valuation it hopes to get, but its last round, in 2021, ranked it among the continent’s most valuable startups, estimated just shy of unicorn status.
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