Brianna Wessling

A Da Vinci robot, on the left, working in sync with the Levita system on the right. | Source: Levita Magnetics Surgical robotic procedures are becoming increasingly more commonplace every day. In 2022 alone, surgeons around the world performed 1.8 million robot-assisted procedures, according to the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Last month, Levita Magnetics Inc. announced what it said was a new breakthrough in the field: For the first time, surgeons completed a

From left to right: NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter, Boston Dynamics’ Atlas humanoid, and Waymo’s latest autonomous vehicle. | Source: NASA JPL, Boston Dynamics, and Waymo With 2024 in the rearview mirror, we’re looking back at some of the biggest robotics trends of the year. While the year was full of exciting innovations and new technologies, we also saw the industry weather dips in funding and slower sales. Here are our five biggest trends for 2024: Humanoids

A series of humanoid robot announcements at the end of the month dominated our top 10 stories in December 2024. In addition, large funding rounds and forward-looking forecasts grabbed our readers’ attention.  Here are the 10 most popular stories on The Robot Report in the past month. Subscribe to The Robot Report Newsletter and listen to The Robot Report Podcast to stay up to date on the robotics developments you need to know about. 10. Huawei invests $413M into robotics subsidiary Huawei

Focal One focuses high-intensity ultrasound waves on affected areas, destroying cancer cells in the gland without damaging the healthy surrounding tissue. | Source: EDAP Earlier this year, EDAP TMS SA announced the full results of a HIFI study evaluating the high-intensity focused ultrasound, or HIFU, treatment of localized prostate cancer. The study compared the French company’s robotic Focal One system against radical prostatectomy, or RP, surgery as the first line of treatment.  HIFI was the

The humanoid frenzy that began in 2023 continued throughout 2024. This year, six of our most popular 10 stories were about or mentioned humanoid robots.  In addition to falling robot sales in North America, our readers were also interested in growing robotics communities in the U.S. and big trade shows.  Here are the top 10 most popular stories on The Robot Report in 2024. Subscribe to The Robot Report Newsletter or listen to The Robot Report Podcast to stay up to date

Waste Robotics uses FANUC robot arms to enable reliable and precise picking, it said. | Source: Waste Robotics Greyparrot and Waste Robotics partnered earlier this year to enhance Waste Robotics’ sortation capabilities. The company creates robots that sort a variety of wastes, including construction and demolition, recyclables, metals, and municipal solid waste, and the everyday items tossed out by the public. The company uses FANUC robot arms paired with its proprietary AI and gripper technology.

Waymo’s 6th generation robotaxis have 13 cameras, 4 lidar, 6 radar, and an array of external audio receivers. | Source: Waymo Waymo shared new research with Swiss Re, one of the world’s largest insurance providers, analyzing liability claims related to collisions from 25.3 million fully autonomous miles driven by the Waymo Driver. The study expands on Waymo’s previous research by using auto liability claims aggregate statistics as a proxy for at-fault collisions. The study compared

Daniela Rus, a recent IEEE Medal Recipient, will be keynoting the Robotics Summit & Expo in Boston next year. | Source: Daniela Rus Each year, the IEEE Awards Board selects a distinguished group of individuals to receive its highest honors. The organization said it recognizes these recipients for their exceptional achievements and significant contributions to technology, society, and the engineering profession. This year, it named Daniela L. Rus as its Edison Medal recipient for her

Huawei has made several moves recently that indicate robotics becoming a bigger priority for the company. | Source: Adobe Stock Huawei Technologies, a Shenzhen-based telecommunications provider, last week invested 3 billion yuan (about $413 million) into its subsidiary Dongguan Jimu Machinery. The South China Morning Post first reported this story. Huawei has not publicly disclosed the investment.  Huawei established Jimu in June 2023, when it registered the company with 870 million yuan in financing (about

Listen to this article During the 2023 peak season, Ambi Robotics’ robots sorted 7.4 million packages at 410 sorts per hour. This year, they can sort up to 500 packages per hour. | Source: Ambi Robotics The month between Thanksgiving and Christmas is the busiest time of year by far for logistics providers, and this year, it’s even shorter than most peak seasons. With Thanksgiving falling just a week later than usual, automation providers such