The Robotics Roundup is a weekly newspost going over some of the most exciting developments in robotics over the past week.
In today’s edition we have:
- Amazon acquires warehouse machinery and robotics maker Cloostermans
- Lunar rover being designed in Australia
- An engineering professor explains why general purpose home robots are a long way off
- Uber Eats and Nuro sign a 10-year deal to do robot food delivery in California and Texas
- A soft, fatigue-free and self-healing artificial ionic skin
Amazon acquires warehouse machinery and robotics maker Cloostermans
Amazon is continuing it’s trend of acquiring robotics companies by announcing the purchase of Cloostermans. In contrast to iRobot, Cloosterman’s focus has been in warehouse robotics and automation.
Lunar rover being designed in Australia
Radio National holds an interview with Professor Thierry Peynot about the lunar rover being developed at the Queensland Institute of Technology in Brisbane, for an upcoming lunar mission expected to occur in 2026.
An engineering professor explains why general purpose home robots are a long way off
Ayonga Hereid talks a little bit about the many remaining hurdles preventing remaining before the development of a commercialized general purpose home assistant.
Uber Eats and Nuro sign a 10-year deal to do robot food delivery in California and Texas
After years of negotiation Uber Eats and Nuro finally came to an agreement, and will begin a pilot program for fully autonomous food delivery to select locations.
A soft, fatigue-free and self-healing artificial ionic skin
Researchers at Donghua University and The Jülich Centre for Neutron Science have developed a new composition of elastic nanomesh attempting to mimic the qualities of human skin with the goal of eventually applying it to humanoid robots.