Robotics AGIBOT rolls out its 15,000th robot in 16 months
AGIBOT says its 15,000th robot has rolled off the line, capping a production ramp that went from 1,000 to 15,000 units in roughly a year.
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Robotics US robot installs jumped 11%, still a tenth of China's
New IFR figures show US industrial-robot installations up 11% to 38,000 units, with the fastest growth in food plants — while America's total still trails China's volume by an order of magnitude.
Robotics Geekplus puts 436 robots to work inside Toyota's plants
Geekplus says 436 of its autonomous mobile robots now run in-plant logistics across multiple Toyota factories in Japan, with labor shortages and trucking rules driving the rollout.
Robotics Mind Robotics, May 13: Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe's 「Side」 Robot Company Raises $400M Series B at $3.4B Valuation — Total Funding Past $1B in <5 Months Since Spinout, Kleiner Perkins Leads with Volkswagen Group and Salesforce Ventures Along for the Ride, Hundreds of Units Already Deployed Inside the Normal, IL Plant That Builds R1Ts
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe's 「Project Synapse」 spinout Mind Robotics closed a $400M Series B at $3.4B led by Kleiner Perkins, with VW Group and Salesforce Ventures participating — total funding now >$1B, training inside Rivian's Normal, IL plant.
Robotics 60 Totes an Hour, 8-Hour Shifts, 90% Success: Siemens Just Let a UK Humanoid Run Its Factory Logistics
A wheeled humanoid built by UK startup Humanoid and powered by Nvidia's physical-AI stack just did tote-handling at Siemens' Erlangen electronics plant — 60 moves per hour, over 8 hours uninterrupted, 90%+ pick-and-place success.