Brianna Wessling

LinkedInRedditPinterestShare September 2024 brought unique business deals, exciting events, and even the return of a robotics industry veteran. Other popular stories this month gave insights into the state of the robotics industry worldwide.

Waymo’s autonomous technology integrated into one of Hyundai’s all-electric IONIQ 5 SUVs. | Source: Waymo

Bota Systems will be showing its latest SensONE T80 force-torque sensor at RoboBusiness. | Source: Bota Systems

From left to right: Joyce Sidopoulos, co-founder at MassRobotics, Cynthia Breazeal, a professor of media arts and sciences at MIT, and Ingmar Posner, a professor of engineering science at Oxford. | Source: MassRobotics

Opteran said nature offers a robust model for autonomy in space robotics that will enable new capabilities for future Mars missions.

Last month, EDAP TMS SA and Avenda Health said they will jointly offer personalized prostate cancer care using Avenda’s Unfold AI technology. Their stated goal is to launch the Focal One robot using an artificial intelligence for high-intensity focused ultrasound, or HIFU, procedures.

In October 2024, large funding rounds, new AI product developments, and, of course, humanoids were drew readers' attention.

Pipedream’s shuttle robots run on unpowered rails through the company’s pipe system to deliver food. | Source: Pipedream

Zoox’s purpose-built robotaxis don’t have traditional manual controls. | Source: Zoox

Red Cat’s Black Widow drone features forward-looking obstacle-avoidance capabilities and an integrated FLIR Prism AI software stack. | Source: Red Cat