This $30M startup built a dog crate-sized robot factory that learns by watching humans
MicroFactory has more than 100 preorders for its general purpose tabletop robotic factory which it hopes to start shipping in two months.
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We are entering a golden age of robotics startups — and not just because of AI
The robotics startup market has matured over the last decade and the cost to produce robots has gone down significantly.
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Orchard Robotics, founded by a Thiel fellow Cornell dropout, raises $22M for farm vision AI
The startup uses truck-mounted cameras to collect and analyze data about crop health.
Why Runway is eyeing the robotics industry for future revenue growth
Runway is building up a robotics-focused team and fine-tuning its existing models for robotics and self-driving car customers.
Robomart unveils new delivery robot with $3 flat fee to challenge DoorDash, Uber Eats
Robomart’s RM5 autonomous delivery robot can carry up to 50 pounds and deliver multiple customer orders at once.
FieldAI raises $405M to build universal robot brains
FieldAI builds foundational AI models that help all kinds of robots learn and adapt to new environments using physics.
How a once-tiny research lab helped Nvidia become a $4 trillion-dollar company
Nvidia’s research lab developed the technology that took the company from a video game GPU startup to a $4 trillion-dollar company.