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Stanley Wilson died a decade ago, battling a six-alarm fire at a Dallas, Texas, condominium complex. Two additional firefighters were taken to a hospital and two residents were treated on site for smoke inhalation, but all survived. A pair of reports were made public the following year, citing issu

A version of this story original appeared in technewss’s weekly robotics newsletter, Actuator. Subscribe here.  A big and often unremarked upon aspect of being a reporter is knowing your audience. It's not always as straightforward as it sounds — particularly when writing about tech.

In July last year, Naver, maker of the search engine known as the “Google of South Korea,” opened its new second headquarters, Naver 1784. The building’s name refers to a year commonly associated with the Industrial Revolution. Inside you’ll find a testament to automation&#

Intuition Robotics isn't hurting for funding these days. The Israeli firm announced a $36 million Series B in the early days of the pandemic, and now it's adding another $25 million. The new raise, which includes $20 million in venture capital and $5 million in venture debt, brings its tota

Wing is expanding drone deliveries to a pair of Texas-area Walmart Superstores later this year. The Alphabet-owned drone firm says the two offerings will cover a combined 60,000 homes in the greater Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The first location is 8555 Preston Road in Frisco, Texas, a suburb Wing

Agility Robotics is on a steady march toward commercialization, thanks to the continued growth of robotics in warehouse fulfillment and logistics and the expanding feature set of its bipedal robot. We're excited to announce that Digit — escorted by co-founder and CEO Damion Shelton and Melone

I certainly wouldn't go so far as to say the robotics industry is recession-proof, but it's remained remarkably stable through a turbulent few years of economic instability. Automation was accelerated dramatically by the pandemic and interest only continues to grow. That's a good thing

One of the first things you discover in the world of robotics is the complexity of simple tasks. Things that appear simple to humans have potentially infinite variables that we take for granted. Robots don't have such luxuries. That's precisely why much of the industry is focused on repeata

Laser cutters are nothing new, but Glowforge has a long history of adding something that the category has sorely been lacking: Ease of use. Today, the company announces the Aura. Smaller, cheaper and even easier to use than its bigger brother, the device is perfect for education, craft and light pr

Before we dive into this week's biggest news within the robotics space, there’s an announcement of our own to highlight. We'll be hosting a number of robotics industry experts at our very first Hardware Stage at technewss Disrupt 2023. The stage kicks off on day three of Disrupt on S

Having worked in the food industry for several years, Shirley Chen saw firsthand the challenges of managing staffing and training for restaurant expansion. So when she met her future co-founders, she saw an opportunity to leverage their expertise in chemistry and electrical and electronic engineeri

ForwardX this week announced an additional $30 million in funding, bringing the Beijing-based firm's Series C up to $61 million. The funding follows an initial tranche announced way back in December 2021. It brings the warehouse robotics firm's total funding up to $140 million since its 201

Bay Area-based robotics firm Figure this week announced that its humanoid officially took its first steps — a milestone it hit a few days shy of of the company’s first anniversary. Figure has made a good deal of progress in a short period, due in no small part to founder and CEO Brett

This week brought in good news for the robotics space in the form of new investment for nascent companies, but two established players within the space hit a snag. Amazon's potential $1.7 billion acquisition of iRobot, which had previously been approved by the U.K.'s antitrust regulators, i