In Episode 185 of The Robotic Report Podcast, co-hosts Mike Oitzman and Eugene Demaitre interview Dr. Kevin Dowling, managing director of The Robotics Manufacturing unit, an incubator and accelerator.
Dr. Kevin Dowling, The Robotics Manufacturing unit
Dowling discusses the position of The Robotics Manufacturing unit in fostering robotics startups. He outlines the group‘s three important applications: Create, Speed up, and Scale, which purpose to help early-stage corporations in numerous facets of enterprise growth.
As well as, Dowling talks concerning the strengths of Pittsburgh‘s robotics ecosystem, the significance of collaboration with establishments resembling Carnegie Mellon College, and the challenges startups face in securing funding.
He describes the importance of ardour and drive in entrepreneurs, in addition to the necessity for a strong mental property technique.
Present timeline
- 2:56 – Information of the week
- 21:55 – Dr. Kevin Dowling, managing director of The Robotics Manufacturing unit
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Information of the week
Newest movies exhibit incremental advances in humanoids
Determine AI humanoid robots demonstrated family chores utilizing a vision-language-action mannequin, under.
1X Applied sciences launched a video of its newest era of humanoids, NEO Gamma, working in a house.
New useful necessities defines for assisted residing robots
IEC 63310:2025 Practical necessities for Lively Assisted Residing (AAL) robots doc was launched this week and is accessible for buy and assessment (CHF 115).
The doc offers with the useful efficiency standards and tips for robots supposed to be used within the AAL linked residence atmosphere. This doc doesn’t cowl security necessities of robots.
Apptronik works with Jabil to provide Apollo humanoids
Apptronik, which is growing synthetic intelligence-powered humanoid robots, and Jabil, a world manufacturing and provide chain techniques supplier, at this time introduced a strategic collaboration. The businesses plan to construct Apptronik’s Apollo humanoid robots and combine them into Jabil’s manufacturing operations. This consists of the manufacturing traces for the robots, “paving the best way for Apollo to construct Apollo,” they mentioned.
As a part of the pilot program, newly manufactured Apollo items will use Jabil’s manufacturing unit atmosphere for real-world validation testing. The robots will full an array of easy, repetitive intralogistics and manufacturing duties, together with inspection, sorting, kitting, lineside supply, fixture placement, and sub-assembly, earlier than being deployed to Apptronik buyer websites.
Humanoids not a panacea, word columnists
However humanoid robots have as many skeptics as proponents. Mytra Chief Know-how Officer Ahmad Baitalmal shared why he believes robots ought to deal with operate above a well-recognized design.
Karthee Madasamy added that that humanoids have captured public creativeness and funding, however builders nonetheless want to resolve manipulation, security, and scale issues. In an article this week, he identified that humanoids have a methods to go and that specialised robots can be found for particular duties at this time.
Yamaha Motor acquires Robotics Plus, kinds Yamaha Agriculture
Yamaha Motor has acquired Robotics Plus to seed a brand new agricultural know-how firm referred to as Yamaha Agriculture Inc. It should deal with delivering autonomous tools and AI-powered digital techniques to assist growers within the specialty crop market.
Cobot market to achieve $7.2B by 2030, predicts ABI
ABI Analysis famous that synergy with AI, plus renewed curiosity in reshoring, will assist the collaborative robotic market develop quickly. The report predicted that income from cobots will enhance from $970 million in 2023 to $7.2 billion by 2030 at a compound annual development charge, or CAGR, of 28%.
The Affiliation for Advancing Automation (A3) tracks industrial and collaborative robotic gross sales in North America. In 2024, corporations ordered 31,311 robots valued at $1.9 billion, representing slight will increase of 0.5% in items and 0.1% in income over 2023. In 2023, A3 mentioned North American robotic orders declined by 30% after two years of report gross sales.
