Nag Murty, CEO and cofounder of Electrical Sheep, and Michael Laskey, CTO of Electrical Sheep be part of the present this week to debate how Electrical Sheep is disrupting the industrial landscaping trade with autonomous cell robots and a novel enterprise mannequin. The corporate is leveraging AI to allow autonomous mowers to chop the grass whereas simplifying the deployment course of within the subject.Electrical Sheep can also be vertically integrating the market phase by means of the acquisition of business landscaping companies, then coaching the sphere workforce and integrating the autonomous mowers within the day by day workflow for the sphere groups whereas studying and adapting the product.
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18:10 Interview with Electrical Sheep CEO and cofounder Nag Murty, together with CTO Michael Laskey.
Within the information this week
The January funding report is out and robotics firms raised $578M in January 2024.
Robotics investments totaled $578 million in January 2024 as the results of 46 funding rounds. This determine was considerably decrease than the trailing twelve-month common, however in keeping with January 2023’s determine of $523 million.
The biggest robotics funding in January 2024 was a $100 million spherical secured by Norway-based 1X, a developer of humanoids (See Desk 1 beneath). Chinese language humanoid developer Robotic Period raised $14 million in February.
Makers of autonomous cell robots (AMRs) for agricultural operations had been properly represented amongst February’s robotics investments. Examples embrace Bluewhite ($39 million), Burro ($24 million), Saga Robotics ($11.5 million), farm-ng ($10M), and Ant Robotics ($2 million).
Firms primarily based in the US raised $154 million in January 2024, whereas Norway, buoyed by the $100 million 1X funding, positioned third amongst international locations with $113 million in funding.
Anyware Robotics broadcasts new add-on conveyor for Pixmo unloading robots
The patent-pending articulating conveyor simplifies
Waymo robotaxis permitted for fared rides in LA, additionally considerably expanded working space across the SF peninsula, together with a reported path to the airport.
Additionally launches totally driverless rides for workers in Austin; will start shuttling staff round 43 sq. miles of the Texas capital.
Veteran tech exec Peggy Johnson named Agility Robotics CEO
Agility Robotics co-founder Damion Shelton has served as CEO because the firm’s founding in 2015. Shelton will now be the corporate’s president and a part of Johnson’s management crew.