Hundreds of well-funded robotics startups are working on self-driving cars, self-piloting drones and shelf-diving warehouse robots. One lesser-known area that’s beginning to draw the attention of investors: autonomous lawn mowers.
January 25, 2022robots
Business, Technology, Autonomous 
The ES Dexter Mega unit. (Electric Sheep Robotics via YouTube)
Robotics Startups Seek to Build a Better Self-Driving Lawn Mower
The ES Dexter Mega unit. (Electric Sheep Robotics via YouTube) Business, Technology, Equipment, Logistics, Autonomous 
Packages move down conveyor belts while being sorted at the DHL Worldwide Express hub of Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg)
DHL Doubles Robots as Humans Alone Can’t Handle Holiday Crunch
Packages move down conveyor belts while being sorted at the DHL Worldwide Express hub of Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg)DHL’s supply chain unit doubled its use of robots in the U.S. this year and now has about 1,500 picking robots at its warehouses around the country, on top of adding 15,000 seasonal workers, Oscar de Bok, chief executive of the unit, said in an interview with Bloomberg TV Dec. 10.
December 10, 2021 Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous 
Automated warehouse robots, manufactured by AutoStore, deliver customer orders in Germany. (Liesa Johannssen-Koppitz/Bloomberg News)
Robotics Firm AutoStore Plans IPO at $10 Billion Value
Automated warehouse robots, manufactured by AutoStore, deliver customer orders in Germany. (Liesa Johannssen-Koppitz/Bloomberg News)AutoStore is weighing an initial public offering that could value the Norwegian warehouse robotics company at more than $10 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
June 29, 2021 Government, Business, Technology, Autonomous 
Robots walk across the floor of the University of Michigan's Ford Motor Co. Robotics Building. (Carlos Osorio/AP)
Ford Partners With University of Michigan on Robotics
Robots walk across the floor of the University of Michigan's Ford Motor Co. Robotics Building. (Carlos Osorio/AP)A grand opening was held March 16 for the four-story, $75 million, 134,000-square-foot Ford Motor Co. Robotics Building at the University of Michigan.
March 16, 2021 Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous 
Kodiak Robotics
Kodiak Robotics to Receive CES Award
Kodiak RoboticsSelf-driving technology startup Kodiak Robotics announced it was selected as a CES 2021 Innovation Awards honoree, with the presentation to come during the first all-digital CES, which runs Jan. 11-14.
December 23, 2020 Business, Technology, Autonomous 
(David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)
Delivery Robot Operators Adjust to Home Environment
(David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)Peter Daniels is one of the millions of Americans working from home because of the coronavirus, and he watches delivery robots as they roll along sidewalks 350 miles away.
May 20, 2020 Business, Technology, Safety 
Amazon robots move along the warehouse floor with packages before finding the proper delivery chute, transporting packages from workers to chutes that are organized by zip code, at an Amazon warehouse facility. (Ross D. Franklin/Associated Press)
As Robots Introduced to Warehousing, Workers Have to Adapt
Amazon robots move along the warehouse floor with packages before finding the proper delivery chute, transporting packages from workers to chutes that are organized by zip code, at an Amazon warehouse facility. (Ross D. Franklin/Associated Press)NORTH HAVEN, Conn. — Guess who’s getting used to working with robots in their everyday lives? The very same warehouse workers once predicted to be losing their jobs to mechanical replacements.
December 30, 2019 Business, Technology, Safety, Logistics, Autonomous 
An XPO Logistics warehouse. The company says it invests about $550 million annually in innovation. (XPO Logistics)
XPO Robots Assist UK Workers With Holiday Volumes
An XPO Logistics warehouse. The company says it invests about $550 million annually in innovation. (XPO Logistics)XPO Logistics has increased its use of robots in the United Kingdom in anticipation of holiday retail volumes, the Connecticut-based company said in a Nov. 19 news release.
November 19, 2019 Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous 
Boeing employees perform quality checks. (Alex FLynn/Bloomberg News)
Boeing Scuttles Use of Robots for Fuselage Work on 777, 777X Jetliners
Boeing employees perform quality checks. (Alex FLynn/Bloomberg News)Score one for the humans. After four years of trial and error, Boeing Co. is dumping one of its most ambitious forays into automation: the robots that build two main fuselage sections for its 777 jetliners and an upgraded version known as 777X.
November 14, 2019 Business, Technology, Autonomous 
Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News
Robots Are Hurting Pay, Fed Study Finds
Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg NewsAutomation has “contributed substantially” to reducing the portion of national income that goes to U.S. workers over the past two decades, according to a new study by economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
October 1, 2019