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| 2025 | Janaki Saba takes over as CEO of Robogals, leading the organization from 2025 onwards. |
| April 12 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
SpaceX successfully landed Falcon 9 first stage B1071.24 on OCISLY during the NROL-192 mission.
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| April 6 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
Falcon 9 first stage B1078.19 successfully landed on JRTI during Starlink Group 6-72 mission.
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| April 4 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
SpaceX continued its consistent drone ship landing operations with Falcon 9 first stage B1088.5 successfully landing on OCISLY during Starlink Group 11-13 mission.
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| April 3 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
Planned Starlink Group 11-13 mission landing on OCISLY.
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| April 1 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
Fram2 mission saw Falcon 9 first stage B1085.6 successfully landing on ASOG, and a Starlink Group 11-13 mission was planned for OCISLY.
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| 2025 |
Robotaxi
Tesla expected to receive earliest regulatory approval for robotaxis in California and Texas.
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| 2025 | Figure ended its collaboration with OpenAI and announced Helix, the next generation of its humanoid robot. |
| March 15 2025 | Introduced BOTQ, a high-volume manufacturing facility designed to produce 12,000 humanoid robots per year. |
| March 15 2025 | Figure AI introduced BOTQ, a high-volume manufacturing facility aimed at producing 12,000 humanoid robots annually. |
| March 13 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
Falcon 9 first stage B1069.22 successfully landed on ASOG during the Starlink Group 12-21 mission.
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| March 2025 | Research by Pollster DemosAU identified CSIRO as Australia's second most trusted national institution. |
| 2025 |
Roboexotica
Publication of 'Roboexotica: Beautiful Failure', an edited volume by Günther Friesinger, Johannes Grenzfurthner, and Franz Ablinger, published by edition mono/monochrom in Vienna.
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| 2025 |
International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
The 38th International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) is planned to be held in Hangzhou, China.
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| 2025 |
Ballie
Ballie is scheduled for release, marking the anticipated launch of the AI robotic device to consumers.
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| March 3 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
Falcon 9 first stage B1086.5 landed successfully on JRTI but experienced an off-nominal fire that damaged a landing leg, causing the booster to tip over after landing.
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| February 27 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
SpaceX achieved its 100th booster landing on ASOG during the IM-2 Nova-C Lunar Lander mission with Falcon 9 first stage B1083.9.
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| February 18 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
First international landing of a Falcon 9 booster on JRTI off the coast of The Bahamas.
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| January 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
Multiple successful Starlink Group missions conducted with first stage landings on various autonomous spaceport drone ships (ASOG, JRTI, OCISLY).
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| January 10 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
SpaceX completed dual drone ship landings on OCISLY (NROL-153 mission) and JRTI (Starlink Group 12-12).
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| January 10 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
Successful dual landing of Falcon 9 first stages B1071.22 on OCISLY (NROL-153 mission) and B1067.25 on JRTI (Starlink Group 12-12 mission).
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| January 10 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
NROL-153 mission: Falcon 9 first stage B1071.22 successfully landed on OCISLY (Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship).
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| January 4 2025 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
Falcon 9 first stage B1073.20 successfully landed on ASOG (Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship) during the Thuraya 4-NGS mission.
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| 2024 | Janelle Dixon's term as CEO of Robogals concludes. |
| 2024 |
Robotaxi
A study of Waymo robotaxis indicated an 85% reduction in injury crashes per mile driven, highlighting significant safety improvements in autonomous vehicle technology.
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| 2024 |
VEX Robotics
Team 9123C was crowned World Champion in the VEX Robotics Competition
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| 2024 |
Robotic dogs
An anonymous firm demonstrated robotic dog technology on episode 5 of Britain's Got Talent, showcasing the technology's public visibility.
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| 2024 |
VEX Robotics
VEX IQ Robotics Competition introduces Rapid Relay as the current game format for the 2024-25 season, featuring a 6 feet x 8 feet rectangular field with collaborative teamwork and skills challenges.
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| 2024 |
International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
37th IROS conference planned for Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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| 2024 |
Ameca
Ameca is relocated to the National Robotarium in Edinburgh, UK, marking a significant move for the humanoid robot.
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| October 10 2024 |
Robotaxi
Tesla held a robotaxi announcement event, demonstrating the two-seater Tesla Cybercab and the 14-seater Tesla Robovan. The company announced plans to convert existing car and pickup truck models into robotaxis with a software update.
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| August 2024 |
Robotaxi
Baidu's Apollo Go robotaxis in Wuhan began operating fully autonomously without safety personnel, recording 899,000 rides in the second quarter and bringing their total rides to 7 million.
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| August 2024 |
Robotic dogs
Robot Alliance's quadruped robot was combat-tested in Donetsk, marking a potential military application of robotic dog technology.
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| August 28 2024 |
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
First landing failure on ASOG after a 268-landing success streak, with Falcon 9 first stage B1062.23 falling over after landing attempt.
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| August 8 2024 |
Robotaxi
Original planned date for Tesla's robotaxi announcement event, which was subsequently postponed.
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| August 6 2024 | Figure AI unveiled Figure 02, a next-generation humanoid robot with improved design, increased battery capacity, 6 RGB cameras, and advanced AI capabilities developed in collaboration with Open AI. The robot is deployed at a BMW plant in South Carolina for testing and data collection. |
| July 2024 |
Robotaxi
In Wuhan, Baidu's Apollo Go robotaxis launched with notably low base fares (4 yuan/55 cents), causing significant social media attention and impacting the local gig economy workforce.
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| June 2024 | Hitachi became the fourth largest company in Japan by market capitalisation, reflecting significant improvement in profitability since 2010. |
| June 18 2024 |
British Automation and Robot Association
Confirmed second Automation UK exhibition at the Coventry Building Society Arena with UKIVA's Machine Vision Conference and Exhibition.
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| May 2024 |
Robotaxi
Baidu unveiled the Apollo ADFM, claimed to be the world's first Level 4 autonomous driving foundation model, and the sixth-generation Apollo Go robotaxi, which can be produced for under $30,000.
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| May 2024 | ABB agreed to acquire the wiring accessories business of Siemens in China, gaining access to a distribution network across 230 cities. |
| April 2024 |
Robotaxi
Apollo accumulated over 100 million kilometers of autonomous driving without major accidents, demonstrating significant progress in autonomous vehicle technology.
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| April 2024 |
Robotaxi
Baidu's Apollo Go robotaxi service reached a milestone of carrying over 6 million passengers by this date.
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| February 2024 | Figure AI announced Helix, the next generation of its humanoid robot. |
| February 2024 | Figure secured $675 million in venture capital funding from investors including Jeff Bezos, Microsoft, Nvidia, Intel, Amazon, and OpenAI. The funding valued the company at $2.6 billion and established a partnership with OpenAI to develop specialized AI models for humanoid robots. |
| January 2024 | ABB acquired Real Tech, a Canadian company specializing in optical sensor technology for water monitoring, and also acquired R&D Engineering Firm Meshmind to expand AI and software capabilities. |
| January 2024 | The United States House Committee on Homeland Security and the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition with China announced an investigation into ABB regarding equipment sold to Chinese state-owned crane manufacturer ZPMC. |
| January 2024 |
Ballie
Samsung updated the design of Ballie at CES 2024, showcasing further technological improvements to the AI robot.
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