Bedrock Ocean, which has developed an autonomous underwater vehicle to map the ocean floor using sonar and magnetic sensors, raised a $25M Series A-2 (Tim De Chant/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/10/bedrock-ocean-dredges-u…
from my link log —
ai.robots.txt: A list of AI agents and robots to block.
https://github.com/ai-robots-txt/ai.robots.txt
saved 2025-01-16
Dynamic Collaborative Material Distribution System for Intelligent Robots In Smart Manufacturing
Ziren Xiao, Ruxin Xiao, Chang Liu, Xinheng Wang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.11723
Via AltNationalParkService on FB:
**Honored to announce: 12.1 million in attendance**, even small towns: Manistee, Oneonta, Pasco County, Stowe, Bennington, Union Gap, Bellingham, Casper, Jackson, Driggs, Petoskey, Traverse City, Big Rapids, Alton, South Bend, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Des Moines, Topeka, Great Bend, Hays, Lenexa, Garden City, Lawrence, Wichita, Pierre, Rapid City, Spearfish, Watertown, Brookings, Sioux Falls.
Gondola: Grounded Vision Language Planning for Generalizable Robotic Manipulation
Shizhe Chen, Ricardo Garcia, Paul Pacaud, Cordelia Schmid
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.11261
Pittsburgh-based Gecko Robotics, which makes robots to inspect infrastructure, raised a $125M Series D at a $1.25B valuation, up from $633M in December 2023 (Ian Thomas/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/12/gecko-robotics-…
Waymo temporarily limits service in SF, Austin, and Atlanta, and stops service in LA, as US cities prepare for protests against federal immigration policies (Aarian Marshall/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/ahead-of-protests-waymo-adjusts…
Robotic System for Chemical Experiment Automation with Dual Demonstration of End-effector and Jig Operations
Hikaru Sasaki, Naoto Komeno, Takumi Hachimine, Kei Takahashi, Yu-ya Ohnishi, Tetsunori Sugawara, Araki Wakiuchi, Miho Hatanaka, Tomoyuki Miyao, Hiroharu Ajiro, Mikiya Fujii, Takamitsu Matsubara
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.…
Control Architecture and Design for a Multi-robotic Visual Servoing System in Automated Manufacturing Environment
Rongfei Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.11387
ExoStart: Efficient learning for dexterous manipulation with sensorized exoskeleton demonstrations
Zilin Si, Jose Enrique Chen, M. Emre Karagozler, Antonia Bronars, Jonathan Hutchinson, Thomas Lampe, Nimrod Gileadi, Taylor Howell, Stefano Saliceti, Lukasz Barczyk, Ilan Olivarez Correa, Tom Erez, Mohit Shridhar, Murilo Fernandes Martins, Konstantinos Bousmalis, Nicolas Heess, Francesco Nori, Maria Bauza Villalonga