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Iván Hernández Dalas: Queue raises funding to build fully autonomous pharmacy

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Queue is applying automation to improve prescription fulfillment. Source: Queue Queue today emerged from stealth with an autonomous pharmacy system and $12.6 million in seed funding. The company said its system is designed to make prescription fulfillment faster, more accessible, and cost-effective while supporting rigorous safety and verification protocols. “Pharmacy in America is structurally broken,” stated Josh Liu, co-founder and chief technology officer of Queue. “Queue is a complete reimagining of how medications get dispensed, verified, and delivered. We built the machine the industry has needed for decades, and the demand we’re seeing proves it.” Pharmacies are facing “overwhelming workloads and job dissatisfaction,” according to Drugstore News . Schools are graduating 3,000 to 4,000 fewer pharmacists than will be needed over the next five to six years, it said. Pharmacy technician vacancies have been reported at 40% or higher, reported the American Society of Health-Sys...
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Iván Hernández Dalas: Soft, robotic cells from morph embed physical AI into hardware

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By integrating reinforcement learning with high-fidelity physics-based simulation, morph said it enables a faster translation from concept to product. | Source: morph As advances in AI have made robots smarter and more capable, some developers are increasingly focusing solely on the software element of intelligence. Robotics startup morph is taking a different approach, one that sees embodied AI as both a hardware and a software problem. The London-based company  embeds sensing and adaptive control directly into reconfigurable deformable materials, enabling real‑time change in morphology and stiffness. The result is soft cells that developers can integrate into a range of robots. “We’re running real-time physical AI models that can take sensory information and understand it. Then the cells will morphologically change and adapt to affect a change, whether that’s motion, or whether that’s support, or whether that’s protection,” Dr. Jean Nehme, the founder of morph, told  The Rob...
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Iván Hernández Dalas: Sonair ADAR One 3D ultrasonic sensor is now safety-certified

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A small footprint enables ADAR technology to be embedded flush into virtually any robot form factor, Sonair said. | Source: Sonair Sonair today said that its ADAR One sensor is now suitable for SIL2 and PL d applications and is certified to fulfil all requirements of the European Machinery Directive as an acoustic detection and ranging sensor for the safe detection of humans and objects. ADAR One was assessed as a human protection sensor according to the demanding IEC 61496 standard for electrosensitive protection devices. The sensor also meets two foundational standards: IEC 61508 , the functional safety standard for electronic safety systems in high-risk industrial environments, and ISO 13849 , the universal standard for safety-related parts of control systems. “It is hard to convey how extensive and all-encompassing a safety certification process is,” Knut Sandven, CEO of Sonair, told The Robot Report . “We paused all other development for a long stretch and ...
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Iván Hernández Dalas: BMW Group deploys Figure 03 humanoid after tests with previous version

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Figure 03 adds tactile-sensor hands, palm cameras, wireless charging, and speech-to-speech audio over its predecessor. | Source: BMW Group BMW Group is doubling down on its deployment of Figure.AI’s humanoid robots. The automaker last week announced that, following its successful deployment with Figure 02 at its plant in Spartanburg, S.C., it will deploy the company’s latest Figure 03 robot. “Plant Spartanburg is the birthplace of humanoid robotics in BMW Manufacturing’s operational day-to-day activities,” said Ulrich Wieland, vice president of production control and logistics at BMW Manufacturing. “Having already successfully completed a pilot with Figure 02 in our body shop, we are now looking forward to deploying Figure 03 for a sequencing use case in logistics.” The BMW Group said it gained important experience with humanoid robots at Plant Spartanburg in 2025. Figure 02 supported the production of more than 30,000 BMW X3 vehicles. In the body shop, the ...
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Iván Hernández Dalas: MBody AI expands service robotics operations to eleven states and Canada

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Deployments of service robots using MBody AI Orchestrator are spreading. Source: MBody AI MBody AI Corp., which is developing an operating system for enterprise service robots, is expanding its North American operations, said Check-Cap Ltd., which is planning to merge with the company. “Reaching eleven states and entering Canada shows how the Orchestrator platform scales across new markets,” stated John Fowler, CEO of MBody AI. “The value of Orchestrator compounds with each deployment. As the fleet grows, we generate and assess more data each day.” Founded in 2024, MBody AI said it is “building the autonomous workforce of the future” with embodied AI . The company ‘s proprietary, hardware-agnostic Orchestrator platform delivers real-time data intelligence and AI-driven performance insights for robotic fleets. MBody AI added that its capabilities include deployment optimization, predictive maintenance, and full- fleet  coordination. The Las V...
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Iván Hernández Dalas: Advantages of hypoid gearing over worm, bevel and bevel-planetary

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Sponsored by GAM . Right-angle gearing has a way of making engineers decide where to compromise. Much of that stems from the position of the input pinion relative to the output gear, which affects available ratios, load-carrying capability and efficiency. The tradeoff usually comes down to ratio density or torque capacity on one side, and mechanical efficiency on the other. The three most common types of right-angle gearing are spiral bevel, worm and hypoid. Of these, hypoid offers a balance of mechanical efficiency, load-carrying capability and single-stage ratio range. In this article, we’ll explore how hypoid compares to worm, bevel and bevel-planetary gearing. Common types of gearing used in right angle gearboxes include bevel, hypoid and worm. (Image: GAM.) What is hypoid gearing? Hypoid gearing is a type of spiral gearing in which the axes are offset from each other. Its meshing action is mostly rolling with a small component of sliding. This combination gives hypoid gearing...
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Iván Hernández Dalas: What’s coming up at #RoboCup2026?

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This year, RoboCup will be held in Incheon, South Korea , from 2-6 July. The event will see teams take part in competitions, training sessions, and a symposium. It’s an exciting time for RoboCup, as there have been some updates to the leagues and competition format . Most prominently, the soccer leagues will have a primary focus on humanoid robots. The leagues and their competitions You can find out more about the different leagues and the competition schedules and details at these links: RoboCupSoccer Humanoid Middle size Small size Simulation RoboCupRescue Robot Simulation RoboCup@Home Industrial RoboCupJunior Soccer Onstage Rescue WEROB A workshop focused on sharing projects, experiences, and innovations in educational robotics. This session is geared towards students, mentors, and educators. Find out more here . Symposium The RoboCup symposium will take place on 6 July. More information can be found here . There will be two keynote talks: Hyun ...
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