Our friends this week are Aaron Prather, director of the Robotics & Autonomous Techniques Program at ASTM Worldwide, and Rajat Bhageria, founder and CEO and founding father of Chef Robotics.
Be a part of us on an interesting journey by means of time as we discover the evolution and significance of iconic robots within the historical past of the trade.
Hosts Mike Oitzman and Steve Crowe recap Prather’s current put up of his Prime 10 “robots which have moved the robotics trade ahead,” and debate the order and composition of the record.
From early mechanical wonders to at the moment’s AI-driven machines, uncover how these creations have formed our world and proceed to affect our future. We additionally delve into a few of the tales behind well-known robots, their impression on expertise and tradition, and what they reveal about human ingenuity and creativeness.
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Information of the week
New R1 humanoid comes from Unitree
Unitree has designed the R1 to be lighter and extra agile than the G1.
Unitree final week unveiled its R1, with the usual mannequin priced at $5,900. Compared, Unitree’s G1 robotic price greater than $13,000.
Unitree informed The Robotic Report: “By means of years of robotic improvement expertise, we’ve additional optimized the physique construction. Moreover, as our commercialization matures and we obtain large-scale manufacturing and supply, we’ve been in a position to obtain higher price management.”
The R1 humanoid stands 1.2 m (3.9 ft.) tall and weighs about 25 kg (55.1 lb.). This makes it barely smaller than the G1, which weighed 35 kg (77.1 lb.), and enabling it to maneuver with “lifelike” agility. Like another humanoids, Unitree’s R1 is remote-controlled.
Teradyne releases Q2 earnings
Teradyne reported $75 million in income for the second quarter of 2025. The determine represents a 9% improve from Q1 2025, however a 17% decline year-over-year.
Collaborative robotic unit Common Robots (UR) remained the first moneymaker by bringing in $63 million, or 84% of the group’s income for the quarter. Cellular Industrial Robots (MiR) generated $12 million.
The year-over-year decline mirrored ongoing challenges within the international automation market, Teradyne CEO Greg Smith mentioned throughout an earnings name. These challenges embrace prolonged gross sales cycles and cautious capital spending in key manufacturing sectors. For the primary quarter of 2025, Teradyne mentioned its robotics income was $69 million. This was down from $98 million in This fall 2024.
Earlier this 12 months, Teradyne Robotics laid off about 10% of its workforce, citing the necessity to align operations with market circumstances. The group has additionally undergone management transitions at each UR and MiR, strikes the corporate mentioned are aimed toward sharpening strategic focus and enhancing execution throughout each companies. The overall income for Teradyne’s robotics group in 2024 was $365 million, with UR contributing $293 million and MiR $72 million.
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