Robotics in October 2019

October 2019

• 29 Oct 2019MilestoneAging at home

  Self-driving wheelchairs WHILL, LUCI · Paying customers

  Tokyo's Haneda Airport announced trials of WHILL's self-driving wheelchairs in Terminal 1 from November 2019.

  Airport Technology, 29 Oct 2019Company-reported

• 18 Oct 2019MilestoneDrones

  Wing Wing (Alphabet) · Cleared or mass market

  Wing started delivering to homes in Christiansburg, Virginia, with FedEx, Walgreens and a local shop. It said this was the first US drone delivery service to homes.

  Wing news, 18 Oct 2019Company-reported

• 15 Oct 2019MilestoneAging at home

  Automatic pill dispensers Hero Health, Spencer Health Solutions (Custom Health), Philips · Paying customers

  Philips said it would bring Spencer's pill dispenser to six European countries, starting in the Netherlands before the end of 2019.

  Fierce Biotech, 15 Oct 2019Company-reported

• 8 Oct 2019MilestoneMedical

  ARTAS Venus Concept (formerly Restoration Robotics) · Cleared or mass market

  Shareholders of Restoration Robotics, the San Jose company behind ARTAS, approved its merger with aesthetics firm Venus Concept.

  MassDevice, 8 Oct 2019Company-reported

• Oct 2019MilestoneAging at home

  Patient transfer robots FUJI (Hug), RIKEN with Sumitomo Riko (RIBA, ROBEAR research) · Paying customers

  FUJI released a new model, Hug T1-02, which won an award from Japan's health and welfare ministry.

  Dempa Shimbun (AEI), 9 Jul 2021Company-reported

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