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Robotics in June 2023

What changed that month for the robots we track. Each line links to its source, and the maker's own announcements are labelled.

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June 2023

30 June 2023MilestoneFarm
Element Aigen · Paying customers
Aigen launched its solar-powered Element weeding robot, with a sugar beet farmer near Fargo, North Dakota, planning to use it.
CNBC, 30 Jun 2023
30 June 2023RegulatorSelf-driving
WeRide Robotaxi WeRide · Cleared or mass market
WeRide said it got a permit to run robotaxis with no one aboard in part of Beijing's self-driving test zone.
WeRide news, 30 Jun 2023Company-reported
12 June 2023MilestoneService
Relay Relay Robotics (formerly Savioke) · Paying customers
Relay launched RelayRx, a hospital delivery robot with twice the storage of earlier models. It said its robots had worked at more than 15 hospital systems and made over 1 million deliveries.
Relay Robotics press release, 12 June 2023Company-reported
8 June 2023RegulatorSelf-driving
Drive Pilot Mercedes-Benz · Paying customers
California's DMV gave Mercedes-Benz a permit to sell cars with Drive Pilot for use on some highways in the Bay Area, Central Valley, Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Diego.
California DMV, 8 Jun 2023

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