Robotics in October 2024

October 2024

• 28 Oct 2024MilestoneMedical

  Toumai MicroPort MedBot (MicroPort group) · Cleared or mass market

  Surgeons did six prostate cancer operations with Toumai in Angola, two of them remotely from another site on the same hospital campus. MicroPort said Toumai had been used in more than 200 remote operations worldwide.

  MassDevice, 28 Oct 2024Company-reported

• 25 Oct 2024SafetyAging at home

  Assistive robot arms Kinova, Assistive Innovations · Paying customers

  The FDA rated the Jaco fire-risk correction as the most serious type of recall.

  FDA recall notice, Oct 2024

• 25 Oct 2024RegulatorMedical

  Dexter Distalmotion · Cleared or mass market

  The FDA cleared Dexter through the De Novo route (DEN230084) for groin (inguinal) hernia repair in adults. More than 1,300 patients had already been treated with it in Europe.

  MassDevice, 28 Oct 2024 (FDA record DEN230084)

• 24 Oct 2024MilestoneService

  Tally Simbe Robotics · Paying customers

  Simbe raised $50 million led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives. Its customers included BJ's Wholesale Club and Schnuck Markets.

  Grocery Dive, 25 Oct 2024

• 17 Oct 2024MilestoneHome

  Home cooking robots Moley Robotics, Posha, Vorwerk (Thermomix) · Paying customers

  An Engadget reporter ate a lunch cooked by Moley's robot arms in a demo and found it tasty. The price starts at £80,000, about $105,000.

  Engadget, 17 Oct 2024

• 17 Oct 2024SetbackHome

  Home cooking robots Moley Robotics, Posha, Vorwerk (Thermomix) · Paying customers

  Ten years after it was founded, Moley had still not installed a single robot kitchen, although some people had paid deposits.

  Engadget, 17 Oct 2024

• 17 Oct 2024SafetySelf-driving

  FSD (Supervised) Tesla · Cleared or mass market

  NHTSA, the US road-safety agency, opened an investigation into whether FSD can see and react properly when fog, glare or dust make the road hard to see. It covers about 2.4 million cars.

  NHTSA investigation PE24-031, opened 17 Oct 2024

• 14 Oct 2024RegulatorMedical

  Versius CMR Surgical · Cleared or mass market

  The FDA granted Versius marketing authorization through the De Novo route, for gallbladder removal in adults 22 and older.

  CMR Surgical press release, 14 Oct 2024Company-reported

• 10 Oct 2024MilestoneConstruction

  FieldPrinter Dusty Robotics · Paying customers

  Dusty made FieldPrinter 2 generally available, and said contractors had printed more than 100 million square feet of layout with its robots.

  Dusty Robotics press release (Construction Dive), 10 Oct 2024Company-reported

• 10 Oct 2024SetbackDrones

  Skydio X10 and Dock Skydio · Cleared or mass market

  China put sanctions on Skydio, barring Chinese firms from doing business with it, after US military aid to Taiwan. Skydio's batteries came from China, so it limited customers to one battery per drone.

  TechCrunch, 31 Oct 2024

• 10 Oct 2024SafetyDrones

  Skydio X10 and Dock Skydio · Cleared or mass market

  Chinese sanctions cut Skydio off from its Chinese battery supplier; Skydio rationed batteries to one per drone and did not expect new supply until spring 2025.

  TechCrunch, 31 Oct 2024

• 10 Oct 2024MilestoneSelf-driving

  Cybercab Tesla · Paying customers

  Tesla showed the Cybercab at an event. Musk said production would begin before 2027 and that it should sell for less than $30,000.

  Carscoops, 10 Oct 2024Company-reported

• 10 Oct 2024MilestoneHumanoids

  Optimus Tesla · Demo only

  Optimus robots mingled with guests at Tesla's 'We, Robot' event. Bloomberg's sources said staff working remotely oversaw many of those interactions.

  TechCrunch, 14 Oct 2024

• 8 Oct 2024MilestoneMedical

  LightStrike Xenex Disinfection Services · Cleared or mass market

  Xenex said its robots had run more than 40 million cycles in more than 1,200 hospitals and healthcare sites.

  Xenex press release, 8 Oct 2024Company-reported

• 1 Oct 2024MilestoneMedical

  TUG and Zena RX delivery robots ST Engineering Aethon · Paying customers

  A single Aethon robot in the AdventHealth Orlando lab made 40,592 deliveries in a year.

  Aethon RoboHero awards post, 1 Oct 2024Company-reported

• 1 Oct 2024MilestoneMedical

  TUG and Zena RX delivery robots ST Engineering Aethon · Paying customers

  Aethon said its robot fleet at Mercy St. Louis made 297,012 deliveries between June 2023 and May 2024, the most of any of its customers.

  Aethon RoboHero awards post, 1 Oct 2024Company-reported

• 1 Oct 2024MilestoneMedical

  TUG and Zena RX delivery robots ST Engineering Aethon · Paying customers

  University Health said its logistics staff relied on a fleet of 23 Aethon robots for deliveries.

  Aethon RoboHero awards post, 1 Oct 2024Company-reported

• Oct 2024MilestoneWarehouse

  Amazon warehouse robots Amazon · Cleared or mass market

  Amazon announced 'next-generation' warehouses with ten times as many robots as its older sites, alongside human workers. The first opened in Shreveport, Louisiana.

  TechCrunch, 1 July 2025

• Oct 2024MilestoneHumanoids

  SE01, PM01 and T800 EngineAI · Paying customers

  EngineAI announced its first humanoid, the SE01.

  The Robot Report, 27 Dec 2024Company-reported

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