Robotics in December 2024

December 2024

• 27 Dec 2024SafetyDrones

  Serve sidewalk robot Serve Robotics · Paying customers

  A Serve sidewalk robot and a Waymo robotaxi bumped into each other at a Los Angeles crossing. Neither was damaged and no one was in the robotaxi.

  TechCrunch, 31 Dec 2024

• 24 Dec 2024MilestoneHumanoids

  SE01, PM01 and T800 EngineAI · Paying customers

  EngineAI put the SE01 on sale worldwide and unveiled the smaller PM01, at an introductory price of 88,000 yuan ($12,000) until 31 March 2025.

  The Robot Report, 27 Dec 2024Company-reported

• 15 Dec 2024MilestoneWarehouse

  Skypod Exotec · Paying customers

  Exotec said its robots were bringing out more than one million storage boxes a day across all its sites.

  Robotics 24/7, 15 Dec 2024Company-reported

• 12 Dec 2024MilestoneConstruction

  ANYmal ANYbotics · Paying customers

  ANYbotics raised another $60 million, bringing its total funding to more than $130 million, to expand, including in the US.

  The Robot Report, 12 Dec 2024Company-reported

• 12 Dec 2024MilestoneAging at home

  Telepresence robots Double Robotics, OhmniLabs (Symbotic), temi · Paying customers

  Warehouse-robot company Symbotic bought OhmniLabs, maker of the Ohmni telepresence robot and OhmniCare telehealth robot. The price was not disclosed.

  The Robot Report, 19 Dec 2024Company-reported

• 11 Dec 2024MilestoneDrones

  Prime Air (MK30) Amazon · Paying customers

  Amazon started customer deliveries with its new MK30 drone in the West Valley of Phoenix, Arizona, and in College Station, Texas.

  Amazon newsroom, 11 Dec 2024Company-reported

• 11 Dec 2024SetbackAging at home

  Assistive robot arms Kinova, Assistive Innovations · Paying customers

  Molina's policy treats these arms as unproven and does not count them as medically necessary, saying there is not enough research on long-term safety and benefit.

  Molina Healthcare clinical policy, reviewed 11 Dec 2024

• 11 Dec 2024MilestoneAging at home

  Assistive robot arms Kinova, Assistive Innovations · Paying customers

  The FDA puts these arms in its lowest-risk class (Class I), so they do not need FDA clearance before sale.

  Molina Healthcare clinical policy, reviewed 11 Dec 2024

• 11 Dec 2024MilestoneAging at home

  Assistive robot arms Kinova, Assistive Innovations · Paying customers

  US insurer Molina Healthcare names Kinova's Jaco and Assistive Innovations' iARM as the arms on the market today.

  Molina Healthcare clinical policy, reviewed 11 Dec 2024

• Dec 2024SafetyDrones

  Prime Air (MK30) Amazon · Paying customers

  Two MK30 drones crashed during testing in rural Oregon. Their laser height sensors misread the altitude and the software shut off the propellers.

  DroneXL, 16 May 2025

• Dec 2024MilestoneHumanoids

  Clone Alpha Clone Robotics · Pre-orders

  At the time, Clone had not yet shown a complete Alpha robot working.

  Maginative, 5 Dec 2024

• Dec 2024MilestoneHumanoids

  Clone Alpha Clone Robotics · Pre-orders

  Clone announced Clone Alpha and opened pre-orders for the first 279 units. No price or delivery date was given.

  Maginative, 5 Dec 2024Company-reported

• Dec 2024SetbackSelf-driving

  Cruise General Motors (Cruise) · Cleared or mass market

  GM said it would stop funding the Cruise robotaxi business, citing competition and high costs.

  Axios, 11 Dec 2024

• Dec 2024MilestoneHumanoids

  Ameca Engineered Arts · Paying customers

  The Computer History Museum in California opened an AI exhibit where Ameca answers visitors' questions in several languages.

  San José Spotlight, 3 Dec 2024

• Dec 2024MilestoneSelf-driving

  WeRide Robotaxi WeRide · Cleared or mass market

  WeRide and Uber started their robotaxi partnership in Abu Dhabi.

  Gasgoo, 28 Nov 2025Company-reported

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