Robotics in March 2025

March 2025

• 30 March 2025RegulatorDrones

  EH216-S EHang · Cleared or mass market

  Two EHang operators in Guangzhou and Hefei received the first air operator certificates from China's regulator, meant to let the public buy tickets for sightseeing flights.

  EHang press release, 30 Mar 2025Company-reported

• 27 March 2025MilestoneHome

  Miko 3 Miko (Emotix) · Paying customers

  A reviewer at The Gadgeteer tested the $299 Miko 3 and said they would find it hard to recommend to most families, especially once the subscription is added.

  The Gadgeteer review, 27 Mar 2025

• 27 March 2025RegulatorSelf-driving

  Pony.ai Robotaxi Pony.ai · Cleared or mass market

  Pony.ai got Shenzhen's first permit for a paid driverless pilot service, in Nanshan district.

  Gasgoo, 28 Mar 2025Company-reported

• 24 March 2025MilestoneFarm

  Fruit-picking robots Dogtooth, Tevel, FFRobotics, Agrobot, Oishii (Tortuga) · Paying customers

  Indoor strawberry grower Oishii bought the technology of Tortuga AgTech, a strawberry-picking robot maker.

  The Packer, 24 Mar 2025Company-reported

• 24 March 2025RegulatorMedical

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

  China's regulator, the NMPA, approved Toumai SP, a single-port version, for urology, general surgery and gynecology.

  MassDevice, 24 Mar 2025Company-reported

• 24 March 2025MilestoneFarm

  Tortuga harvesting robots Tortuga AgTech (now owned by Oishii) · Paying customers

  At the time of the sale, Tortuga's commercial harvesting fleet was 150 robots.

  AgFunderNews, 24 Mar 2025Company-reported

• 24 March 2025MilestoneFarm

  Tortuga harvesting robots Tortuga AgTech (now owned by Oishii) · Paying customers

  Oishii, an indoor strawberry grower, bought Tortuga's intellectual property, other assets and some of its engineers. The price was not disclosed.

  The Packer, 24 Mar 2025Company-reported

• 20 March 2025SetbackFarm

  Vulcan FarmWise (owned by Taylor Farms since 2025) · Paying customers

  FarmWise said it would wind down by 1 April 2025 because it could not become profitable with the money it had raised.

  Future Farming, 20 Mar 2025Company-reported

• 20 March 2025SafetyHome

  Pool-cleaning robots Maytronics (Dolphin), Aiper, Beatbot, Wybotics · Cleared or mass market

  Aiper recalled about 32,660 Seagull Pro cordless pool robots in the US because the charging adapter could overheat. There were 19 reports of them melting, smoking or catching fire while charging, and no injuries.

  US CPSC recall, 20 Mar 2025

• 18 March 2025RegulatorMedical

  Maestro Moon Surgical · Cleared or mass market

  The FDA cleared ScoPilot, an AI feature that makes the camera follow the tip of a chosen instrument (510(k) K242323).

  MassDevice, 18 Mar 2025 (FDA record K242323)

• 17 March 2025MilestoneWarehouse

  Mech Dexterity · Paying customers

  Dexterity launched Mech, a two-armed robot, for business customers, starting with a truck-loading job.

  Dexterity blog, 17 Mar 2025Company-reported

• 12 March 2025SetbackHome

  iRobot (Roomba) iRobot · Cleared or mass market

  iRobot warned there was substantial doubt it could stay in business, and its shares fell 35% in a day. It hired advisers to look at a sale or refinancing of its debt.

  Fortune, 13 Mar 2025

• 12 March 2025RegulatorMedical

  Medical exoskeletons Lifeward (ReWalk), Wandercraft, Ekso Bionics (owned by Wandercraft since Oct 2026) · Cleared or mass market

  The FDA cleared the ReWalk 7 Personal Exoskeleton from Lifeward (510(k) K241822) for indoor and outdoor walking, including stairs and curbs.

  FDA 510(k) letter K241822, 12 Mar 2025

• 12 March 2025MilestoneService

  ADAM and other Richtech robots Richtech Robotics · Paying customers

  Forbes reported that Richtech offers robots such as ADAM to businesses to do jobs usually done by people, like making drinks.

  Forbes, 12 Mar 2025Company-reported

• 7 March 2025MilestoneDrones

  Wingcopter 198 Wingcopter · Paying customers

  Wingcopter began selling long-range LiDAR (laser mapping) survey kits for the Wingcopter 198. It says one flight can survey up to 60 km of long structures such as pipelines or power lines.

  Tech.eu, 7 Mar 2025Company-reported

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