RightHand Robotics (RHR), Somerville, Mass., partnered with Element Logic, UK, to launch of an integrated robotic piece-picking solution.

Boston Dynamics, Waltham, Mass., acquired Kinema Systems, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based provider of industrial robotic arms.

Air Technical Industries (ATI), Mentor, Ohio, developed MIRA, a new mobile, industrial, robotic crane.

Soft Robotics, Bedford, Mass., released the mGrip, what is said to be the company’s first on-demand, modular automation system.

6d bytes, Sunnyvale, Calif., launched Blendid, what is said to be the world's first fully autonomous robotic station for blending drinks and smoothies in foodservice environments.

Tompkins Robotics, a Raleigh, N.C.-based division of Tompkins International, and RightHand Robotics, Somerville, Mass., announced a collaboration that will combine t-Sort, what is dubbed to be the world’s first portable, automated sortation system, with RightPick, a robotic piece-picking system, to provide flexibility and throughput for e-commerce and omni-channel fulfillment.

Ocado Technology, a UK division of Ocado, revealed a new robotic system capable of picking a wide range of grocery products.

Surgital, an Italian manufacturer of deep-frozen pasta, produces 300 pasta varieties daily, and is constantly adding new varieties. That’s why for its new varieties of ravioli, Surgital once again opted for the TLM technology from Gerard Schubert GmbH, Germany.