Steve Crowe

2 weeks ago | therobotreport.com | Steve Crowe

Autonomous vehicle company Motional today named Laura Major president and CEO. Major was appointed by Motional’s Board of Directors following a successful tenure as CTO. The announcement comes as Motional prepares to launch its driverless commercial service in 2026. Major has served as Motional’s interim CEO since September 2024 when she took over for Karl Iagnemma, who stepped down. Iagnemma is now CEO of Vecna Robotics, a provider of warehouse automation systems.

2 weeks ago | therobotreport.com | Steve Crowe

Meta today introduced V-JEPA 2, a 1.2-billion-parameter world model trained primarily on video to support understanding, prediction, and planning in robotic systems. Built on the Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture (JEPA), the model is designed to help robots and other “AI agents” navigate unfamiliar environments and tasks with limited domain-specific training. V-JEPA 2 follows a two-stage training process all without additional human annotation.

3 weeks ago | yachting-pages.com | Liza Ryder |Steve Crowe |Steph Atmore |Sarah Rowland

Viken Group, a global leader in cruise ship and superyacht design, architecture, and engineering, has announced a significant leadership change. Anna Silvesjö, previously partner and group chief financial officer, has been appointed as the new chief executive officer. Viken Group comprises three well-known brands—Tillberg Design of Sweden (TDoS), Hot Lab, and Thalia Marine—delivering expertise across yacht building, from concept through to delivery for cruise ships, superyachts, and refits.

3 weeks ago | therobotreport.com | Steve Crowe

We are passionate about the impact robotics can have on the world. That’s why for 14 years, the RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards have honored the most innovative robotics companies, technologies, and applications from around the world. This year we brought back three major awards: Robot of the Year, Application of the Year, and Startup of the Year. We added a fourth major honor: Robots for Good, which recognizes a robot making a meaningful impact on society.

1 month ago | therobotreport.com | Steve Crowe

Kim Povlsen, the former president of Universal Robots, yesterday was named the CEO of Bluefors. Based in Helsinki, Finland, Bluefors is a leading developer of cryogenic measurement systems, cryocoolers and other cryogenic product lines for quantum technology, fundamental physics research and other industries such as life sciences and clean energy. Teradyne Robotics announced the leadership change last week, saying Povlsen left Universal Robots (UR) to pursue and external career opportunity.