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Barnston Agtech showed off its swarm farming robotic driverless tractors at the Barnstorm R&D Center in a recent YouTube video. [Video screenshot]

Barnston Agtech showed off its swarm farming robotic driverless tractors at the Barnstorm R&D Center in a recent YouTube video. [Video screenshot]

Robotic Agtech Startup Closes $217K Equity Raise for ‘Barnstorming’ Autonomous Tractor Swarms via Fort Worth’s Harvest Returns

by | Dec 28, 2022
Barnstorm Agtech, a Canadian startup developing driverless robotic tractors known as 'Barnstormers,' has closed on a $217,500 equity capital raise through Fort Worth-based Harvest Returns' investment platform.

The company, co-founded by a fourth-generation farmer and a robotics expert, plans to deploy 'swarms' of the tractors as a service to farmers in the U.S. Midwest and Canadian Prairies to address chronic labor scarcity and other "pain points" of traditional tractor systems.
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Capital Factory Opening Center for Health Innovation at Pegasus Park in Dallas
by | May 5, 2022
The Austin-based accelerator and investor plans to launch its Center for Health Innovation at Pegasus Park in Dallas by end of 2023. Its goal: connecting startups locally and across the state with each other, as well as other corporate and research players in the space.

“We're in the business of erasing boundaries in Texas—full stop,” President and Co-Founder Bryan Chambers told Dallas Innovates.
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Fueled by a $132M Series B Raise, Indian Automation Startup Expands to North America with Frisco Offices
by | Feb 16, 2022
Addverb produces around 10,000 robots a year at its Noida, India, manufacturing facility. Now Addverb's CEO has a mission for his robots: to help address pandemic supply chain disruptions in the U.S.
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Walmart Is Building Two Dallas-Area Facilities That Are So High Tech, 400 New Jobs Will Require STEM Skills
by | Nov 9, 2021
A 1.5 million-square-foot automated fulfillment center is slated to open in Lancaster in 2023, followed by a 730,000 square-foot automated grocery distribution center in 2024. Both will deploy the latest in high-tech robotics and innovation.
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Now Open: The Bosai-Tech Open Innovation Challenge Is Looking For Startups in Emerging Tech

by | Nov 24, 2020
Applications are open until Dec. 16 for the contest, which involves four leading Japanese firms on the search for foreign enterprises in IT, IoT, AI, fintech, sensors, satellites, healthcare, drones, and robotics.
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Meet Jaibot: Hilti’s New Robot Designed to Handle Strenuous Work on Job Site
by | Nov 4, 2020
From its North American corporate office in Plano, Hilti announced Jaibot, which drills precision holes in ceilings for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing installations.
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Robotics Education and Competition Foundation Receives $750K from Texas Workforce Commission
by | Sep 16, 2020
The grant will be used to give thousands of Texas students access to robotics and STEM learning resources.
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Plug-and-Play Power: Fort Worth Tech Manufacturer Expands Production of Smart Electric Motors for e-Mobility
by | Jul 28, 2020
The technological advancement of these motors has "as big of an impact on minimizing global energy consumption as any major battery breakthrough could have," says Linear Labs' VP of Technology.

Four M200 motors in a four-wheeled vehicle "can provide more peak torque than a 2020 Porsche 911 Carrera S engine."
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Triune Centre automated parking

Triune Center in Fort Worth will feature a fully automated parking garage.

New Fort Worth Office Building Will Feature First Fully Automated Parking Garage

by | Mar 31, 2020
Developers say Triune Centre's robotic vehicle handling system will be the first for an office building in the nation. The garage will work via the property's proprietary app.
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The Largest Robotics Competition in the World is Returning to Dallas
by | Jul 22, 2019
Dallas is a "hotbed for STEM jobs," so the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation and the Dallas Sports Commission decided to bring the VEX Robotics World Championship back for 2021-2024. Look inside to get a taste of what's to come.
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Optiv Security Doubles North Texas Footprint With New Innovation and Fusion Center
by | Jul 19, 2019
Located in Frisco's HALL Park, Optiv's newly opened 14,000-square-foot Center aims to accelerate its "inside-out" approach to cybersecurity that includes Cyber-as-a-Service solutions.
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The Seeker: Meet the ‘World’s First Robotic Quarterback’
by | Jun 18, 2019
A new Dallas-based startup, Monarc, has created a patented football robot that uses wearable technology and IoT to throw perfect passes, every time. Here's how it works.
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Robotics Contest Getting a Reboot for Denton Students

by | Jun 27, 2018
DC BEST's main goal is to motivate Denton County middle and high school students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math fields.
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Innovative Spaces: Pasta Maker Goes High-Tech with Robotics
by | Mar 23, 2018
The state-of-the-art facility in Cleburne is unlike any of the company's six other plants in Mexico, utilizing high-tech software and robotics.
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Tiffany Cason
Boost to Education: Hunt, TI Foundations & Texas Workforce Commission Donate Funds to Local Schools
by | Dec 15, 2017
Several local schools have received grants or donations that will help develop programming and scholarships to set kids up for their future careers.
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UTA Emotional Robotics Lab
Looks at Human-Robot Bonds
by | Nov 21, 2017
The new lab is studying whether or not a robot can a robot fill in the emotional gap needed to be a companion or caretaker to humans.
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