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Pickle Robot closes $50 million Series B, secures 30+ new order for Unload robots
Pickle Robot closed on a $50 million Series B funding round and secured over 30 orders for the company’s Unload Systems to utilize automation to unload trucks.

FANUC introduces M-950iA industrial robot with up to 500 kg payload capability
FANUC introduced its new M-950iA heavyweight industrial robot, capable of lifting up to 500 kg and capable of working in tight workspaces with wide-range motion and precision.

ANYbotics opens San Francisco office
Industrial quadruped inspection robot provider ANYbotics opened an office in San Francisco, leveraging the Silicon Valley robotics region to deliver faster local customer support.

Agility Robotics to deploy humanoids with Schaeffler Group
Schaeffler Group has made a minority investment in Agility Robotics. The companies announced at Web Summit that Schaeffler will deploy Digit humanoid mobile manipulation robots.

Karl Iagnemma becomes Vecna Robotics CEO
In addition to closing $14.5 million in additional funding, Vecna Robotics has welcomed Karl Iagnemma as CEO, who brings experience from developing autonomous vehicle technology.

Brain Corp AMRs scan over 250 billion square feet
After 19 million hours of autonomous operation across 37,000 AMRs enabled by BrainOS AI software, Brain Corp has covered 250 billion square feet of space globally.

LUCID Vision Labs launches Triton2 event-based camera
In collaboration with Sony and Prophesee, LUCID launched its Triton2 EVS event-based 2.5GigE camera, featuring the IMX636 and IMX637 event-based vision sensors.

Amazon Prime Air drones take flight in Phoenix, Ariz.
Amazon Prime Air’s MK30 drones have received FAA approval to fly beyond pilots’ visual line of sight, allowing same-day deliveries under five pounds from the Tolleson, Ariz. site.

NVIDIA unveils humanoid AI and simulation tools at CoRL
NVIDIA shared Project GR00T’s six new humanoid learning workflows, Cosmos tokenizers, and NeMo Curator AI development tools at the Conference for Robot Learning in Munich, Germany.

Locus Robotics surpasses four billion units picked
Coinciding with the opening of its Locus Park headquarters in Wilmington, Mass., Locus Robotics person-to-goods AMRs have surpassed four billion picks across its global fleet.

PACK EXPO 2024: Doosan Robotics showcases high-payload collaborative robots
Doosan Robotics announced it will showcase its high payload collaborative robots at several partner booths during PACK EXPO 2024 in Chicago.

Mitsubishi Electric launches MELFA RV-12CRL robot arm
The new MELFA RV-12CRL vertical articulated robot arm for machine tending, case packing, and pick-and-place has the largest reach in Mitsubishi Electric’s low-cost series.

OSARO unveils AutoModel AI-powered order fulfillment robots
OSARO released AutoModel AI-powered order fulfillment robots, an advancement in its SightWorks perception platform to adapt to new products in fulfillment centers in real time.

Formant, Holman announce strategic partnership for robot fleet, data management
Formant and Holman announced a strategic partnership that will see Holman utilize Formant’s cloud robotics management platform for its global automotive services.

ABB launches RB 1000i-S paint atomizer for robot arms
Automotive paint shops can reduce their CO2 and VOC emissions and improve efficiency, sustainability with ABB’s new 1000i-S paint atomizer on new robots or through an upgrade kit.

Bell-Everman announces molded belt tray for linear actuators
Designed for long-travel motion systems including gantry and linear robots, the latest generation of Bell-Everman’s ServoBelt linear actuators feature design improvements.

Gather AI, Bosma Enterprises partner to equip visually impaired warehouse employees
Gather AI, an inventory intelligence drone provider, announced new customer Bosma Enterprises, Indiana’s largest employer of people who are blind or visually impaired.

Photo slideshow: Locus Robotics opens new global headquarters
Local businesses, investors, and media were invited to a ribbon cutting ceremony and tour of Locus Robotics’ new global headquarters and robot manufacturing warehouse Oct. 23.

Vecna Robotics introduces CaseFlow robotic case picking offering
Vecna Robotics released its new robotic case picking offering, CaseFlow. GEODIS exceeded 100% improvement in case picking performance at a site using CaseFlow.

Digital Engineering to host Design & Simulation Summit on October 31
Digital Engineering has announced its full speaker lineup for the fourth annual Design & Simulation Summit, which will take place on Thursday, October 31.

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Robots picking and packing with precision
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Robots picking and packing with precision
This Special Focus Issue examines the different types of robots and automation systems involved with picking, packing and packaging.
Robots as mobile data platforms
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Robots as mobile data platforms
This Special Focus Issue examines how robots collect and analyze data to optimize warehouse processes.

Machine vision to increase robot precision
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Machine vision to increase robot precision
This Special Focus Issue examines how enhancements in machine vision and artificial intelligence make robots more precise.
Orchestrating mobile robot fleets for success
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Orchestrating mobile robot fleets for success
This Special Focus Issue examines how business and fleet management software leads to well-performing deployments

Webinars

Webinar: How to scale fleets of mobile robots
Recording: Nov. 20, 2024 @ 2:00 EST
Webinar: How to scale fleets of mobile robots

The days of only a mobile robot or two seem to be a thing of the past. As costs come down to own and operate mobile robots, organizations have the option to control an entire fleet of these robots under one roof or under multiple roofs.

Join this interactive discussion and learn what areas can mobile robots best serve different businesses, and how can one organization successfully manage several robots simultaneously to generate the best optimization processes.

Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Time: 2:00 P.M. EST/11:00 A.M. PST

 

Webinar: Goods to person automation gets variations
Recording: Nov. 6, 2024 @ 3:00 EST
Webinar: Goods to person automation gets variations
Join our program with Geek+, Körber Supply Chain Software and S&S Activewear to discuss goods to person deployments.

Webinar: Warehouse robotics software - that was then, this is now
Recording: Jun. 20, 2024 @ 12:00 EST
Webinar: Warehouse robotics software - that was then, this is now
Join our program with Roboteon and Robot Advisory Group to discuss warehouse robotics software



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