Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.67
November 20, 2024
…Series B funding with participation from a strategic customer, Teradyne Robotics Ventures, Toyota Ventures, Ranpak, Third Kind Venture Capital, One Madison Group, Hyperplane, Catapult Ventures and others. Additionally, Pickle announced that it received orders from six customers in the third quarter of 2024 for over 30 production robots. The company expects these robots to deploy in the first half of 2025. Funding will be used on current, new technology The new orders include pilot conversions, existing customer expansions and new customer adoption. The funding will accelerate the development of new feature sets and build out the company’s commercial teams to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.40
September 13, 2024
…isn’t just hype,” said Ujjwal Kumar, group president of Teradyne Robotics, parent company of Universal Robots. “We’re seeing significant interest in physical AI. By adding high-performance compute hardware to our control systems and investing in targeted software upgrades, we’re establishing UR as the preferred robotics platform for developing and deploying AI applications.” It's all about uptime An important production parameter is cobot uptime. To ensure seamless operations and increased efficiency, UR has launched the UR Care Service Plans that now offer preventive field service, onsite break-fix, dedicated remote support and secure cloud connectivity-based cobot service/performance monitoring through UR Connect, which…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 26.26
June 28, 2024
…Rainer Brehm, Siemens Factory Automation CEO, and Ujjwal Kumar, Teradyne Robotics group president. The panelists discussed the use of physical AI across industries, underscoring the transformative power of advanced automation for businesses and workplaces. “The launch of this new headquarters marks a significant milestone for Teradyne Robotics as we bring together two leading companies in robotics innovation,” said Kumar. “We will now have the optimal environment to evolve our technological capabilities, which are already in high demand.” Collaboration will enable Siemens PLCs to control robots Partners from UR and MiR's global ecosystems attended the opening event, including NVIDIA and Siemens,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 19.47
May 06, 2024
…its data processing capabilities,” said Ujjwal Kumar, president of Teradyne Robotics. “At the combined MiR/UR booth at Automate, attendees can get a first-hand look at these enhancements in action.” MiR to Sponsor Women Empowerment Breakfast with Teradyne Robotics and Universal Robots With Teradyne and Universal Robots, MiR is sponsoring the Automate 2024 “Empowerment Forum: Women Leading Change,” May 8, at 7:30 a.m. This event is designed to bring women in the automation industry together to share their experiences and aspirations as well as to build valuable connections and leadership skills. Jane Heffner, MiR VP of sales, Americas, and member of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.94
April 01, 2024
…to the existing infrastructure makes it the perfect fit for optimizing logistics efficiency and ensuring timely delivery of pallets. Teradyne Robotics, MiR’s parent company, also recently announced another partnership with NVIDIA through Universal Robots. Want to learn more about machine vision? This article was featured in the August 2024 Robotics 24/7 Special Focus Issue titled “Machine vision to increase robot precision.”
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 34.46
April 01, 2024
Teradyne Robotics recently announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to bring new AI capabilities to automation applications. Teradyne is the parent company of collaborative robot arm provider Universal Robots (UR) and autonomous mobile robot (AMR) provider Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR). Last week, UR demonstrated an autonomous inspection system powered by NVIDIA Isaac cuMotion path planning at the GTC global AI conference in San Jose, California. MiR recently launched its new MiR1200 autonomous pallet jack, which harnesses AI pallet detection powered by the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin module. The MiR1200 Pallet Jack and UR’s cuMotion demo are Teradyne’s two most recent examples…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.01
March 18, 2024
…Robotics, READY Robotics, Franka Robotics, and Universal Robots, a Teradyne company, are partnering with NVIDIA to bring Isaac Manipulator to their customers. “By bringing NVIDIA AI tools and capabilities to Yaskawa's automation solutions, we're pushing the boundaries of where robots can be deployed across industries,“ said Masahiro Ogawa, President, Yaskawa. “This will significantly influence various industries.” NVIDIA is introducing foundation models to augment existing robot manipulation systems. These will help develop robots to sense, adapt and reprogram for varied environments and applications in smart manufacturing, handling pick-and-place tasks, machine tending and assembly with the following: FoundationPose is a foundation model…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.95
December 04, 2023
…Panasonic Holdings Corp., Seiko Epson Corp., Staubli International AG, Teradyne Inc., Universal Robots AS, and Yaskawa Electric Corp Industrial Robotics Services Market is fragmented in nature. Market to observe 5.85% YOY growth in 2023. System integrators are taking the initiative to innovate their services by leveraging technological advances such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and software platforms. The programming platform is mainly used to improve the implementation and programming of industrial robots, and trends such as virtual implementation and offline programming will rise during the forecast period. Among the challenges: The high costs of the initial investment in a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 21.31
November 16, 2023
…is in software and prior to working with MiR he was part of the software engineering team at AutoGuide—a Teradyne owned industrial automation company, now a part of MiR. Steve Paul Moderator Robotics 24/7
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.77
October 03, 2023
…integrators in 60 countries serving enterprises of all sizes. Teradyne acquired MiR in 2018 and combined it with AutoGuide Mobile Robots in 2022 to create a mobile robot line that can handle a range of payloads. MiR said Interroll’s LCP AMR top module is the newest certified application in the MIR Go partner program, an ecosystem of AMR applications with more than 160 top modules. MiR250 AMR integrates with elevator at Interroll factory. Source: Mobile Industrial Robots MiR Insights enables full-shift operations To further optimize processes, Interroll is using MiR Insights to visualize key performance indicators (KPIs) such as distance…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.60
September 24, 2023
…offer.” Exhibitors and sponsors of this year's Mash-Up included Teradyne (parent company of Universal Robots and Mobile Industrial Robots), the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute, and MIT Lincoln Lab. Other sponsors included 6K, Synagex, Quabbin Wire & Cable, Tooling U-SME, GBMP, Equinor, the Massachusetts Manufacturing Energy Collaborative, Skylitics, Hybrid CNC Parts, Spark Photonics, Mack Prototype, AB Corp, MRSI Myronic, Modern Mold and Tool, MassDevelopment, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, and Associated Industries of Massachusetts. Organizing partners for the event included CAM, the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MassMEP), FORGE, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), MassHire, and MassRobotics. The third annual Massachusetts Manufacturing…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.37
September 11, 2023
…company has sold more than 50,000 cobots worldwide. The Teradyne Inc. unit has also built an ecosystem around its cobot arms offering a wide range of components, kits, and solutions for varied customer applications. More to see at PACK EXPO PBC Linear also plans to exhibit the Applied Cobotics Cobot Feeder at Booth SU8272 at PACK EXPO in Las Vegas this week. In its harsh environments display, the company will show its MTB actuator, which uses an anodized aluminum housing with stainless steel and magnetic strips to seal out contamination. The display will include PBC's patented plain bearing Frelon liner…
