Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.61
February 03, 2023
…robots.” Teaching software aims to ease robot use Dresden, Germany-based Wandelbots currently offers the Wandelbots Teaching software and the unified Wandelbots Developer Platform. Wandelbots Teaching enables programming-free and uniform operation of all industrial robots for production up to batch size 1, said the company. For instance, a user can trace a new welding path on the workpiece with the TracePen input device in the hand and recorded by the software at the same time. The recorded path can then be edited, tested, and executed via the intuitive 3D user interface of the teaching app, Wandelbots said. The software automatically generates…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.31
February 01, 2023
…as operational needs change.” DHL is part of Bonn, Germany-based Deutsche Post DHL Group, which claimed it is largest logistics company in the world, with 380,000 employees and offices in over 220 countries and territories. The successful deployment of Stretch came one year after DHL Supply Chain invested $15 million in robots from Boston Dynamics. Boston Dynamics addresses safety, labor with Stretch By automating the unloading of boxes with Stretch, DHL Supply Chain said it can address safety concerns as well as ongoing labor shortages. The robot allows businesses to redirect existing labor to other value-added tasks, resulting in increased…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.02
January 30, 2023
…adverse conditions—including water spray and dust, it said. Augsburg, Germany-based KUKA is a unit of China's Midea Group and provides industrial automation for healthcare, automotive manufacturing, and logistics, among other industries. The company has U.S. offices in Michigan. KUKA designs for maximum safety, flexibility KUKA said that all of its mobile robots guarantee employees maximum freedom of movement without the need for safety fencing. The KMP 600-S diffDrive includes laser scanners mounted at the front and rear. These sensors allow for safety and high speeds in all directions of travel when required by cycle times, the company said. “Safety is…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.59
January 25, 2023
…SICK added that it has more than 3,500 patents and diverse products for every phase of production. The Waldkirck, Germany-based company has operations or representation in 65 countries, including U.S. offices in Minneapolis.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.16
January 24, 2023
…the following questions from Robotics 24/7 about the Munich, Germany-based company's funding and outlook. Finding funding becomes more difficult How challenging was it getting funding between the pandemic and incipient recession? Kuchukov: Pre-Series A in 2021 was relatively easy. We started reaching out to investors at the end of February 2021—all virtual, had zero live meetings—and already at the end of March 2021, we received a few offers. Artem Kuchukov, CEO, KEWAZO. Source: LinkedIn You could feel that the market situation was much better. Prominent U.S.-based investors were fine with going outside of their comfort zone and fishing for deals…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.16
January 24, 2023
…raised to date to about $20 million. The Munich, Germany-based company said it plans to use the financing to expand its fleet of construction robots. “We have an excellent group of partners coming together that will enable us to keep building a leading company in construction robotics,” stated Artem Kuchukov, co-founder and CEO of KEWAZO. “This influx of capital will propel us to expand our robotic fleet across Europe and North America, in tandem with enabling us to build out additional digital services.” KEWAZO said it is digitizing construction with material flow automation and data analytics. The company added that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.77
January 23, 2023
…a final design allowing plug insertion with a tolerance window of up to 7.5 mm at high speed.” The Germany-based researchers investigated adjustable compliance and custom-designed robotic fingertips to achieve more reliable gripping. They said they plan to focus future work on “determining the mechanical attributes regarding the stiffness, maximum tolerable force and hysteresis experimentally.” In addition, Hartisch and Haninger noted that alternatives to fused-deposition modeling for additive manufacturing could create ribs with different structural characteristics, resulting in higher contact forces and less wear over time.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.27
January 23, 2023
…a robot picking system at its facility in Staufenberg, Germany to help satisfy the demands of its customers. The company enlisted the help of systems integrator Element Logic to install an AutoStore automated storage retrieval system, or ASRS, that now covers 6,000 square meters at the facility. The system is made up of 160 robots, which are being used to sort orders for clothing store customers across Europe, including Peek & Cloppenburg Düsseldorf, one of its largest. The Bonn, Germany-based company said the facility warehouses more than 3.5 million fashion items for customers in places such as Austria, Poland, and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.88
January 18, 2023
…handling—as well as the expertise to tie it all together. Körber Business Area Supply Chain is part of Hamburg, Germany-based global technology group Körber. It recently partnered with wine trader Hawesko Group on using AMRs at its IWL subsidiary. Körber Supply Chain also recently agreed to work with tissue paper manufacturer Renova to build a fully automated warehouse including an automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) in Torres Novas, Portugal.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.90
January 12, 2023
…of industrial robots—China, Japan, the U.S., South Korea, and Germany, plus the European Union—have very different R&D strategies. Governments drive robotics R&D programs in Asia In China, the 14th Five-Year Plan for Robot Industry Development, released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) in Beijing on Dec, 21, 2021, focused on promoting innovation. The goal is to make China a global leader for robot technology and industrial advancement, noted the IFR. Robotics is listed in China's plans for eight key industries for the next five years. In order to implement national science and technology innovation arrangements, the key…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.67
January 10, 2023
…50 years. With offices in New Jersey, Texas, France, Germany, Switzerland, the U.K., and Australia, the company has more than 1,600 employees. Sure Sort iBOTs scan RFID in response to demand With increasing labor costs and supply chain challenges, the demand for more responsive warehouse automation technology has never been more crucial, said OPEX. It described Sure Sort as a “scalable, reliable, high-throughput sorting system.” Distribution centers, retail stores, and third-party logistics providers (3PLs) have relied on Sure Sort for cost-effective and accurate order handling, cross-docking, and reverse logistics, according to the company. The iBOT robotic delivery vehicles are designed…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.14
January 09, 2023
…drive types, Bosch Rexroth said. The Lohr am Main, Germany-based company said it has global experience in mobile and machinery applications, engineering, and factory automation. It offers components and expertise for hydraulics, electric drives and controls, gears, linear motion and assembly systems, and software and interfaces to the Internet of Things (IoT). Bosch Rexroth has U.S. offices in Charlotte, N.C., and locations in more than 80 countries, with over 31,000 associates. It generated sales revenue of about €6.2 million ($6.6 million U.S.) in 2021. Locator designed for ease of use Bosch Rexroth claimed that Locator can simplify the automation of…
