Is your mezzanine living up to its full potential? Many businesses find themselves grappling with flooring issues that hinder efficiency and pose safety risks. Whether you're dealing with bar grate decks unsuitable for robotic traffic, deteriorating plywood or poly deck floors, or cracking concrete surfaces, these challenges can significantly impact operations. Transforming Bar and Plank Grate Floors While designed for enhanced traction, these perforated steel surfaces often impede the smooth movement of pallet jacks and are incompatible with automated guided vehicles (AGVs) or autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). The solution? ResinDek® flooring panels offer: Enhanced operational efficiency Robust support for heavy…
Mitsubishi Electric launched its newest pre-engineered work cell product to its existing lineup with LoadMate Plus. Automated Robotic Industrial Assistant (ARIA), according to the company, is cost-effective offering to address labor shortages and productivity challenges across a multitude of industries. ARIA robot work cell capabilities ARIA has a payload capacity of up to 13 kg (28.6 lbs.) and reach capabilities of 1503 mm (59.173”). It is suitable for use as a stand-alone cell, or it can be implemented into a larger system and offers two different base options: standard and machine tool bases. ARIA’s Standard Base option is designed for…
Industrial and packaging systems provider Coesia recently acquired a minority share in Packaging with Robots (PWR), a provider of automated robotic packaging systems for the food industry. Coesia said this strategic partnership aims to drive new business opportunities leveraging technological and geographical synergies. With PWR, Coesia will expand its portfolio to provide full-line automated packaging solutions based on robotics and machine vision systems, which it said can improve productivity and flexibility in highly-complex production environments. PWR serves segments such as bakery, confectionery, snacks, and pet food, partnering with food industry producers to develop automated packaging solutions, specializing in large multi-robot…
Robot Era, a Beijing-based humanoid robot startup, introduced a self-developed dexterous hand called XHand. The company says it allows for the completion of a number of everyday and industry tasks. XBot-L humanoid uses the XHand Robot Era’s XBot-L, a full-size humanoid robot, is equipped with the XHand. In the video below, XBot-L exercises its fingers, clenches and unclenches its hands, swing its arms, chucks plush toys into a box and fondles a purring cat. The robot also cuts a withered leaf from the stem of a potted plant, handles robotic gears, pumps a balloon and shoots plastic marbles. Another element…
The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute (ARM) recently announced the selection of six new technology projects for funding from its 24-01 Technology Project Call. The call centered on special topic areas including multi-modal inputs for AI robotics in manufacturing, rapid re-tasking and robot agility, multi-robot multi-human collaboration, and virtual commissioning of advanced robotic systems. The ARM Institute is a Manufacturing Innovation Institute funded through the U.S. Department of Defense. ARM said its projects bridge gaps among industry, government, and academia to spur impactful innovations that strengthen U.S. manufacturing. By releasing project calls to its over 400 member organization consortium, ARM…
LG Business Solutions USA opened its latest Business Innovation Center (BIC), a 3,600-square-foot showroom at LG Electronics’ North American headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. The new center provides resellers, partners and customers with a one-stop technology showcase that demonstrates LG’s full portfolio of commercial technologies and wide-ranging business offerings. This newest location joins LG BICs in Atlanta, Chicago and Los Angeles. Walk-through experience for LG customers Designed as a walk-through experience, BIC visitors are welcomed by LG’s full line of CLOi autonomous mobile robots including CarryBot, GuideBot and ServeBot, alongside a wall-sized LG DVLED (direct-view light-emitting diode) display. “Our new…
Mitsubishi Electric announced its newest series of robots to its broad selection of models. Mitsubishi Electric industrial robots are equipped with speed and precision to meet the demands of today’s manufacturing applications. The newest RV-35/50/80FR series of robots are designed to allow for an expanded work envelope and increased opportunity through its increased payload and reach compared to prior series. Heavy payload options with new Mitsubishi series The RV-34/50/80FR series has a maximum reach of 2100mm (82 inches), and a maximum payload of 80kg (176 lbs.), making them options for palletizing and machine-tending applications. This series of robots connect to…
Körber Supply Chain Software, a joint venture between Körber AG and KKR, and end-to-end supply chain software offering provider, signed a binding agreement to acquire MercuryGate International Inc., a provider of transportation management systems (TMS). The acquisition, according to Korber, is a strategic move that extends the company’s capabilities in delivering a comprehensive, innovative, adaptable and scalable supply chain execution portfolio. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. MercuryGate’s role in the Körber ecosystem MercuryGate is known for its capabilities in multimodal optimization and execution, as well as its expertise and capabilities in driving rapid implementation…
Figure AI, the California-based general purpose humanoid robot developer announced the release of Figure 02, the company’s second-generation humanoid. The company received a $675M Series B round earlier in 2024, valuing the company at $2.6 billion. OpenAI neural network improvements in Figure 02 As part of the new humanoid, Figure 02 has a new addition for its artificial intelligence and neural network technology for, “speech-to-speech reasoning,” according to the company. When Figure AI announced its Series B round, including in the investors were OpenAI, Microsoft, NVIDIA and others. Along with the funding, OpenAI and Figure AI announced the companies had…
Optical semiconductor technology for machine vision provider Lumotive and sensor provider Hokuyo Automatic Co., Ltd. recently announced the commercial release of the YLM-10LX 3D lidar sensor. This product is powered by Lumotive's Light Control Metasurface (LCM) optical beamforming technology, which the company said represents a major leap forward in applying solid-state, programmable optics to transform 3D sensing across industrial automation and service robotics applications. Lumotive said its LCM technology leverages the power of dynamic metasurfaces to manipulate and direct light, eliminating the need for the bulky, expensive, and fragile mechanical moving parts found in traditional lidar systems. As a solid-state…
