Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.74
October 16, 2022
…reported that manufacturing in the U.S. added a net gain of 67,000 workers over pre-pandemic levels for the first time since the 1970s. The Times suggested that this uptick is in large measure in response to supply chain issues with China and localizing inventories with new “grey-collar” jobs managing robots. I think Erik Nieves, CEO of Plus One Robotics, said it best at the summit: “Well, it was clear that there was not going to be enough labor to manage all of the deliveries and the packaging as we continue to move our commerce online.” “But COVID acted as an…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.38
October 13, 2022
…Competence Center in the Netherlands, with expansion plans underway. By aligning with Siemens' field service organization, Gecko said it gains a local presence across Europe, access to local technical talent, and the opportunity to work with customers in the region. Siemens Energy said it will hire and train local technicians and customer service personnel across Europe, allowing Gecko Robotics to deliver its technology while adhering to all local safety and labor regulations.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.69
October 12, 2022
…fully integrated solution for significant productivity, speed and efficiency gains in a matter of weeks.” Founded in 2012, GreyOrange said its GreyMatter hardware-agnostic platform responds to customer orders in real time as well as proprietary and certified third-party hardware. The Atlanta-based company said its systems offer a competitive advantage by increasing productivity, empowering growth and scale, mitigating labor challenges, and reducing risk and time to market. GreyOrange also said it can create better experiences for customers and employees. The company, which closed on $110 million in financing in May, employs more than 800 people with offices and partners across the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.73
October 12, 2022
…growth in the coming years,” she added. HowToRobot and Gain & Co. conducted the research for the market report, covering 131 robotics and automation suppliers operating in Norway. The companies behind the report will be present at NFEA’s Smart Produksjon 2022 industry conference on Nov. 30 in Gjøvik, Norway. SMEs pick up on robots Robot adoption will increase especially among small and midsize enterprises (SMEs), according to the report. SMEs account for the vast majority of Norway’s approximately 17,000 manufacturers. “Robot technologies are becoming more broadly available and easier to use for SMEs,” said Søren Peters, CEO of HowToRobot and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.08
September 29, 2022
…their robot fleets. “This partnership now allows enterprises to gain more valuable information in real time through a unique integration between Formant and alwaysAI,” said Marty Beard, co-founder and CEO of alwaysAI. “We are excited to be able to partner with a cutting-edge company like Formant to bring the power of computer vision to robots.” San Diego-based alwaysAI provides developers and enterprises a platform for building, training, deploying, and managing computer vision applications on Internet of Things (IoT) devices and autonomous vehicles. “We make computer vision come alive on the edge—where work and life happen,” said the company. alwaysAI and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.35
September 26, 2022
…Robots-as-a-Service, or RaaS, help organizations scale quickly and rapidly gain the benefits of AI-powered robotics to meet throughput and operational goals for organizations of all sizes.” Companies like RIOS are dedicated to global customers and how to best automate factory assembly lines and logistics operations. They build, deploy, and maintain AI-powered robotic workcells. RIOS also significantly internalizes engineering needs, which allows further assistance with various systems integrations and provide end-to-end solutions for clients. The future of manufacturing is automation. There’s no way around it. If businesses don’t adapt, they will cease to exist. People like Kamlager and companies like RIOS…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.71
September 23, 2022
…“By connecting UR cobots to MachineMetrics, users can now gain real-time insights into cobot productivity, alert teams when issues arise, and remotely troubleshoot and diagnose issues to get the cobot back up and running.” More on MachineMetrics The Northhampton, Mass.-based company said it makes “the single platform to capture, manage, and analyze manufacturing equipment data.” Last year, it raised $20 million in its Series B funding round. “Today, hundreds of manufacturers across global factories are using MachineMetrics as the foundation of their digital factories, leveraging plug-and-play machine data collection, real-time visualizations, predictive insights, and flexible APIs to optimize, adapt, and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.38
September 23, 2022
…work at manufacturing jobs will not happen unless perceptions change. About the author Søren Peters is the CEO at Gain & Co and HowToRobot.com. This post was republished from Howtorobot.com with permission.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.90
September 16, 2022
…logistics and in-market operations. With connected, digital fleets covering rideshare and delivery routes, companies can uncover areas for efficiency gains and optimize logistics processes. Argo Autonomy Data and Analytics also provides real-time traffic and road insights, which could be useful to city governments, logistics companies, and other stakeholders.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.26
September 11, 2022
…integrator can help an operator achieve the highest efficiency gain with a design matched to the business' ROI goal. Manage workflows with software The next critical task is defining duties and selecting the right warehouse execution and control system (WES-WCS). Such a software platform has modules that manage, control, and unite all the automation with the enterprise resource planning (ERP) and warehouse management system (WMS). The WES-WCS plays crucial roles, from optimizing order releases to orchestrating the AMR fleet manager and G2P control software. In addition, the system provides the data to manage the robots for cart and pallet pickup,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.61
September 08, 2022
…software enables major cost savings, flexibility, and process efficiency gains at the world’s largest and most sophisticated robotics installations,” stated Jeffrey Smith, general partner at SIP Global Partners. “Seamless programming, automated rollout, and conflict resolution will drive large-scale adoption and ROI. We look forward to working closely with Realtime as they deploy their uniquely innovative solutions globally.” Realtime Robotics said it will apply the new funds to continue to scale and meet growing industry demand for RapidPlan. It also plans to invest in overall engineering development and to enable additional enhancements to its core software. Realtime recently demonstated RapidPlan's ability…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.80
September 07, 2022
…maintenance, sanitization, service, and various data-intensive scenarios that require a high degree of autonomy, it said. As more robots gain cloud connectivity, AGX Orin’s greater computing power will meet the market’s demand for outfitting robots with greater autonomous capabilities, including AI decision making. “Relying on Nimbus with Jetson AGX Orin, we dragged, dropped, and ran multiple AI models simultaneously on the robot,” said Ari Yakir, vice president of research and development at Cogniteam. “These skills included localization, gesture recognition, skeleton recognition, object recognition, simultaneous localization and mapping [SLAM], and beyond.”
