Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.53
October 06, 2023
…in Machina on the back of demonstrated execution, technology gains, and commercial traction,” he said. “We expect Machina to play an important role in a number of key industrial trends of the next decade: domestic re-industrialization, defense innovation, electrification, and commercial space.” Mohamed “Sid” Siddeek, corporate vice president and head of NVentures, added that “AI is rapidly accelerating industries across the global economy, including manufacturing.” “Machina Labs’ work to apply advanced computing and robotics to sheet-metal formation enables companies to operate manufacturing facilities with substantially improved efficiency and broadened capabilities,” he said. Machina Labs automates metal manufacturing. Machina Deployable System…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.52
April 15, 2022
Manufacturers are always looking for gains in quality and throughput. ABB Robotics this week launched its High-Speed Alignment software, which it said uses computer vision to increase the speed of six-axis robots by 70% and their accuracy by 50%. The company said the improvements for electronics assembly will “significantly reduce time to market.” “Sales of smartphones, wearables, and other high-tech devices are growing, and advances in electronics are gathering pace,” stated Liang Rui, managing director for ABB’s Robotics' electronics business line. “As devices become smaller and more powerful, new automation solutions are required to quickly and accurately place components, ensuring…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.52
July 13, 2023
…robot. As the adoption of mobile manipulators continues to gain momentum in various industries, this finely engineered robotic system sets an excellent example of the unlimited possibilities in the field. The project involved creating a customizable installation that replicates human movement within a physical space. To accurately simulate a variety of scenarios, Fresh determined that a robotic system with a high degree of precision in replicating movements would be the ideal solution. Fresh chose Clearpath’s Boxer robot as a base for their device. Boxer is an indoor robotic platform that is designed to be easily programmable and enables effortless integration…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.52
October 27, 2023
…a release. “I believe that the entire ecosystem will gain more confidence in collaborative robots.” Elite Robots said 10,000 of its cobots are deployed across more than 40 countries. The Shanghai-based company claimed that businesses of all sizes, including Fortune 500 companies, have chosen its robots because of their reliability, ease of use, and cost-effectiveness of its robots. Cobot range demonstrate utility Elite Robots said its latest deal demonstrates the trend of collaborative robots becoming more viable for large-scale production as an alternative to industrial automation. Collaborative robots could grow from 5% of total industrial robot sales to 10% by…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.51
June 02, 2022
…In addition to the partner booths, Automate attendees can gain insights from Realtime Robotics executives in three presentations: Fireside chat with Mitsubishi Electric Automation Speakers: Patrick Varley, product marketing manager for mechatronics at Mitsubishi Electric Automation, will have a one-on-one discussion with Tom Munger, director of North American sales at Realtime Robotics. Topic: The two will discuss how multi-robot workcells can operate safely at a productive pace in unstructured and dynamic environments. When: Monday, June 6, 2022 from 10:30 to 10:45 a.m. EDT Where: Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Booth 1023 Startups Simplifying Automation Speakers: Munger; David Dechow, vice president of outreach…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.45
December 17, 2021
…that online and non-store sales continue to experience significant gains, growing 11% to 15% in a market of about $218.3 billion to $226.2 billion. This growth is predicted to occur during the continued pandemic, supply chain constraints, inflation, and other market factors. Retail distribution efficiencies are critical to the success of capturing and fulfilling consumers’ ecommerce holiday spend. Peak season is not limited to just Black Friday, the traditional single date of retail sales moving from the “red” to the “black” in revenues. The holiday peak season now begins in October and extends to January. This includes Black Friday, Cyber…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.44
March 22, 2023
…claimed. With the addition of automated packaging solutions, the gain in capacity, cost reduction, and process improvement are even greater. “An operator just needs to place an item on to the Induction Lift and the item gets to the proper level and correct order that can be located anywhere in a tSort system. This greatly enhances the speed, accuracy, and efficiency of the picking and sortation process,” said Tompkins Robotics President & CEO, Mike Futch. “The ability to sort items and outbound customer parcels in the same system is a breakthrough in technology and will be a game changer in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.43
April 26, 2022
…many other regions of China.” “For robotaxi service to gain customer acceptance, it must be accessible through a ride-hailing platform,” said Jiang Hua, CEO of Ontime. “Ontime will launch the first fully open robotaxi operation platform in the domestic ride-hailing industry.” By providing a robotaxi commercial operating solution and robotaxi vehicle operating infrastructure, we believe this joint partnership can accelerate the sustainable commercial development of robotaxi service,” Hua added. Pony.ai said efforts continue on its robotaxi app In addition to working with leading ride-hailing companies like Ontime to broaden Pony.ai’s reach into the ride-hailing ecosystem, Pony.ai continues to develop and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.42
July 14, 2023
…customer's storage footprints up to 75%, increasing workflow efficiency gains up to 4x, maximizing order pick accuracy by over 99.9%, and improve the fulfillment rate for daily orders to more than 170%. Hai Robotics said its Autonomous Case-handling Robots (ACR) are the key equipment in its systems. These robots maximize the use of vertical space and are independent of any storage medium, the company claimed. It added that this allows ;the ASRS to be constructed of almost any industry-standard racking structure with most kinds and sizes of bins, trays, cardboard cartons, and a variety of containers and materials. Last week,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.41
November 07, 2022
…technology evidenced by strong unit economics and the performance gains of our new products complemented by Velodyne’s decade of innovation, high-performance hardware and software solutions, and established global customer footprint position the combined company to accelerate the adoption of lidar technology,” said Angus Pacala, CEO of Ouster in a statement. “Together, we will aim to deliver the performance customers demand while achieving price points low enough to promote mass adoption,” he added. As one company, Velodyne’s and Ouster’s engineering, manufacturing, and general administration teams will be combined. Velodyne CEO Ted Tewksbury will serve as the board's executive chairman, and Pacala…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.41
January 11, 2024
…Ford, visual SLAM enabled ABB AMR’s will create efficiency gains in production sites in the US, while Michelin will use the technology in intralogistics at its factory in Spain. Other automotive manufacturers will roll out the technology in the UK, Finland and Germany. “With the acquisition of Sevensense, ABB becomes the leader in next-generation AMRs, offering visual SLAM in autonomous mobile robots, together with an integrated portfolio covering robots and machine automation solutions, all managed by our value-creating software.” said Marc Segura, President of ABB’s Robotics Division. This technology has the potential to impact robotics far beyond AMRs, leading to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.41
February 26, 2024
…troubleshooting and downtime costs by up to 90%, and gain access to expert support quickly. The companies will showcase their partnership at Kawasaki’s booth #C5475 during MODEX 2024 in Atlanta. Joining them will be CRG Automation, a Louisville, Ky.-based integration house CRG Automation. The partners will demonstrate a robotic corner board system - integrated with a mixed palletizing and depalletizing cell - featuring a Kawasaki RS007L robot that automates placing corner boards on pallets being wrapped, ensuring overall load stability. Human safety on the mind while operating robots Olis users connect directly to their robots through an on-premises device via…
