Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.19
April 12, 2021
…said. “For example, RightHand partnered with PALTAC Corp. in Japan, which was very concerned about item damage. If the edge of a box was even crinkled, it was considered unsaleable.” “We've gotten to the point that the customer site's WMS [warehouse management system] has information tracking products requiring gentle handling,” he added. “The robot can execute a pick in one of several modes, like just suction or fingers—and it also pays attention to the orientation of the item behing held. If it's oblong, it makes a difference in how it is set down and how you fill the tote without…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.11
March 31, 2021
…Olympics The office of Yoshihide Suga, prime minister of Japan, has already been criticized for not having a robust testing program. It is keeping a watchful eye on the use of robots for testing. The global pandemic forced Japan to delay the Summer Olympic Games by a year, but athletic and national authorities have stated that they are determined to hold them this year. Japan has prototyped express testing sites to handle the testing of large volumes of people, reported Reuters. These facilities would use human-driven robotic arms to collect samples and perform COVID-19 tests. The prototype facility started as…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.57
March 17, 2021
…FANUC CNC Series Oi-F, Oi-F Plus, 30i-B, and 30i-B Plus. About FANUC America FANUC America is a subsidiary of Japan-based FANUC Corp. and provides industry-leading robotics, CNC systems, and factory automation. The company said its innovative technologies and proven expertise can help manufacturers in the Americas maximize productivity, reliability, and profitability. FANUC said its “Service First” culture means that customer service is its highest priority. It said it is committed to supplying its customers with parts and support for the life of their FANUC products.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.90
February 23, 2021
…advantage of Hexagon’s ability to scan a cathedral in Japan with a Leica device so it could be modeled with Cradle CFD. MSC’s thermoregulation-model (JOS) human body model, typically used to gauge the comfort level of HVAC or AC controlled environments like offices and car interiors, also played a role in the COVID-spread simulation effort, ensuring the exercise included a realistic approximation of a human body and its behavior. Post-processing work was done to visualize the airflow, temperature, and particles as part of a high-resolution video aimed at democratizing the CFD simulation results for the average person. The simulation revealed…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.12
February 18, 2021
…now the additional funding will help it expand into Japan and other countries within the Asia Pacific region. While Faulk says the North American and European markets remain largely untapped and will continue to be a strong focus for the company, some of Locus’s larger users wanted Locus to have reach and resources in additional geographies. “Our customers are basically pulling us there [into new regions] as we expand,” Faulk said. The funding will help on multiple fronts, including recruiting more research & development and software engineering talent, as well as recruiting more people for customer success and service roles,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.99
February 15, 2021
…Ogasawara and Ryo Kumeda remember the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake followed by tsunami waves that prompted a nuclear plant meltdown in Fukushima. Naoto Kan, prime minister of Japan at the time, said, “In the 65 years after the end of World War II, this is the toughest and the most difficult crisis for Japan.” At the time, Ogasawara and Kumeda were 15-year-old students with an interest in robotics. They had won the Fighting Spirit Prize at the National High School Programming Contest with a smartphone-controlled robot; they also earned seventh place in the RoboCupJunior Japan Open rescue division. In…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.97
February 08, 2021
…and other Asian key markets such as Korea and Japan, which came relatively well through the pandemic due to stringent lockdowns from the very start of 2020, the Asia Pacific region is expected to sustain a relatively more stable economic growth than other regions and to keep express growth moving at pace over the forecast period. Europe’s Express market is set to grow faster than pre-pandemic expectations, with a predicted 2020-2024 CAGR of 5.4%. One reason is that Europe, and especially Germany, have undergone a significant push in terms of digitization through the crisis and are expected to maintain this…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.70
December 09, 2020
…“To remain competitive, you need technology that meets your needs today and tomorrow,” says Masahiko Hisatsugu, president of Aras Japan. “By leveraging the resiliency of the Aras platform, DENSO will be able to stay competitive on systems built for the present day while assured that the entire organization is making decisions based on data it can trust.”
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.51
September 29, 2020
…Fast Retailing, is now delivering its benefits to the group. The technology is under deployment in two warehouses in Japan, with 1,000 Skypods improving logistics efficiency for Uniqlo stores. Exotec Nihon has been created to support the operations in Japan and more than 30 employees will be hired in the coming months. Leading the round, Laurel Bowden, Partner at 83North, stated: “83North has invested in many teams and companies enabling the future of e-commerce. In our opinion, Exotec is one of those special companies, where the founders’ backgrounds, company culture, outstanding technology, delighted customers and a rapidly changing market make…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.21
May 19, 2020
…2015, Geek+ has over 800 employees and is headquartered in Beijing, with offices in Germany, the UK, the US, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore. For more information, please visit: https://www.geekplus.com/
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 21.40
February 11, 2020
…States and Canada since 2015. OTTO Motors entered the Japan market in 2018, and with several successful deployments completed, we are expanding our efforts in Japan working alongside Altech.” Together, OTTO Motors and Altech have already begun to serve customers in the automotive, logistics, food and industrial equipment industries. One such customer is HIROTEC, a leading Tier 1 automotive parts supplier to Mazda. HIROTEC installed three OTTO self-driving vehicles within its Hiroshima plant to deliver Mazda door panels to welding cells as part of a mission-critical process. The OTTO materials handling platform allowed HIROTEC to easily reconfigure its process to…
