Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.69
August 19, 2022
…by major automotive companies, including BMW, Toyota Ventures, and Bosch. To date, it has raised $74 million. RK Anand started Recogni back in 2017 and ran it as CEO up until October of last year when he stepped down to become chief product officer. Anand said he planned to help the company focus on taking its technology to market. Recogni’s new CEO, Marc Bolitho, just started last month and previously worked at ZF Group, another technology company working on self-driving vehicle systems. Annad recently sat down with Robotics 24/7 to discuss his company’s products and the underling technologies powering them.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.58
August 08, 2022
…a door to smaller footprints and higher productivity for companies of all sizes,” he said. In late April 2022, Bosch Rexroth became Kassow’s new majority owner. Founder Kristian Kassow is now co-owner and will continue to serve as CEO of Kassow Robots.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.35
June 27, 2022
…including: Calip Group for the production of the cabins Bosch France for the assembly of the cabins F2J Stamping for the production of the chassis Nava to assemble 300 vehicles Navya will assemble the first pre-series run of 300 delivery vehicles at its Vénissieux plant near Lyon, France. This “will enable us, on the one hand, to optimize our production capacity and, on the other, allow us to strengthen our understanding of the vehicle's industrial processes with an eye to its future automization,” said the company. “Navya is proud to participate on this project which is triply innovative, through its…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.94
June 06, 2022
…as director of sales, as well as at CPG, Bosch Rexroth, Schneider Electric, and Accenture. He has a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. “The formation of Doosan Robotics Americas will provide a team dedicated to North and South America, which is a source of many existing and potential customers across several vertical markets from automotive to manufacturing,” said Lee. “With the U.S. being the single largest market for Doosan Robotics, I’m looking forward to working even closer with our partners as we prepare for several exciting new developments in our product offerings.” Doosan Robotics will…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 36.17
May 31, 2022
…2022 trade show and conference next week will be Bosch Rexroth AG. The company said its robotics hardware, software, and engineering innovation can help turn customers' manufacturing facilities into factories of the future. Bosch Rexroth supplies drives and control technologies and said it has experience with mobile applications, machinery applications and engineering, and factory automation. Bosch Rexroth offers hydraulics, electric drives, gears, and linear motion and assembly technology. It also supplies software and interfaces to the Internet of Things (IoT). With locations in over 80 countries, more than 31,000 associates generated sales revenue of around €6.2 billion ($6.6 billion U.S.)…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.79
May 26, 2022
…“offers a unique package of speed, power, and reach.” Bosch Rexroth became majority owner of Kassow Robots in April. Founder Kristian Kassow is now co-owner and continues to serve as CEO of Kassow Robots. The company recently partnered with distributor Rehm Kft. in Hungary. KR series designed for flexibility The KR series cobot have seven axes of movement. Source: Kassow Robots. Kassow said its line of five KR series cobots offer speed and power combined with a long reach and a high degree of flexibility to work in tight and awkward spaces. They can handle payloads up to 18 kg…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.22
May 16, 2022
…the arm. Kristian Kassow founded Kassow Robotics in 2018. Bosch Rexroth became majority owner of the company last month, but Kristian Kassow is still co-owner and CEO. BlueBay serves southeastern U.S. Kassow said its cobots are suitable for limited-space retrofits and are a strong addition to BlueBay’s flexible automation, robotics, motion control, and industrial Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. “We have been following our collaborative robot competitors closely as the market matures, and Kassow Robots’ seventh axis is a differentiator for overcoming payload and speed limitations,” said Pierre de Giorgio, CEO of BlueBay Automation. “All of Kassow Robots’ significant competitive…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 38.34
April 13, 2022
…autonomous vehicles, more partnerships are forming. Mobility provider Robert Bosch GmbH yesterday said it is acquiring self-driving developer Five AI Ltd. The companies said they “share a common vision of automated driving and of safe automated driving systems” but declined to specify the financial terms of the transaction. “Automated driving is set to make road traffic safer,” said Dr. Markus Heyn, member of the Bosch board of management and chairman of its Mobility Solutions business sector. “We want Five to give an extra boost to our work in software development for safe automated driving and offer our customers European-made technology.”…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 38.93
March 22, 2022
Bosch Rexroth AG is planning to acquire a majority stake in Kassow Robots ApS to add collaborative robots to its portfolio. The Lohr a. Main, Germany-based automation machinery manufacturer said the Kassow cobots will be used in the company’s new technology focused factories that use robotics, artificial intelligence, 5G, and more to increase production. The companies call them “factories of the future.” “Collaborative industrial robots are another important building block for the versatile factory of the future,” stated Dr. Marc Wucherer, a member of Bosch Rexroth’s Executive Board who oversees sales and factory automation. “The lightweight robots from Kassow can…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 40.38
March 18, 2022
GeekPlus Technology Co. and Bosch Rexroth AG yesterday said they have signed a channel agreement for North America. The partners have already augmented Geek+'s MP1000R mobile robot with Bosch Rexroth's ROKIT Locator laser localization software. “The signing of this North American strategic channel agreement with Geek+ is another milestone in the cooperation between our two companies,” stated Armando Gonzalez, business leader for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and robotics at Bosch Rexroth. “From cooperation in product development to cooperation in the channel market, we firmly believe that our two companies' innovativeness and expansion strength will be increased.” Lohr am Main, Germany-based…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.63
January 26, 2022
…Series B round, with participation from existing investors Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH, Axon Ventures, Oryzn Capital, The Flying Object, and lool Ventures. Bosch previously invested in $10 million SiteAware's Series A round. “As the first mover in this new category, SiteAware is blazing a trail for the entire construction industry, allowing the sector to leverage technologies that will ultimately make it more efficient, more transparent and smarter,” said Emanuel Timor, general partner at Vertex Ventures. “We look forward to working closely with the team at SiteAware as it expands its footprint and deepens its work with industry leaders around…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.78
November 16, 2021
…Echeverria, an engineer for Industry 4.0 at BSH, a Bosch Group company. “Detecting leaks in the refrigeration circuit has always been a manual process due to the high variability in the position of the parts, the appearance of the connections, and the high number of variants.” “With MIRAI's machine learning technology, we solved a problem that could not be solved with traditional automation technology,” he said. “All cycle-time, accuracy, and performance KPIs [key performance indicators] were achieved, and our productivity and quality improved. We see this as a key technology that we will continue to work on and will consider…
