Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.98
February 02, 2022
…and hybrid vehicles with deep systems experience. The Poviglio, Italy-based company manufactures motion controllers, electric motors, high-frequency battery chargers, and associated products. It said it has more than 1,500 employees and a total annual revenue of $600 million (U.S.). BlueBotics to grow robot navigation market BlueBotics described itself as “the global reference in natural navigation” for automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). The Saint-Sulpice, Switzerland-based company said it has more than 20 years of industry experience helping companies with automation. BlueBotics explained that its Autonomous Navigation Technology (ANT) is designed to support customers as they bring AGVs,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.63
December 18, 2022
…(New York), University of Waterloo (Canada) PoliMOVE—Politecnico di Milano (Italy), University of Alabama, which won last January's challlenge at CES. It also won the Indy Autonomous Challenge Powered by Cisco at the Texas Motor Speedway in November (see full video below). TII EuroRacing—University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy) and the Technology Innovation Institute (United Arab Emirates) TUM Autonomous Motorsport—Technical University of Munich (Germany), which won the Indy Autonomous Challenge Powered by Cisco in October 2021 We're always working with the teams, not only to ensure a level playing field, but also to encourage collaboration,” said Mitchell. “It also gets…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.49
September 14, 2022
…2021, the company opened its European Innovation Lab in Italy. It said it was “designed to enhance the employee experience through the development of advanced technologies that support safer ways of working.” Robotics is a big part of the innovation lab's mission, according to Amazon. Not only does Amazon use mobile robots in its warehouses, but it also develops and tests numerous types of robots and delivery drones. In addition, AWS RoboMaker offers support for robotics programmers. Last September, the company launched its household robot, Astro. In April, the $1 billion Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund invested in five startups working…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.44
September 09, 2022
Pisa, Italy-based Medical Microinstruments, or MMI, has launched a set of instruments it said were designed to better address the challenges of microsurgery. The products are part of the company’s Supermicro NanoWrist line and are designed to be used with the Symani Surgical System, the company’s two-armed robotic surgical machine. The tips of the new instruments are half the width of MMI's standard microinstruments with a tapered design optimized to connect vessels under one millimeter in diameter and delicately hold 10-0 to 12-0 sutures. Precision in microsurgery is important as it involves suturing arteries, veins, ducts, and nerves.These procedures require…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.38
July 07, 2023
…the next several months and expand to Austria, France, Italy, and Switzerland so that real-world data can be collected from the diverse roadways and driving conditions across the region. The testing will also demonstrate that PlusDrive can safely and automatically handle driver-supervised maneuvers, including lane centering, cut-ins, lane merges, driver initiated or system suggested lane changes, traffic jam assist, and nudging. “We are proud of the hard work that the Iveco and Plus teams have poured into getting this innovative driving solution on public roads for testing. Some of the world’s largest fleets already use PlusDrive to deliver commercial freight.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.13
September 09, 2021
…France, Spain, the U.K., Portugal, the Netherlands, Poland, and Italy. Set in a 562 sq. m (6,049.3 sq. ft.) warehouse, 29 autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) now support warehouse employees by handling sorting of 1,400 to 1,500 parcels per hour. Today, employees will put ordered goods onto sorting robots that will automatically transfer them to one of the 104 sorting cages bound for different destinations following a simple chutes layout made up of QR codes, said the companies. With no need for wires or fixed infrastructure, operations can flexibly scale if there is a sudden change in throughput demand by simply…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.99
October 16, 2020
…supercomputers are built,” says Giuseppe di Franco, CEO of Italy at Atos. ”As Europe’s leading supercomputer maker, Atos has made a commitment to embracing these modern-day standards and is raising the bar in further democratizing the world of supercomputing.” Leonardo will be built from Atos’ BullSequana XH2000 supercomputer nodes, each with four NVIDIA Tensor Core GPUs and a single Intel CPU. It will also use NVIDIA Mellanox HDR 200Gb/s InfiniBand connectivity, with smart in-network computing acceleration engines that enable extremely low latency and high data throughput to provide the highest AI and HPC application performance and scalability. Learn more about…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.98
August 29, 2022
…into several European countries, such as France, Germany, Spain, Italy, the Benelux, and the U.K. The company has quickly set up local team members, most of whom are experienced in the logistics automation industry. “Our aim at HAI Robotics U.K. Ltd. is to establish ourselves in the local market for the long term,” said Damien Skinner, country manager for the U.K. and Ireland. “Working with a select number of partners, we are able to offer solutions that can grow with our customer's needs and be supported throughout.” “As well as our portfolio of ACR technology, we are able to offer…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.97
February 10, 2022
…robots in one of its electric car factories in Italy. From applying waterproof liners on vehicle doors to the mounting of hoods, the robots have become a major part of the process. The cobots were created by Odense, Denmark-based Universal Robots A/S, the market leader in the space with a 44% to 47% market share. Stellantis has been using Universal Robots’ cobots in Italy since 2017, according to Universal Robots. “For us, UR technology is a guarantee of a particularly advanced man-machine interface perfectly matched with the group's quality requirements in terms of both production processes and products,” said Ennio…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.96
October 03, 2019
…Atomik Research to field an online survey of 22,041 adults aged 18+ in 11 markets (United States, DACH, France, Italy, Spain, Benelux, Sweden, Japan, China, India). The research fieldwork took place between April 26 and May 7, 2019. In accordance with Market Research Society guidelines and regulations, the margin of error fell within +/-2% at a confidence level of 95%. Atomik Research is an independent creative market research agency that employs MRS-certified researchers and abides to MRS code. Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.96
February 22, 2022
…with a cart, a forked AGV, three BlueBotics mini AMRs, and an industrial cleaning robot. ZAPI Group, a Poviglio, Italy-based provider of motion controllers, electric motors, and battery chargers, recently acquired BlueBotics. The global market for AMRs could grow from $1.61 billion in 2021 to $22.15 billion by 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 34.3%, predicted Research and Markets.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.83
June 17, 2019
…field an online survey of 22,041 adults aged 18+ in 11 markets (the United Kingdom, United States, DACH, France, Italy, Spain, Benelux, Sweden, Japan, China, India). The research fieldwork took place been April 26 and May 7, 2019. In accordance with Market Research Society guidelines and regulations, the margin of error fell within +/-2% at a confidence level of 95%. Atomik Research is an independent creative market research agency that employs MRS-certified researchers and abides to MRS code. Read an autonomous by air feature here. Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.
