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…in Troy, Mich. It also has a presence in Germany, Canada, Japan, India, and China to serve its global customer base. Cepton builds partnerships Cepton, which is engaged with all Top 10 global OEMs, has collaborated with Koito since 2017. Tokyo-based Koito said it has been a leader in automotive lighting for safety since its establishment in 1915. Today, the Koito Group consists of 31 companies located in 13 countries worldwide. The Tier 1 supplier said it responding to the transformation of mobility by developing next-generation lighting technologies and related equipment and control systems, as well as environmentally friendly products,…
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…head of Vehicle Physical Integration for Bombardier in Henningsdorf, Germany. “While accelerating production, we still need to ensure that total functionality, safety, and repeatability are upheld. With Stratasys’ Rail Solution, we are able to do all those things – it has been a game-changer for our department.” Angel Trains, one of the U.K.’s leading train leasing companies, is using the Stratasys Rail Industry Solution to manufacture a range of direct replacement parts including passenger arm rests, grab handles and equipment covers. “Sourcing obsolete replacement parts for older train fleets within short timeframes and at reasonable costs is becoming increasingly difficult…
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…to the robotics and automation trade show in Munich, Germany, according to trade show organizers. In terms of keynotes, panel discussions, presentations and live demonstrations, there were more than 150 of them. Here are some insights from the show, which took place from June 21 to 24 at the Trade Fair Center Messe. Industrial automation growing By 2026, the industrial automation market in Europe, the Middle East, and South Africa and Africa will be worth $51.4 billion, Peng-San Cau, LV vice president of Emerging Markets & Symphoni at ATS Automation, said during a session looking at the future of automation.…
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…the cobot market will continue growing 20% per year, and to keep our share, we must continue innovating.” Nuremburg, Germany-based Siemens Digital Industries (DI) works closely with partners and customers to drive digital transformation in the process and discrete industries. With its Digital Enterprise portfolio, DI provides companies of all sizes products and services optimized for the specific needs of each industry to improve productivity. DI said it is constantly adding innovations to its portfolio and has about 76,000 employees internationally.
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…multi-brand fleet demonstrations at LogiMAT this week in Stuttgart, Germany. The company is exhibiting at Booth C19 in Hall 2. The multi-brand vehicle demonstration will feature several different vehicles from across the ANT navigation ecosystem. They will run a small pallet-moving operation, all controlled by one ANT server software project. Specifically, the fleet will include one automated pallet truck, one automated forklift, one omnidirectional AGV, and three AMRs from two different brands. BlueBotics said it is the reference in natural navigation and has the mission of helping companies meet the challenge of vehicle automation. With more than 20 years of…
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…SUV that was damaged in the catastrophic floods in Germany in the summer of 2021. The company said its recycling demonstrated its commitment to sustainability wherever possible. Source: ABB Robotics Artists customize cars Only 8 years old, Kolarkar uses different shapes, intricate designs, and bold splatters of intertwining lines in his artwork, which is is internationally recognized. An exhibition of his collected works, including part of the ABB robot art car, will be in London’s Gagliardi Gallery from May 12 to 22. Illusorr is a global digital design collective based in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The avant-garde team…
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…grocery environment.” Brightpick will be showing its technology at ProMat in Chicago next month and at LogiMAT in Stuttgart, Germany, in April.
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…independent, family-owned company with headquarters in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany. The company supplies pneumatic and electrical automation technology to 300,000 customers of factory and process automation in over 35 industries, including the LifeTech sector and medical technology and laboratory automation. Its products and services are available in 176 countries. With about 20,000 employees in over 250 branch offices in 61 countries worldwide, Festo achieved a turnover of around €2.84 billion ($2.9 billion U.S.) in 2020. Each year, around 8% of this turnover is invested in research and development, and 1.5% of turnover is invested in basic and further training. Festo…
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…€81 billion ($86.3 billion U.S.) in 2021. The Bonn, Germany-based global logistics company offers services ranging from national and international parcel delivery to e-commerce shipping and fulfillment, international express, road, air, and ocean transport to industrial supply chain management. DHL has about 380,000 employees worldwide and supports supply chains in industries including technology, life sciences, healthcare, engineering, manufacturing and energy, automotive and mobility, and retail. Deutsche Post DHL Group said it aims to achieve zero-emissions logistics by 2050. From pilot to daily service at DHL A pilot project has gradually grown into an everyday service, said Clevon, which added that…
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…geographic differences in returns as well,” he added. “In Germany, 50% of goods may be returned. The U.K. is also high, and the U.S. is slightly lower.” “The stategies retailers employ are also different,” Boyalakuntla said. “In Europe, distribution centers are close to population centers, so it's easier to do returns, but in the U.S., they're farther away, so it's more profitable to put items back on the shelf of a retail outlet rather than go back to the DC. Also in Europe, we're working with customers that have built solutions centers focused only on reverse logistics.” “Another aspect is…
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…to 12, as NimbRo from the University of Bonn, Germany, took the lead by performing its tasks in under two minutes. The judges operated the robots with only an hour's training each. The other finalist teams included Pollen Robotics, Bordeaux, France AVATRINA, Urbana, Ill. I-Botics, Twente, the Netherlands Team UNIST, Ulsan, South Korea Team Northeastern, Boston Inbiodroid, Irapuato, Mexico Team SNU, Seoul, South Korea AlterEgo, Genoa, Italy Avatar-Hubo, Las Vegas Last Mile, Osaka, Japan Dragon Tree Labs, Moscow The mobile manipulators needed to traverse space in a simulated energy plant, find a weighted canister, and successfully pick and place them.…
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…has piloted semi-autonomous trucks on highways in Nevada and Germany while Volvo recently demonstrated a fully autonomous construction truck in an underground Swedish mine. Carter says he expects to see “significant implementations” of automated vehicles in the shipping industry within 10 years, but declined to specify when FedEx might adopt semi- or fully autonomous trucks. “FedEx are focused and deploying technology in areas where they see a payoff from a cost point of view”Satish Jindel, president of SJ Consulting Group FedEx is considering automating package delivery to some extent, but not via conventional drones, or at least not anytime soon.…