Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.55
March 30, 2023
…Corp., a global technology company based out of Nagano, Japan. The company said it has sold more than 150,000 units worldwide and has a product line of hundreds of models of easy-to-use SCARA and 6-Axis robots based on a common PC-based platform. Epson’s Assembly Show lineup At The Assembly Show South, Epson's presentation and booth demos will include: Automation Presentation: “Why Automate? Manufacturing Considerations in Today's 'New Normal'” – Scott Marsic, Epson Robots group product manager, will explore the “how and why” of automation and help decision-makers evaluate the role of robots and automation within their business. Topics will include…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.93
March 29, 2023
…(NCMS) and the U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center (SRF-JRMC). Navy sees decreased maintenance times with Gecko Robotics Gecko noted that it is helping the Navy reduce maintenance cycle times and increasing the availability of data. It has also been useful in detecting defects missing through traditional methods. For example, for one Navy asset, traditional methods captured 100 data points while Gecko’s platform captured more than 4.2 million. Gecko’s products also reduced the lead time required for ship rudder inspection from 11 days to one. In November of 2022, Gecko was awarded a contract by the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.35
March 29, 2023
…Robotics to build an automated e-commerce fulfillment center in Japan. In 2021, Berkshire Grey said it planned to combine with Revolution Acceleration Acquisition Corp., a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC). Last year, Berkshire Grey entered a purchase and registration rights agreement with Lincoln Park Capital worth up to $75 million. In January, Berkshire Grey partnered with Locus Robotics Corp. to offer cross-platform automation. SoftBank supports robotics companies Tokyo-based SoftBank Group includes an investment holding company that has stakes in robotics, AI, Internet of Things (IoT), telecommunications, Internet services, and clean energy technology providers. The company said it also includes the SoftBank…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.21
March 29, 2023
…company said. RGo is establishing an initial presence in Japan this year with growth in South Korea also planned for later in 2023. Amy Villeneuve joins RGo’s Board of Directors with leadership experience in the robotics industry, including her time as the former COO and president of Amazon Robotics. “I am very excited to join the team,” said Villeneuve. “RGo’s technology creates disruptive change in the industry. It reduces cost and adds capabilities to mobile robots in logistics and enables completely new applications in emerging markets including last-mile delivery and service robotics.” LogiMAT 2023 & Robotics Summit & Expo RGo…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.13
March 24, 2023
…followed by the United States counting 1,457 units and Japan with 1,422 units per 10,000 workers. The world´s biggest car manufacturer, China, has a robot density of 772 units, but is catching up fast: Within a year, new robot installations in the Chinese automotive industry almost doubled to 61,598 units in 2021- accounting for 52% of the total 119,405 units installed in factories around the world. IFR highlighted a number of governmental developments that are forcing the car industry to invest in electric vehicles. Electric vehicles drive automation The European Union has announced plans to end the sale of air-polluting…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.05
March 17, 2023
…U.S. office in Derry, N.H., AutoStore has facilities in Norway, the U.K., Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, South Korea, Japan, Australia, and Singapore, as well as production facilities in Koszalin, Poland. It has installed more than 1,150 systems in 49 countries. AutoStore said its partner network of systems integrators handles distribution, design, installation, and service. Editor's note: For more about ProMat 2023, visit Robotics 24/7's special coverage page.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.81
March 15, 2023
…Rochester Hills, Mich.-based FANUC America is a subsidiary of Japan-based FANUC Corp. The company said it provides CNC systems, robotics, and ROBOMACHINEs, as well as expertise to help manufacturers maximize reliability and profitability. FANUC to demo growing CRX cobot line FANUC claimed that its expanded series of CRX collaborative robots can run for eight years without maintenance. Interactive programming enables users to teach points using hand guidance or a Tablet TP (teach pendant) with drag-and-drop icons, said the company. The latest CRX cobots complement FANUC’s existing lines of CR and CRX cobots that now total 11 model variations. They can…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.73
March 14, 2023
…deployed beverage restocking robots across 300 convenience stores in Japan. Deutsche Bahn is training AI models to handle very important but unexpected corner cases that happen rarely in the real world — like luggage falling on a train track, to improve safety. Festo uses Isaac Cortex to simplify programming for cobots and transfer simulated skills to the physical robots. Fraunhofer is developing advanced autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) using the physically accurate and full-fidelity visualization features of Isaac Sim. Soft Robotics is harnessing NVIDIA Isaac Sim to generate synthetic data to train their robotic gripping systems to handle delicate foods like…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.05
March 10, 2023
…San Diego, Geek+ has offices in the U.K., Germany, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore. Geek+ brings updated portfolio to ProMat Geek+ listed the following products that it will display at ProMat 2023: PopPick is Geek+’s most advanced goods-to-person system and is a finalist for the MHI Innovation Award. It includes picking robots to carry shelves from storage to workstations and robot arms present goods to the operator to improving order throughput. PopPick can pick up to 650 totes per hour, improve warehouse storage density by 50%, and double throughput capacity, Geek+ claimed. Four-Way Shuttle is a high-density storage system that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.84
March 08, 2023
…year, deploying the robots across the U.S., Europe, and Japan and continuing to grow our customer base,” Tenzer said in a statement. “Now is the time to build on these foundations by accelerating the scaling of customers and deployments. I’m very proud of this company and I look forward to working with Brian in my new role as chairman.” Tenzer added. RightHand touted Owen’s thirty years of experience in finance, technology, and commercial deployments. It added that Owen will be charged with helping the company scale up. Owen has decades of experience in technology Under Owen’s leadership at Cambridge Semantics,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.99
March 01, 2023
The working population of Japan will decrease by 30% in the next 30 years, according to Japan's National Institute of Population and Social Security Research. The country's rapidly aging population is causing a shortage of labor in the security space, among others. SEQSENSE aims to solve this challenge by providing security services with autonomous robots. The Tokyo-based startup has developed the SQ-2 intelligent security robot. It can navigate inside buildings with a pre-created map of each floor. The mobile robot can also communicate with elevators to patrol multiple floors. Using autonomous robots for security offers several advantages. For example, surveillance…
