Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.91
…Recogni is backed 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…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.76
…2, the latest version of the open-source Robot Operating System. Daimler Truck has joined previously announced strategic investors, including Toyota Ventures, Volvo Group Venture Capital, Jaguar Land Rover’s InMotion Ventures, Airbus Ventures, Continental AG, ZF, AGCO, and HELLA Ventures. Robotics 24/7 has tracked more than $2.6 billion in autonomous vehicle transactions to date in 2022. The global market for self-driving trucks alone could surpass $2.5 billion by 2028, according to Global Market Insights Inc.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.71
…and deploying its vision systems to automotive manufacturers including Toyota, Audi, and Suzuki, as well as chemical manufacturer Kao and consumer appliance manufacturer Electrolux. “Although in our factories we have a high level of automation, we still have an important quantity of flexible components and manual processes which add variability,” said Jaume Soriano of Electrolux Group. “Cambrian helps us keep moving toward a more automated manufacturing reality while being able to deal with variable scenarios.” Cambrian’s machine vision is also being deployed by appliance manufacturers globally for monitoring quality assurance and manufacturing defects that were previously unseen to the human…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.67
…trucks. The Pittsburgh-based startup has partnered with companies including Toyota (with which it unveiled an autonomous ride-hailing vehicle), Uber, and Volvo. Aurora is testing its vehicles in the San Francisco Bay Area, Pittsburgh, and Northern Texas. It has agreed to merge with Reinvent Technology Partners Y, a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) and will be valued at $1 billion. “This new commercial pilot collaboration demonstrates the excellent progress that PACCAR and Aurora are making in our strategic alliance,” added Rich. FedEx loads autonomously hit the road Starting today, PACCAR’s trucks configured with the Aurora autonomous Driver will haul FedEx loads between…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.64
…users such as Körber Supply Chain, GXO Logistics, and Toyota North America. Attendees included leading global companies including Ahold Delhaize, Amazon, Cargill, Carrier, Fuji, Garmin, General Mills, HomeGoods, Johnson & Johnson, the Mayo Clinic, and Starbucks. In addition, Aaron Prather, director of the Robotics & Autonomous Systems Program at ASTM International, delivered the keynote address on optimizing warehouse operations with robots and AI. He was previously former senior advisor for technology research and planning at FedEx. This year’s event will highlight new developments in these applications and more. Robotics vendors are welcome to provide speakers as long as they also…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.63
…AutoStore deployment at H Mart Bastian Solutions is a Toyota Advanced Logistics company that designs and delivers distribution and production systems. The integrator said it combines data-driven designs, scalable materials handling systems, and software to help clients across a broad spectrum of markets. “As a global partner, we’ve worked on numerous installations that are successfully operating with the award-winning AutoStore system,” stated Aaron Jones, president of Bastian Solutions. “We look forward to integrating AutoStore’s robotics and e-grocery WMS with H Mart’s operations for faster order fulfillment and increased customer satisfaction.” “We’re excited to work with Bastian Solutions in providing H…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.57
…automates vehicles from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) such as Toyota. “All these companies are demonstrating unique solutions and have excelled in innovating autonomous mobile robots,” stated Rian Whitton, Industrial, Collaborative & Commercial Robots senior analyst at ABI Research. “The shift in quality from just five years ago is considerable.” Robotic material handling market keeps growing “The autonomous material-handling market is primed for a decade of strong growth,” said ABI. Revenues will grow from $7.4 billion in 2020 to $85 billion in 2030, it predicted. For AMRs, the growth could be even more significant. In 2020, the AMR market for material…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.57
…of the world’s most recognized brands, including GE and Toyota. It will be at Booth 1211 at the AMR and logistics conference. AGVs and AMRs aren't mutually exclusive Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) have served the industrial world well for decades, noted OTTO Motors. Repeatedly and reliably executing the same material handling tasks, AGVs can provide the safety, reliability, and business continuity that human workers cannot, it said. However, in the past few years, AMRs have started displacing AGVs because of their dynamic decision making, according to the company. Robotics developers have created systems that are as safe as AGVs but…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.56
…with participation from a strategic customer, Teradyne Robotics Ventures, Toyota Ventures, Ranpak, Third Kind Venture Capital, One Madison Group, Hyperplane, Catapult Ventures and others. Additionally, Pickle announced that it received orders from six customers in the third quarter of 2024 for over 30 production robots. The company expects these robots to deploy in the first half of 2025. Funding will be used on current, new technology The new orders include pilot conversions, existing customer expansions and new customer adoption. The funding will accelerate the development of new feature sets and build out the company’s commercial teams to unlock new markets…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.54
…from a rich background of autonomous robotics at Google, Toyota, Qualcomm, General Atomics and Kiva Systems (now Amazon Robotics). Founded in 2015, Canvas has already showcased some impressive technologies, including a fully autonomous cart system that positions the startup as a direct competitor with the likes of Bay Area-based Fetch. Canvas Technology raised a $15 million Series A led by Playground Global. Canvas is led by Jonathan McQueen, who spent six years at Qualcomm. The Canvas Autonomous Cart was on display at Playground’s open house roughly this time last year, doing an impressive job avoiding people and obstacles in the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.53
…Papers. In addition to the mutual work done with Tower Semiconductor, this research at USC was partially supported by Toyota Central R&D Corporation (TCRDL), Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), and the USC Pratt and Whitney Institute for Collaborative Engineering (PWICE at USC).
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.51
…the right fit for each operation's unique needs. The Toyota Industries company cited robotics, lift trucks, conveyors, maintenance, and picking systems as examples of “end-to-endless intralogistics solutions that optimize, integrate, and manage the logistical physical flows of supply, production and distribution within material handling operations.” “We're making it easier than ever before for our customers to understand the complete range of solutions Raymond offers,” said Dave Norton, vice president of customer solutions and support. “We're proud to share a new portfolio of resources, including brochures, videos and white papers to help material handling professionals learn more about how intralogistics solutions…