Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.33
June 16, 2022
SIP Global Partners, a U.S.-Japan venture capital firm specializing in early stage technologies, this week announced its investment in READY Robotics Corp. SIP co-led the strategic investment round with NVIDIA alongside existing investor Micron Technology. Columbus Ohio-based READY Robotics has developed Forge/OS, an industrial operating system for robots in factories and warehouses. Forge/OS provides a hardware-agnostic software layer that controls robots and related automation hardware from leading brands through a common set of application programming interfaces (APIs), according to the company. Using those APIs, READY Robotics said it has built a suite of low-code apps designed to make it simple…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.27
June 02, 2022
…Corp., a global technology company based out of Nagano, Japan. Until the GX Series, the company made three tiers of SCARA robots: the entry model T-B series, the middle range LS-B Series, and the high-end G-Series. The G-Series class of robots have been the company’s most capable SCARA robot for the past 10 years, but with the GX Series, the company is aiming to provide even more performance and flexibility for its customers. Donlon said there are more than 70 plus different model configurations for the GX4. For the GX8, there are more than 190. The GX robots will be…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.19
October 13, 2023
…offices in San Diego, Calif., the company has over 1,500 employees, as well as facilities in Germany, the U.K., Japan, South Korea, China, and Singapore. Editor's note: Geek+ will be participating in the keynote session of the 2023 Robotics Applications Conference, presented by Robotics 24/7 and Peerless Media.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.17
August 30, 2021
…astronaut supplies, experiments, and a robot arm from GITAI Japan Inc. The Dragon capsule with 4,800-lb. (2,177-kg) payload traveled into orbit on the 23rd SpaceX mission. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration plans to test the robot for general-purpose tasks around October. Founded in 2016, GITAI said it is developing robotics that can safely and inexpensively perform tasks in space. The Tokyo-based company is designing robots for extravehicular activity (EVA), on-orbit servicing of satellites, and lunar exploration and base construction. GITAI has also developed the H1 teleoperation system for robotic manipulation and the G1 humanoid general-purpose robot. It raised $17.1…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.16
February 18, 2022
…OEMs and Tier 1 automotive suppliers in the Detroit area. The company also has a presence in Germany, Canada, Japan, India, and China to serve a fast-growing global customer base. The Nova lidar system was recognized as a CES 2022 Innovation Awards Honoree last month. Cepton claimed that it has been awarded the largest known ADAS lidar series production award in the industry to date, based on the number of vehicle models awarded, to support General Motors’ Ultra Cruise program. Cepton is also engaged with all other Top 10 global OEMs.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.16
April 14, 2023
…China-based company said the establishment of a branch in Japan is “an important step towards providing local customers and the Japanese market a full range of support to accelerating automation adoption.” At the opening ceremony, Jerry Liu, founder and CEO of Dobot, stated that “the Japanese branch can fulfil the growing needs of collaborative robots in the local market. On the other hand, [it will] provide closer and more efficient service support to Japanese customers with a standardized and modular solution and establish a full product lifecycle technical support system, with a full range of marketing and brand advertising support…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.11
January 10, 2022
…existing facilities in China, the U.S., Germany, the U.K., Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Founded in 2015, the company has more than 1,500 employees and said it applies artificial intelligence and robotics to improve supply chain efficiency. Geek+ last year said it had sold more than 20,0000 robots worldwide. “We are delighted that CJ Logistics have placed their faith in us to extend our already successful cooperation,” said Lit Fung, managing director for Asia-Pacific (APAC), the U.K., and the Americas at Geek+. “We can't wait to see our robots give them flexibility, adaptability, and precision in dealing with the vigorous…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.07
September 22, 2022
…(RaaS) model. Geek+ said it has over 1500 employees, with offices in Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, South Korea, Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR, and Singapore. It has raised more than $539 million in funding, according to Crunchbase.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.05
December 14, 2022
…factory automation since 1955. It is headquartered in Oshino, Japan, where FANUC produces its robots in highly automated factories at the base of Mount Fuji. FANUC America is based in Rochester Hills, Mich. FANUC produces more than 100 models of robots, most of which are distinctively yellow. They range from large and small articulated robots for handling and welding to SCARA and Delta robots for industries such as food. The company also produces the lightweight CRX collaborative robot series and the green CR Cobot series. FANUC said its heavy-duty M-2000iA/2300 system, which weighs an impressive 2.3 tons, is the world's…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.01
December 28, 2021
…exports its products to more than 30 countries, including Japan, Korea, Singapore, Spain, and Germany. YouiBot focuses on industrial applications YouiBot claimed that it is a leader in understanding customer processes and use cases. The company said its AMR positioning and navigation algorithms provide high precision and reliability. It added that it is one of the few AMR manufacturers in the world with a positioning accuracy of ±2 mm (0.078 in.). In addition, as one of the first enterprise AMR providers in China, YouiBot said its integrated data management software and robotics hardware help meet flexible production requirements in the…
